Gemma Crawford|Sharyn Burns|HuiJun Chih|Kristen Hunt|P. J. Matt Tilley|Jonathan Hallett|Kim Coleman|Sonya Smith
Mental health first aid training for nursing students: a protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial in a large university
Curtin University|Curtin University|Curtin University|Curtin University|Curtin University|Curtin University|Curtin University|Curtin University
impact mental health problems disorders australia significant mental health problems often start early disproportionately affect young people poor adolescent mental health predict educational achievement school educational occupational attainment adulthood many young people attend higher education found experience range mental health issues university setting therefore presents unique opportunity trial interventions reduce burden mental health problems mental health first aid mhfa aims train participants recognise symptoms mental health problems assist individual may experiencing mental health crisis training nursing students mhfa may increase mental health literacy decrease stigma student population paper presents protocol trial examine efficacy mhfa training students studying nursing large university perth western australia randomised controlled trial follow consort guidelines participants randomly allocated intervention group receiving mhfa training course comprising two face face 65 hour sessions run two days intervention period waitlisted control group receiving mhfa training study source population undergraduate nursing students large university located perth western australia efficacy mhfa training assessed following intentiontotreat principle repeated measures analysis given known burden mental health disorders among student populations important universities consider effective strategies address mental health issues providing mhfa training students offers advantage increasing mental health literacy among student population students trained mhfa likely utilise skills broader community graduate workforce anticipated trial demonstrate scalability mhfa university environment preservice nurses implementation mhfa courses comprehensive evaluation could yield positive improvements mental health literacy amongst target group well tertiary student groups australian new zealand clinical trials registry actrn12614000861651