None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The overall aims of the project are to design, implement and evaluate an educational campaign, known as MindWise to help raise mental health literacy in higher education students and staff. Data will be collected on mental health problems (anxiety, depression and alcohol misuse), knowledge of and beliefs about mental health problems, stigmatizing attitudes, self-help and help-seeking behaviours at baseline, at the end of the 2010 academic year and the end of the 2011 academic year. Data will be collected via telephone interviews carried out by the Social Research Centre.
Interventions
The following intervention elements will carried out at intervals throughout the study period of two years.
MindWise stalls at pre-existing Victoria University campus events (such as Orientation Week, Safety Week and Wellness Day). Each event will last for between one and five days and there will be several such events throughout the study period.
MindWise website/Facebook page will be available throughout the study period for participants to access when they wish.
Mailout of Taking Care of
The following intervention elements will carried out at intervals throughout the study period of two years. MindWise stalls at pre-existing Victoria University campus events (such as Orientation Week, Safety Week and Wellness Day). Each event will last for between one and five days and there will be several such events throughout the study period. MindWise website/Facebook page will be available throughout the study period for participants to access when they wish. Mailout of Taking Care of Yourself and Your Family to staff members. Mailout 12-hour Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) course via e-learning CD to interested parties. These will be done twice during the study period. Links to MindWise student factsheets on student electronic learning portal (always available). Monthly emails to staff containing MindWise factsheets. The following resources or information will be provided. Participants can access these at their own pace: mental health factsheets from beyondblue, Reachout and MindWise, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) alcohol guidelines, MindWise coffee mugs with mental health message and MindWise showbags containing beyondblue materials and Victoria University services for students and staff, check your drinking quiz, pour a standard drink activity and self-care ideas activity. The overall duration of the study is two years.
Sponsors
The University of Melbourne
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Prevention
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
16 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
student or staff member of Victoria University
Exclusion criteria
Participants undertaking a course equal to or less than 3 months duration. If parental consent was denied for participants aged between 16 to 17. Students who did not feel proficient in English.
Outcome results
None listed