Journal of Community Service for Health
Vol. 7 No. 1 (2026)

Youth Empowerment Program Based on Digital Leaflet to Improve Help-Seeking Behavior Related to Mental Health Issues Among Students

Agusta Dian Ellina (Universitas Strada Indonesia)
Muhammad Ali Sodik (Universitas Strada Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 May 2026

Abstract

Mental health problems among adolescents have become a growing global concern. This study aims to examine the effectiveness of a youth empowerment program using digital leaflets to improve help-seeking behavior related to mental health issues among students. Technological progression and digital media saturation in the lives of adolescents provide avenues for addressing these issues anew. Reaching adolescents (and other target groups) in their communities via digital media. This study focused on the ‘One Group Pretest-Post Test Design’ framework which employs a quantitative technique and uses a quasi-experimental design. This framework was able to determine whether or not there was any impact from the intervention. Using a pretest-posttest design with 312 students, statistical analysis showed a significant increase in help-seeking behavior after the digital leaflet intervention. The resulting significance level (p-value) was 0.000, which is significantly lower than the 0.05 significance level (α). This indicates that the difference in mean scores between the pretest and posttest did not occur by chance but is a real effect of the empowerment program. These findings suggest that digital media can be an effective tool for mental health education among adolescents.

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Journal Info

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jcsh

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Subject

Education Health Professions Nursing Public Health Other

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Journal of Community Services for Health (JCSH) published by STIKes Patria Husada Blitar. JCSH is Published semi-annually (May and November). JCSH only receive original manuscripts related to community service and have not been published in domestic or foreign journals. The content of the ...