Developing and Testing a Novel Well-Being Module

 Why are we doing this research? 

Recent research demonstrates a significant rise in mental health difficulties in university students. There is also a reported increase in help-seeking for mental health problems on Canadian campuses, but unfortunately, this is often met with limited services and long wait times.  Other barriers to accessing services included cost, time, and worrying about what others may think. This highlights the need for supports and strategies that are uncostly, quick, and can be done discretely and in solitude, to help students manage the stressors associated with university life.  

What will this research examine? 

The goal of this project is to develop and examine the usability and effectiveness of a new module designed to increase awareness of the health benefits of certain activities and provide individuals with concrete and easy strategies that they can incorporate into their daily lives to allow them to make those behavioural changes and reap the benefits.  

What did we find?

The results of the usability study have been analyzed, and the feedback obtained was very positive and indicated that undergraduate students found the developed module easy to understand, interesting, and provides valuable information and useful strategies. 

Feedback from undergraduate students was incorporated to further enhance the usability of the module.  We are currently testing the effectiveness of the updated version of the module.