World Health Organization 'School Mental Health Manual'-based training for school teachers in Urban Lahore, Pakistan: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Autor: Aftab Asif, Atif Rahman, Nakhshab Chaudhry, Nazish Imran
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
Předmět:
Male
Health Knowledge
Attitudes
Practice
Inservice Training
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Child Behavior
Pilot Projects
law.invention
Manuals as Topic
Study Protocol
0302 clinical medicine
Randomized controlled trial
Socio-emotional skills
law
Medicine
Promotion
Pharmacology (medical)
Pakistan
030212 general & internal medicine
Child
Children
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Mental health literacy
lcsh:R5-920
Schools
Mental Disorders
05 social sciences
Age Factors
050301 education
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
Self Efficacy
Mental Health
Female
lcsh:Medicine (General)
Psychosocial
Mental Health Services
Adolescent
education
Stigma (botany)
Intervention
03 medical and health sciences
Professional Role
Intervention (counseling)
Humans
School Health Services
Medical education
business.industry
Teacher
Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials
Teacher Training
Mental health
Health Literacy
Adolescent Behavior
School Teachers
business
0503 education
Zdroj: Trials, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2018)
Trials
TRIALS
ISSN: 1745-6215
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-018-2679-3
Popis: Background The teacher’s role in school mental health initiatives cannot be overemphasized. Despite global evidence of educational interventions in improving teachers’ knowledge and attitudes regarding mental health, this area remains under researched in Pakistan. This paper presents a study protocol of a pilot randomized controlled trial to examine the effectiveness of a teacher training intervention for improving mental health literacy and self-efficacy among school teachers in urban Lahore, Pakistan. Methods The randomized controlled trial will follow the CONSORT guidelines. Participants will be allocated to the Intervention group (receiving the World Health Organization, Eastern Mediterranean Region (WHO-EMRO) School Mental Health Manual-based intervention in three 6-h, face-to-face sessions) or a waitlist control group (not receiving training during the study period). Participants will be teachers of private schools with similar broad demographic characteristics in an inner city area of Lahore. The primary outcome measures for the trial is teachers’ mental health literacy. It will be assessed by using the previously applied (during WHO training of Master Trainers) self-administered questionnaire in both groups pre and post training and at 3 months’ follow-up. Secondary outcomes include: for teachers: Teachers’ self-efficacy (assessed by the Teachers’ Sense of Self Efficacy Scale (TSES) short form.); for students (11–16 years): socio-emotional skills and psychological problems measured by the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (assessed at baseline and 3 months post intervention); for schools: the WHO School Psychosocial Profile Questionnaire (baseline and 3 months post intervention). Discussion Given the high prevalence of child mental health problems, stigma and lack of services, it is important to consider alternate avenues for promoting positive mental health among youth. This pilot study should establish the effectiveness of the WHO-EMRO School Mental Health Manual-based Intervention improving teacher’s mental health literacy and helping them to learn practical steps that can be implemented at low cost in school settings. It will also provide information regarding intervention implementation and sustainability. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov, ID: NCT02937714. Registered on 18 October 2016. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13063-018-2679-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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