Study on school-related factors impacting mental health and well-being of adolescents in Viet Nam

Schools are one of adolescents’ most important psychosocial environments, offering mental health risk factors, protective factors and opportunities for mental health promotion and support. School-based mental health services are crucial to supporting adolescent student mental health and addressing school-related mental health risk factors. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Viet Nam, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), conducted a ‘Comprehensive Study on School-related Factors Impacting Mental Health and Well-Being of Adolescent Boys and Girls in Viet Nam’. The study addresses two primary questions:
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