Mental health first aid training for nursing students: A protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial in a large university

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Crawford, Gemma ^a   Burns, Sharyn K ^a   Chih, Hui Jun ^a   Hunt, Kristen ^a   Tilley, P J Matt ^a   Hallett, Jonathan ^a   Coleman, Kim ^a   Smith, Sonya ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Mental health first aid; Mental health literacy; Nursing students; Prevention and early intervention; University

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST AID; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID; NURSING STUDENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL DISTANCE; TRAINING; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; ADOLESCENT; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH LITERACY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL DISORDERS; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, NURSING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL STIGMA; STUDENTS, NURSING; UNIVERSITIES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84924110049     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-015-0403-3     Document Type: Article

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