Enhancing the Knowledge and Skills of Advisory and Extension Agents in Mental Health Issues of Farmers

Hossain, Delwar; Gorman, Don; Eley, Robert

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“…However, since recognition of a mental disorder in a vignette task was already fairly high in the pre-test, this left limited room for improvement post intervention. Six studies with high risk of bias had a positive impact on mental-health literacy [ 36 , 42 – 46 ]. Nevertheless, the impact of their evidence is weaker given the absence of a control group, the lack of randomization procedures, and a high risk of selection bias (e.g.…”

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The effectiveness of interventions targeting the stigma of mental illness at the workplace: a systematic review

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BackgroundThe majority of people experiencing mental-health problems do not seek help, and the stigma of mental illness is considered a major barrier to seeking appropriate treatment. More targeted interventions (e.g. at the workplace) seem to be a promising and necessary supplement to public campaigns, but little is known about their effectiveness. The aim of this systematic review is to provide an overview of the evidence on the effectiveness of interventions targeting the stigma of mental illness at the workplace.MethodsSixteen studies were included after the literature review. The effectiveness of anti-stigma interventions at the workplace was assessed by examining changes in: (1) knowledge of mental disorders and their treatment and recognition of signs/symptoms of mental illness, (2) attitudes towards people with mental-health problems, and (3) supportive behavior.ResultsThe results indicate that anti-stigma interventions at the workplace can lead to improved employee knowledge and supportive behavior towards people with mental-health problems. The effects of interventions on employees’ attitudes were mixed, but generally positive. The quality of evidence varied across studies.ConclusionsThis highlights the need for more rigorous, higher-quality evaluations conducted with more diverse samples of the working population. Future research should explore to what extent changes in employees’ knowledge, attitudes, and supportive behavior lead to affected individuals seeking help earlier. Such investigations are likely to inform important stakeholders about the potential benefits of current workplace anti-stigma interventions and provide guidance for the development and implementation of effective future interventions.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12888-015-0706-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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The effectiveness of interventions targeting the stigma of mental illness at the workplace: a systematic review

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“…Evaluation trials [2-4,7,8] have shown that participation in the course increases knowledge, reduces stigma, increases confidence in offering appropriate help, and improves actions taken to help people with mental health problems.…”

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Youth mental health first aid: a description of the program and an initial evaluation

Kelly

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Fischer

et al. 2011

Int J Ment Health Syst

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BackgroundAdolescence is the peak age of onset for mental illness, with half of all people who will ever have a mental illness experiencing their first episode prior to 18 years of age. Early onset of mental illness is a significant predictor for future episodes. However, adolescents and young adults are less likely than the population as a whole to either seek or receive treatment for a mental illness. The knowledge and attitudes of the adults in an adolescent's life may affect whether or not help is sought, and how quickly. In 2007, the Youth Mental Health First Aid Program was launched in Australia with the aim to teach adults, who work with or care for adolescents, the skills needed to recognise the early signs of mental illness, identify potential mental health-related crises, and assist adolescents to get the help they need as early as possible. This paper provides a description of the program, some initial evaluation and an outline of future directions.MethodsThe program was evaluated in two ways. The first was an uncontrolled trial with 246 adult members of the Australian public, who completed questionnaires immediately before attending the 14 hour course, one month later and six months later. Outcome measures were: recognition of schizophrenia or depression; intention to offer and confidence in offering assistance; stigmatising attitudes; knowledge about adolescent mental health problems and also about the Mental Health First Aid action plan. The second method of evaluation was to track the uptake of the program, including the number of instructors trained across Australia to deliver the course, the number of courses they delivered, and the uptake of the YMHFA Program in other countries.ResultsThe uncontrolled trial found improvements in: recognition of schizophrenia; confidence in offering help; stigmatising attitudes; knowledge about adolescent mental health problems and application of the Mental Health First Aid action plan. Most results were maintained at follow-up. Over the first 3 years of this program, a total of 318 instructors were trained to deliver the course and these instructors have delivered courses to 10,686 people across all states and territories in Australia. The program has also spread to Canada, Singapore and England, and will spread to Hong Kong, Sweden and China in the near future.ConclusionsInitial evaluation suggests that the Youth Mental Health First Aid course improves participants' knowledge, attitudes and helping behaviour. The program has spread successfully both nationally and internationally.Trial registrationACTRN12609000033246

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“…2005). The effectiveness of this training programme has also been well established in varying contexts and communities, with significant improvements in mental health knowledge and negative attitudes present in adapted programmes for rural and remote (Hossain et al . 2009; Pierce et al .…”

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“…The programme leads to reductions in social distance and stigmatizing attitudes, as well as increased confidence and knowledge of mental illnesses in individuals within the community Kitchener & Jorm 2002;, and there is evidence that the knowledge learnt through MHFA can assist participants for up to 21 months' posttraining (Jorm et al 2005). The effectiveness of this training programme has also been well established in varying contexts and communities, with significant improvements in mental health knowledge and negative attitudes present in adapted programmes for rural and remote (Hossain et al 2009;Pierce et al 2010;Sartore et al 2008), Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ), Chinese (Lam et al 2010) and Vietnamese communities (Minas et al 2009), and pharmacy students (O'Reilly et al 2011). A cluster randomized trial has also shown positive effects of MHFA adapted for those working with young people, such as high school teachers .…”

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Evaluation of mental health first aid training in a diverse community setting

Morawska

Fletcher

Pope

et al. 2012

Int J Mental Health Nurs

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Mental health first aid (MHFA) training has been disseminated in the community and has yielded positive outcomes in terms of increasing help‐seeking behaviour and mental health literacy. However, there has been limited research investigating the effectiveness of this programme in multicultural communities. Given the increasing levels of multiculturalism in many countries, as well as the large number of barriers presented to these groups when trying to seek help for mental illnesses, the present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of MHFA in these settings. A total of 458 participants, who were recruited from multicultural organizations, participated in a series of MHFA training courses. Participants completed questionnaires pre and post the training course, and 6‐month follow‐up interviews were conducted with a subsample of participants. Findings suggested that MHFA training increased participant recognition of mental illnesses, concordance with primary care physicians about treatments, confidence in providing first aid, actual help provided to others, and a reduction in stigmatizing attitudes. A 6‐month follow up also yielded positive long‐term effects of MHFA. The results have implications for further dissemination and the use of MHFA in diverse communities. In addition, the results highlight the need for mental health training in health‐care service providers.

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Enhancing the Knowledge and Skills of Advisory and Extension Agents in Mental Health Issues of Farmers

Cited by 29 publications

References 12 publications

The effectiveness of interventions targeting the stigma of mental illness at the workplace: a systematic review

The effectiveness of interventions targeting the stigma of mental illness at the workplace: a systematic review

Youth mental health first aid: a description of the program and an initial evaluation

Evaluation of mental health first aid training in a diverse community setting

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