Effectiveness of a State Level Mental Health Nursing Conference on Knowledge Regarding Mental Well-Being Across the Lifespan Among the Conference Participants

Background: Attending conferences is a vital part of professional and career advancement. Conference aids health-care professionals to keep up-to-date with important research, learn directly from experiences, share best practices, and develop new skills and techniques. Aims and Objectives: To assess the effectiveness of the conference on knowledge regarding mental well-being across lifespan. Methodology: A quantitative approach and pre experimental research was used. All the participants who have attended the conference were selected as study subjects which constituted 200 subjects. A structured questionnaire containing 20 items was prepared, validated and used for the study. Results: majority of the participants (80%) were between the age group of 20-25 years. Major portion of the participants (77%) were UG students. It was found that in pre-test only very few participants (5.5%) had adequate knowledge, which was increased to 63% in post-test. Conclusion: The study revealed that the conference was effective in terms of improving the knowledge regarding mental well-being across lifespan. Keywords: State level mental health nursing conference, mental well-being, lifespan, conference participants.