None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
A significant curriculum redevelopment of the teen Mental Health First Aid for Year 7-9 secondary students (tMHFA 7-9) Edition 2 course has occurred with input from multiple curriculum specialists. The course has been piloted with a class of Year 8 students and responses received to the course from students, MHFA Instructors and supervising teachers used to make further minor revisions. This Uncontrolled Trial will allow for sufficient data to be sure the tMHFA 7-9 Edition 3 program is effective, safe and acceptable to schools, students and instructors prior to it being launched by Mental Health First Aid Australia and subsequently evaluated in a planned Randomised Controlled Trial (ACTRN12621001589875).
Interventions
Interventional
teen Mental Health First Aid
The teen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA) 7-9 Edition 3 is a redesigned course of MHFA Australia for students in Years 7-9 that has been developed with input from multiple curriculum specialists and student focus groups. tMHFA builds on the familiar first aid model and teaches students an easy to use and remember 5-step action plan for helping a friend with a mental health problem.
The tMHFA program is designed to develop students’ knowledge and skills
Interventional teen Mental Health First Aid The teen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA) 7-9 Edition 3 is a redesigned course of MHFA Australia for students in Years 7-9 that has been developed with input from multiple curriculum specialists and student focus groups. tMHFA builds on the familiar first aid model and teaches students an easy to use and remember 5-step action plan for helping a friend with a mental health problem. The tMHFA program is designed to develop students’ knowledge and skills in: - recognising warning signs that a friend is developing a mental health problem; - understanding how to talk to a friend about mental health and seeking help; - when and how to tell a responsible adult; - where to find appropriate and helpful resources about mental illness and professional help; and - how to respond in a crisis situation. tMHFA has been designed by experts in MHFA training and youth mental health. tMHFA contains a multimedia presentation, videos, a workbook and learning activities. The program is presented by Accredited MHFA Instructors who have specialist knowledge in youth mental health and experience working within schools. tMHFA involves delivery of 4 x 50-minute sessions. For this trial, tMHFA will be delivered to Year 8 students in regular school classes, in groups of 20-30 students, over a 2-3 week period. Class attendance will be taken by supervising teachers and provided to researchers according to Unique student ID to maintain anonymity.
Sponsors
University of Melbourne
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Intervention model
Single group
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
12 Years to 15 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Schools to be included in the trial must be secondary schools located in Victoria Australia and have at least 10% of staff with Youth Mental Health First Aid accreditation. Schools must not have received any mental health first aid training for students in their current Year 8 cohort. All Year 8 students from host schools will be eligible to participate.
Exclusion criteria
Schools with year 8 cohorts of less than 80 students to ensure likely level of active parental consent and maintenance of participation at 6 month follow-up. tMHFA is not designed as a suicide postvention program. If a recent suicide has occurred in a school, the appropriateness of running the tMHFA program will be assessed before formally recruiting the school.
Outcome results
None listed