Perspectives of rural health and human service practitioners following suicide prevention training programme in Australia: A thematic analysis

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 356-363

  Jones, Martin ^a   Ferguson, Monika ^a   Walsh, Sandra ^a   Martinez, Lee ^a   Marsh, Michael ^b   Cronin, Kathryn ^c   Procter, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Eyre Mental Health Services   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

lived experience; mental health; mental health education; rural healthcare; suicide prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIAL WORKER; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIAL WORKERS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; SUICIDE;

EID: 85045288711     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hsc.12532     Document Type: Article

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