To assist in mobilizing online mental health information toward children and youth, it may prove helpful to provide youth with a solid understanding of how to more effectively search for mental health information online and how to determine whether a site or information is considered credible (e.g. [...] A Foundation for Online Knowledge Mobilization in Child and Youth Mental Health 7 KEY RECOMMENDATIONS Areas for action are provided to health care providers, educators, decision makers and parents to help them through online information engage children and youth in the topic of mental health. [...] That said, youth indicated that the mental health content needs to: •. Balance the use of plain language and technical or medical terms; •. Describe distinct concepts and ideas (e.g., mental health, mental illness and the different mental disorders); •. Use language that is clear, easy to understand, direct, is factual and not based on opinion; and •. Provide messages that are written in a way tha [...] The majority of youth in the interviews and focus groups indicated that they would use the internet, and in particular Google, to search for mental health information. [...] A Foundation for Online Knowledge Mobilization in Child and Youth Mental Health 21 5 SUPPORTIVE SPACES, PLACES AND PEOPLE Another focus of these projects was to explore where youth go to find information about mental health beyond the online environment and to whom they turn for support.
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