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HENKA: Growing in Emotional Well-being
Sponsor: Fundació Sant Joan de Déu
Summary
HENKA is a universal, whole-community, school-based program that aims to promote emotional well-being and prevent mental health problems among adolescents enrolled in 1st to 3rd year of Secondary Education (ESO) in Catalonia, Spain (approximately 12 to 16 years old), through the development of resilience. The programme's name takes its origin from the Japanese term Henka, meaning a positive and transformative change, reflecting its focus on fostering sustainable improvements in adolescents' socioemotional functioning.The program targets adolescents, their families and school professionals. Its effectiveness is being evaluated through a non-randomized, two-arm, cluster-controlled quantitative phase (intervention schools compared to control schools), combined with a qualitative phase using focus groups. The study builds on the HENKA Pilot study (Ethics Committee code PIC-85-22), which assessed the feasibility of the evaluation process, including the validity of the assessment instruments and participants' viability and acceptability, before scaling up the program to a larger population.
Official title: Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Promotion and Prevention Project in Child and Youth Mental Health. HENKA: Growing in Emotional Well-being
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
11 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
1084
Start Date
2024-01-01
Completion Date
2026-12-30
Last Updated
2026-09-04
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Interventions
Henka program
A universal, whole-community, school-based program to promote resilience and prevent mental health problems among adolescents. The program comprises eight approximately 55-minute classroom sessions covering self-efficacy/self-esteem, emotional self-regulation, assertiveness, interpersonal skills and mindfulness, delivered by teachers previously trained through the HENKA train-the-trainer program. In some sessions, teachers are accompanied by Community Emotional Well-being Representatives (RBEC), health professionals provided by the Department of Health who support classroom delivery and help identify and manage mental-health-related situations among students. Families are offered a parent workshop.
Locations (1)
Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona / Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu
Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain