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The Vietnamese Holistic Mental Well-Being Program in Medical School: Strategies of Social Support, Express Emotion and Problem Avoidance

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  • Quynh, Huynh Ho Ngoc

    (Department of Health Education and Psychology in Medicine, Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vietnam)

  • Tanasugarn Chanuantong
  • Kengganpanich Mondha

    (Department of Health Education and Behavioral Sciences, Mahidol University, Thailand)

  • Lapvongwatana Punyarat

    (Department of Public Health Nursing, Mahidol University, Thailand)

Abstract

This study aimed to develop the mental well-being intervention program to promote Vietnamese medical students mental well-being and to understand their coping strategies when facing stressors. A sequential exploratory mixed-method design was conducted with qualitative study at the first stage and followed by quasi-experimental study. Data collected using in-depth interviews from 16 students and school personnel during the first stage and standard self-administered questionnaires, WHO-5, MHC-SF and CSI were applied in the second stage. Respond rate was 95.7%. Paired-sample t-test showed that students who in intervention group have a chance to increase 1.333±5.194 scores on mental well-being, increase 0.473±2.857 emotional well-being score; 1.488±5.215 social well-being score and 0.960±5.840 psychological well-being score after attending intervention program. There was significantly increasing in applying strategies of social support, express emotion and problem avoidance among students in intervention group after intervention period at p=0.021, p=0.002 and p

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  • Quynh, Huynh Ho Ngoc & Tanasugarn Chanuantong & Kengganpanich Mondha & Lapvongwatana Punyarat, 2018. "The Vietnamese Holistic Mental Well-Being Program in Medical School: Strategies of Social Support, Express Emotion and Problem Avoidance," Global Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 5(2), pages 29-39, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:jgjpps:v:5:y:2018:i:2:p:29-39
    DOI: 10.19080/GJPPS.2018.05.555656
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