Date of Completion

5-2023

Document Type

Capstone Project

Degree Name

Master in Public Health

Keywords

kasulhayan; mental health; mental health promotion; resilience; school-based approach; school community member; school mental health; sustainability, whole community; whole school

Abstract

Kasulhayan is a Hiligaynon and Kinaray-a word that denotes a state of well-being encapsulated within the experience of satisfaction with life despite its adversities. As the title of this capstone project, Kasulhayan, is a school mental health promotion program implemented in St. Therese’s High School, Inc. in Casay, Anini-y, Antique which aimed to explore the process of mental health promotion program in this school and to ground the designing and implementation of a whole school mental health promotion program.

The mental health promotion activities of STHS Inc. reviewed using the policy review checklist and an interview of key informant persons. The general state of mental health of the students, parents, teachers, and non-teaching staff assessed using the Hiligaynon translation of the General Health Questionnaire- 12.

The results of the initial school mental health assessment suggested that the lack of a systematized and planned school mental health promotion program and policy be addressed by the creation of a core group of school mental health promoters and the building-up of the capacities of its members in planning, implementing and sustaining school-based mental health programs and policies. The good state of the general mental health of the community members of STHS, Inc. and their eagerness, excitement, and welcoming acceptance of a school mental health program could be sustained by the mental health promotion strategies embodied in ‘Kasulhayan, Masarangan, Basta Ululupod Kita, Together”, the proposed capacity-building school mental health program developed by the members of the core group of school mental health promoters of STHS, Inc.

First Advisor

Maridith D. Afuang

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