Evaluating the Effectiveness of Mental Health First Aid Training Among Student Affairs Staff at a Canadian University
Abstract
This study evaluates the effectiveness of providing the Mental Health First Aid training program to student affairs staff. The objective of the training was to increase knowledge of mental health, enhance sensitivity, and raise confidence to intervene and assist individuals experiencing a mental health issue. We found the training successfully met its objectives and offers great potential to student affairs practitioners.
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Only 6 of the 18 included studies were included in the prior review of MHFA, with 12 additional controlled trials identified.
“Only 6 of these were included in the prior review of MHFA [13, 17–19, 45, 48], with 12 additional controlled trials identified.”
From Systematic review and meta-analysis of Mental Health First Aid training: Effects on knowledge, stigma, and helping behaviour (2018) · cites this paper as [45]
There were two outlier studies at 6-month follow-up [44, 45]; removing these only slightly reduced the pooled effect size for confidence to d = 0.43 (95% CI: 0.30, 0.57).
“There were two outlier studies at 6-month follow-up [44, 45]; removing these only slightly reduced the pooled effect size to d = 0.43 (95% CI: 0.30, 0.57).”
From Systematic review and meta-analysis of Mental Health First Aid training: Effects on knowledge, stigma, and helping behaviour (2018) · cites this paper as [45]
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“There were two outlier studies at 6-month follow-up [44, 45]; removing these only slightly reduced the pooled effect size to d = 0.”
BackgroundHadlaczky, G., Hökby, S., Mkrtchian, A., Carli, V., & Wasserman, D. (2014) · International Review of Psychiatry · doi:10.3109/09540261.2014.924910 · Cited by 433 · see citing works
- Authors
- Massey, J., Brooks, M., & Burrow, J.
- Affiliations
- Queen's University (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Massey, Jennifer
- Venue
- Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2014-07
- Volume
- 51
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 323-336
- ISSN
- 0027-6014 (ISSN-L)
- 1949-6591
- 1949-6605
- OpenAlex
- W2118821482
- Cited by
- 36
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 4 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 4 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 1.48
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- NASPA Journal (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Speech and Hearing › School Health and Nursing Education
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Counseling Practices and Supervision
- Keywords
- mental health first aid, training effectiveness, student affairs professionals, university employees, mental health knowledge, student support
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