Exploring Youth Mental Health First Aider Training Outcomes by Workforce Affiliation: A Survey of Project AWARE Participants

Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) is a public education program designed to improve youth mental health outcomes by training adults to notice mental health problems and help youth in seeking treatment. This study used a pre–post 3-month follow-up design to explore whether mental health literacy...

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Published in:School mental health 2019-06, Vol.11 (2), p.345-356
Main Authors: Haggerty, Danielle, Carlson, John S., McNall, Miles, Lee, KyungSook, Williams, Sarah
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Adults
Allied Health Personnel
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Child and School Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Confidence
Design
Developmental Psychology
Education
First Aid
Health education
Health literacy
Health services
Helping Relationship
Intervention
Mental disorders
Mental health care
Mental Health Programs
Mental Health Workers
Meta-analysis
Original Paper
Outcomes of Treatment
Prevention
Professionals
Psychology
Safety training
Stigma
Teenagers
Training
Workforce
Youth
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Summary:Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) is a public education program designed to improve youth mental health outcomes by training adults to notice mental health problems and help youth in seeking treatment. This study used a pre–post 3-month follow-up design to explore whether mental health literacy (MHL), perceived mental health stigma (MHS), and confidence in helping behavior differed across time between Youth Mental Health First Aiders (i.e., involved in Project Advancing Wellness and Resilience in Education) who are and are not members of the mental health workforce. As expected at pretest, mental health workforce first aiders scored significantly higher than non-mental health workforce first aiders for MHL and confidence in helping behavior ( p  
ISSN:1866-2625
1866-2633
DOI:10.1007/s12310-018-9300-5