Supriyati*, Anggi L Wicaksono, Heny S Pangastuti, and Fatwa S.T Dewi
Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing UGM, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
*Corresponding Author: supriyati@ugm.ac.id
Abstract. Higher education provide new sources of self-esteem and opportunities for engagement with peer and wider society for students. The ASEAN University Network – Health Promoting Network (AUN-HPN) suggest to promote mental wellbeing students and staffs within university. This program was aimed to improve mental health awareness among students and staffs in Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM). Mental health assessment had been conducted from 803 respondents (students and staffs) by using online survey. Beside, a health promotion program using trans-theoretical model was applied (stage 1 – stage 4). Health education, training for peer support group, and social movement had conducted to make them aware about mental health problem and reducing stigma related mental health. The social movement had been done at the world mental health day by conducting a 40 second action for mental health. There were 10% lecturers, 24% staffs, and 66% students (out of 803 respondents) involved in the mental health assessment survey. Most of them (55%) were male. The results showed that 12.5% and 7.5% respondents were facing with sleep and eat disorders respectively. Furthermore, 2.4% respondents had the intention for doing self-harm every day. The data was exposed to the policy maker at the faculty level and encouraged them to create a mental health intervention. Beside, the training for peer support group had improve student’s readiness to action. Thus, a social movement “a 40 second action for mental health” was succeed engage students and staffs participation. The evidence on mental health problem in local context was effective to improve mental health awareness among students and staff in UGM.
Keywords: health education, health promotion, sustainability, mental health, transtheoretical model
