Mental health first aid training in a workplace setting: A randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN13249129]

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Kitchener, Betty A ^a   Jorm, Anthony F ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FIRST AID; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; RANDOMIZATION; SELF EVALUATION; STAFF TRAINING; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKPLACE; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; TEACHING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING;

EID: 12944268750     PISSN: 1471244X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-4-23     Document Type: Article

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