Kelly Hosking, Teresa De Santis, Emily Vintour-Cesar, Phillip Merrdi Wilson, Linda Bunn, George Garambaka Gurruwiwi, Shiraline Wurrawilya, Sarah Mariyalawuy Bukulatjpi, Sandra Nelson, Cheryl Ross, Kelly-Anne Stuart-Carter, Terese Ngurruwuthun, Amanda Dhagapan, Paula Binks, Richard Sullivan, Linda Ward, Phoebe Schroder, Jaclyn Tate-Baker, Joshua S Davis, Christine Connors, Jane Davies
"Putting the power back into community": A mixed methods evaluation of a chronic hepatitis B training course for the Aboriginal health workforce of Australia's Northern Territory
PloS one
growing number students diagnosed emotional behavioral disorders ebds need understand teachers perceive students mixedmethod research design used determine whether relationship level general education teachers knowledge emotional behavioral disorders ebds attitudes toward students ebds participants study 782 certified elementary regular education teachers quantitative data collected using two questionnaires knowledge emotional behavioral disorders questionnaire kebdq general educators attitudes toward emotional behavioral disorders questionnaire geaebdq descriptive analysis pearson correlation coefficients used analyze data results quantitative data indicated teachers responses reflected negative attitudes toward students ebds poor knowledge ebds significant correlation found teachers level knowledge attitudes toward students ebds qualitative data gathered interviews analyzed using thematic analysis approach qualitative findings line quantitative results implementation professional development training support general education teachers acquire knowledge ebds may improve teachers perceptions students ebds