Harry Minas|Erminia Colucci|Anthony F. Jorm
Evaluation of Mental Health First Aid training with members of the Vietnamese community in Melbourne, Australia
University of Melbourne|University of Melbourne|Orygen Youth Health|University of Melbourne
aim project investigate members vietnamese community melbourne impact mental health first aid mhfa training attitudes people mental illness knowledge mental disorders hypotheses end training participants would increased knowledge mental disorders treatments decreased negative attitudes towards people mental disorders respondents 114 participants twoday mhfa training workshops vietnamese community melbourne conducted two qualified mhfa trainers participants completed research questionnaire prior commencement training pretest completion posttest questionnaires assessed negative attitudes towards people mental illness described four vignettes ability recognise mental disorders described vignettes knowledge assist someone one disorders responses openended questions content analysed coded evaluate effect training answers structured questions coded openended questions given pre posttest compared using mcnemar tests dichotomous values wilcoxon tests scores pre posttest significant improvement recognition mental disorders targeted appropriate mental health first aid responses reduction inappropriate first aid responses negative attitudes people described vignettes declined significantly many items stigma scale twoday mhfa training course general members vietnamese community melbourne demonstrated significant reductions stigmatising attitudes improved knowledge mental disorders improved knowledge appropriate forms assistance give people community mental disorder sufficient evidence scale population level program vietnamese community need longitudinal evaluation scaled program