None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
This intervention seeks to measure the efficacy of Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training with first year nursing students. Participants will be recruited and randomly assigned to the control or intervention group. The intervention group will receive MHFA training. It is hypothesised that the MHFA training will increase the mental health literacy of the nursing students within the intervention group. The control group will be waitlisted and be eligible to complete the MHFA training post trial.
Interventions
The intervention group will participate in a face to face 13 hour Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) course. The course will run over 2 days consisting of 2 x 6.5 hour sessions.
The MHFA course addresses several mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, suicide, eating disorders, and self injury. The course used videos, group activities and the MHFA manual to work through the course content.
Sponsors
WA Centre for Health Promotion Research - Curtin University
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Prevention
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
First year, internally enrolled Curtin University nursing students at the Bentley campus.
Exclusion criteria
Under the age of 18 years and not enrolled in first year nursing, not enrolled internally, or not at the Bentley campus
Outcome results
None listed