Mental Health Awareness Beyond Messaging

Authors

Kylee Tidwell, Utah State UniversityFollow

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Description

Hope Squad is a mental health organization based in Utah. This presentation evaluates a very important narrative to Hope Squad; Greg Hudnall, the founder of the organization, shares the reason he started Hope Squad at all of the organization events. This story defines the values, assumptions, and norms of Hope Squad. Hope Squad values mental health advocacy and creates an expectation of mental health awareness for every person. The norm that results from these values and assumptions is a culture of mental health awareness for the employees. Hope Squad brings awareness of mental health in a variety of ways, so the employees feel safe to be authentic in their personal mental health. This results in loyal and resilient employees that are passionate in their work at the organization.

Publication Date

12-9-2021

City

Logan, UT

Keywords

mental health, advocacy, awareness, authenticity

Disciplines

Communication

Recommended Citation

Tidwell, Kylee, "Mental Health Awareness Beyond Messaging" (2021). Fall Student Research Symposium 2021. 83.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/fsrs2021/83