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Evaluation of Mental Health Emergency Preparedness Among Health Professionals
dc.contributor.author | Ablah, Elizabeth | |
dc.contributor.author | Hawley, Suzanne | |
dc.contributor.author | Konda, Kurt M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Wolfe, Deborah | |
dc.contributor.author | Cook, David J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-01-27T17:53:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-01-27T17:53:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008-08-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Ablah, Elizabeth et al. (2008). "Evaluation of Mental Health Emergency Preparedness Among Health Professionals." Journal of Allied Health, 37(3):144-149. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0090-7421 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/16393 | |
dc.description | This is the publisher's version, also available electronically from http://www.ingentaconnect.com | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to identify if health professionals report an increase in mental health preparedness abilities with having only two mental health components as part of a 2-day preparedness training conference. At each of three conferences, identical pretraining and posttraining surveys were administered to conference participants. A 3-month follow-up survey was administered to respondents who volunteered to complete them. At pretraining, respondents (n = 603) reported generally greater mental health preparedness abilities than non–mental health preparedness abilities. This trend continued at posttraining (n = 490) and at 3 months posttraining (n = 195). Participants reported significantly increased mental health preparedness abilities at immediate posttraining and at 3 months posttraining from pretraining. This current study suggests that even when mental health items are included as a secondary component of disaster preparedness training, significant and meaningful growth in participants' confidence in their abilities can occur. | en_US |
dc.publisher | Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asahp/jah/2008/00000037/00000003/art00005?token=004a172125c74e6437a63736a6f3547464c367034442e493e6f644a467b4d616d3f4e4b34c | en_US |
dc.title | Evaluation of Mental Health Emergency Preparedness Among Health Professionals | en_US |
dc.type | Article | |
kusw.kuauthor | Cook, David J. | |
kusw.kudepartment | Communication Studies | en_US |
kusw.oaversion | Scholarly/refereed, publisher version | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess |