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Evaluation of a brief training on mental health and psychosocial support in emergencies: a pre- and post-assessment in Nepal.

Department of Research and Development, HealthNet TPO, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Prehospital and disaster medicine: the official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the World Association for Emergency and Disaster Medicine in association with the Acute Care Foundation 06/2012; 27(3):235-8. DOI:10.1017/S1049023X12000738
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ABSTRACT A principal strategy for the integration of mental health and psychosocial support in emergency settings is the training of front-line workers in international consensus-based guidelines.
This paper presents a pilot study evaluating changes in knowledge and understanding as a result of a brief training course in Nepal.
Evaluation questionnaires were distributed to participants in two-day courses (n = 109) before, directly after, and at two months following completion.
The course resulted in a post-training increase in correct answers of 21%, which further increased to 25% at two months.
A short training course based on widely endorsed guidelines to front-line staff can significantly increase mental health literacy for complex emergencies. While promising, the trend of knowledge gain is modest at most, and suggests a need for more intensive or more targeted training courses.

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