MHM Magazine

NUMBER OF CHILDREN CARED FOR: 35% 11% 3-4 children 54% 1-2 children 5 or more children SINGLE PARENTHOOD: 46% 43% Bullying Anxiety 42% Coping as a Single Parent TOP THREE PREFERRED MENTAL HEALTH TOPICS Male: 20% Gender non-specific: 4% Female: 76% GENDER: Johannesburg South – 1 workshop Johannesburg North – 1 workshop Soweto (Johannesburg Central) – 4 workshops Ekurhuleni – 4 workshops SUICIDE PREVENTION MECHANISMS AND SKILLS 93% learnt the contents of a Suicide Safety Plan 97% felt more confident that they would be able to identify signs of depression amongst teens after this talk ENHANCED PARENTING 100% felt that attending this talk would make them be a better parent/caregiver than they were before 93% learnt about trauma HELPING TEENS IN CRISIS 97% learnt about counselling at the talk 96% felt empowered to help teens who experience mental health crises 98% learnt where to get help for teens who experience mental health problems GAINS OF THE TALK: ENGAGEMENT SESSION LOCATIONS: 56% are employed 44% are unemployed EMPLOYMENT: Data Obtained Across 10 Workshops (n=275) from February 2024 - May 2025 PARENT / CAREGIVER ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS 1 2 3 4 20% Children with poor mental health 22% Paying school fees 32% Crime 71% Financial stress and pressure 38% Family problems 40% Unemployment TOP 6 STRESSORS: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2 out of 3 single parents are single mothers 63% of the total sample are single parents Years of age 19-88 AGE RANGE: 1 3 4 2