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Abstract
The current study was an intervention study that was conducted on all fourth year undergraduate nursing students affiliated to faculty of nursing, Suez Canal University in Ismailia governorate. The data collection of baseline, pre and post questionnaires and intervention program were carried out from September 2021 to February 2022 to assess change of mental health-related beliefs, behaviors and attitudes after attending psychiatric module and receiving anti-stigma training program.
This study provided insights for improving the effectiveness of the mental health nursing course and anti-stigma program in improving beliefs, behaviors and attitudes toward mental illness, and reducing social distancing.
The students’ participants were subjected to self administrated questionnaire, that composed of Socio-demographic data , BMI scale which used to assess the beliefs towards mental illness in college students, Reported and RIBS scale that used to assess mental health-related reported and intended behavior , OMS-HC scale which assesses attitudes towards people with mental illness and Attitudes towards mental health nursing and preparedness for clinical placement were measured with nine items adapted from the Psychiatric/Mental Health Clinical Placement Survey.
The results of the study illustrate that half of the studied group have a middle socio-economic standard (SES),. While (94.2%) of the students had never contact with people with mental illness in past 3 months and (14.8%) of the students had family history of mental illness, whereas, (16.7%) had received in the previous year seminar, workshop training or read article about stigma of mental illness and about 11.1% had exposed to stigma in their curriculum.