Effectiveness and text analysis of Chinese adolescents mental health promotion policy
10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2025042
- VernacularTitle:中国青少年心理健康促进政策文本与效力分析
- Author:
FANG Yajuan, WU Xiaoyan, CHEN Xiaowan, CHEN Ren, BAI Zhongliang, YAN Jing
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Author Information
1. School of Health Management, Anhui Medical University, Hefei (230032) , Anhui Province, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Mental health；Public policy；Health promotion；Adolescent
- From:
Chinese Journal of School Health
2025;46(2):234-238
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To analyze the issuance of Chinese adolescents mental health promotion policies and policy objects, and to explore the use of different object policy tools and the effectiveness of the policy, so as to provide reference for the improvement of the subsequent policy.
Methods:Adolescents mental health promotion policies published and policy documents that included adolescents in mental health promotion policies and regulations in China from 2014 to the present were obtained, with the search period of July to August 2024. Policy content and effectiveness were analyzed by using content cross tabulation analysis and Policy Modeling Consistency Index Model (PMC index model). It coded with Nvivo 20 software to understand the types of tools that policy depends on.
Results:A total of 41 documents were included. The number of adolescent mental health promotion policy texts rose by year, most of which were issued independently, accounting for 70% of the total number of texts issued; 30% were jointly issued, with the Ministry of Education and the National Health Commission as the core subjects. Supply type policy tools accounted for 47.45 % of the total, while environment type and demand type policy tools accounted for 29.68% and 22.87% respectively; the use of policy tools by different policy targets varies, with families and social organizations using more supply type and demand type policy tools, while the education system and healthcare institutions were more inclined to supply type policy tools, and the government departments were more inclined to supply type policy tools and environment type policy tools. In terms of policy effectiveness, there was a common problem of a lack of incentives and constraints, and the PMC values of two long term planning mental health policies were high (7.76, 7.56), and both reached the excellent level.
Conclusions:China has paid more attention to adolescents mental health, and the basic guarantees have been established and overall policy effectiveness is good, but the use of policy tools is uneven. There is a need to improve the operational content of medium and long term policies and to strengthen synergies between implementing departments.
