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Mental and Social Health

University of South Florida

2021

Adolescence

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Youth Mental Health First Aid: Educators’ Knowledge, Attitudes, Skills, Aspirations, And Behaviors Change And Differences, Alexis M. Sanchez Jun 2021

Youth Mental Health First Aid: Educators’ Knowledge, Attitudes, Skills, Aspirations, And Behaviors Change And Differences, Alexis M. Sanchez

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine educator outcomes related to Youth Mental Health First Aid (Y-MHFA) professional development training. Educator outcomes in knowledge, attitudes, skills, aspirations, and behaviors (KASAB) were examined to evaluate the preparedness of educators to provide mental health support and the effectiveness of Y-MHFA. Additionally, this study aimed to assess educator outcomes depending on their role in the schools, including school-based educators, school-based mental health staff, and administration/district staff. The author conducted a secondary analysis of pre- and post-test questionnaires of 459 educators in a southeastern state of the United States. A repeated measures ANOVA, …