Purpose: This single-system design evaluation study assessed whether 18 Beams to Bridges (BTB) program participants would experience increased mental health literacy (MHL). It was hypothesized that MHL scores would increase significantly between the pre-intervention and intermediate assessments, but there would be no significant difference in scores between the intermediate and post-intervention assessments. Method: The MHL scale was used to assess MHL at the three timepoints. Differences in assessment scores were evaluated using paired samples t-tests. Results: Supporting the hypotheses, BTB participants had higher MHL scores on intermediate assessments compared to pre-intervention. There was also no difference between intermediate and post-intervention scores. Conclusion: MHL among Black adults increased during participation in BTB. Despite some limitations, this work is one of the first studies on MHL interventions specifically created for the Black community and should be used to further efforts to address MHL-related contributors to mental health treatment disparities impacting this community.

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对黑人成人社区心理健康素养干预的评估


目的：这项单系统设计评估研究评估了 18 名从梁到桥 (BTB) 计划参与者是否会体验到心理健康素养 (MHL) 的提高。假设干预前和中间评估之间的 MHL 分数会显着增加，但中间和干预后评估之间的分数不会有显着差异。方法：采用MHL量表评估三个时间点的MHL。使用配对样本 t 检验评估评估分数的差异。结果：与干预前相比，BTB 参与者在中期评估中的 MHL 分数更高，这支持了假设。中间和干预后分数也没有差异。结论：参与 BTB 期间黑人成年人的 MHL 有所增加。尽管存在一些局限性，这项工作是专门为黑人社区创建的 MHL 干预措施的首批研究之一，应该用于进一步努力解决影响该社区的心理健康治疗差异的 MHL 相关因素。