Xuewei Chen , Carrie Winterowd , Ming Li , Gary L. Kreps
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Mental health literacy and patient-mental health provider relationships among American Indian/Alaska Native/Native American people
Objectives
This study examines the relationship between mental health literacy and the patient-mental health provider relationships, particularly American Indian/Alaska Native/Native American (AI/AN) patients’ access to, trust in, and utilization of mental health professionals and their services.
Study design
We conducted a cross-sectional online survey to collect data on mental health literacy and its impact on AI/AN patients' trust and interactions with their mental health providers.
Methods
A total of 563 AI/AN adult patients completed the survey, which was disseminated using snowball sampling. We assessed mental health literacy using a multi-component measure and performed linear regressions to examine its associations with key factors including socio-demographic characteristics, mental health care access, trusting in mental health providers/specialists, the frequency of using mental health services, trusting in mental health providers/specialists for general health information and for COVID-19 information, as well as their level of satisfaction with the services received from mental health providers/specialists.
Results
We identified mental health literacy as a major factor associated with patient-mental health provider relationships among AI/AN patients. Patients reporting lower levels of mental health literacy were likely to report having no regular access to mental health care, lower levels of trust in mental health providers/specialists, less satisfaction with the services received from mental health providers/specialists, and less trust in mental health specialists for COVID-19 information.
Conclusions
Mental health literacy is a key factor influencing the patient-mental health provider relationships among AI/AN patients. Interventions to enhance mental health literacy may improve trust and satisfaction with mental health services in this population.
期刊介绍:
Public Health is an international, multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal. It publishes original papers, reviews and short reports on all aspects of the science, philosophy, and practice of public health.