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Abstract
The current study was an intervention study that conducted on all fourth-year undergraduate medical students (120 students) affiliated to faculty of medicine, Suez Canal University in Ismailia governorate. The data collection of pre-post questionnaires and intervention program were carried out from September 2019 to February 2020 to assess change of mental health-related knowledge, attitudes& intended behavior after receiving anti-stigma training program.
The students’ participants were subjected to semi-structured self administrated questionnaire, that composed of Socio-demographic data, Mental Health Knowledge Scale (MAKS) were measured mental health-related knowledge of undergraduate medical students, Beliefs towards Mental Illness scale (BMI) which used to assess the attitudes towards mental illness in college students, and Reported and Intended Behavior Scale (RIBS) that used to assess mental health-related reported and intended behavior.
The results of the study revealed that the mean age of students was 21.2±0.4 with (53.3%) were females. While (69.2%) of the students never contacted with people with mental illness in past 3 months and (30%) of the students had family history of mental illness. Regarding students’ mental health related knowledge showed improvement of knowledge mean score from (16.52±4.2) pre intervention to (23.63±4.1) post intervention immediately but stabilized at (22.91±4.8) after 6 months followed intervention program.