- Title
- An evaluation of the effectiveness of a consumer-led educational program about stigma in mental illness and recovery attitudes among Mental Health Nurses
- Creator
- Sreeram, Anju
- Date
- 2022
- Type
- Text; Thesis; PhD
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/190595
- Identifier
- vital:17688
- Abstract
- Fear, frustration and myths about mental illness engenders negative attitudes towards mental illness. Such negative attitudes impede the recovery of people diagnosed with mental illness. Despite an increasing emphasis on stigma and recovery-focused practices, evidence shows prejudicial attitudes towards mental illness and the recovery of people with mental illness among mental health professionals still exist. Anti-stigma initiatives and recovery-oriented interventions can aid in enhancing the attitudes of mental health professionals. Contact-based interventions have the greatest impact on attitudes among the mental health professionals including nurses. However, research regarding initiatives targeting stigma of mental illness and recovery attitudes among Mental Health Nurses working in the acute inpatient psychiatric units is limited. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a consumer-led education package on stigma about mental illness and recovery attitudes of Mental Health Nurses. A sequential explanatory mixed-method, with a pre-test and post-test design was used to evaluate the effect of consumer-led education. This research involved three phases. In the first phase, the study explored Mental Health Nurses' attitudes towards mental illness and recovery using surveys and non-participant observation. The second phase focused on the co-development and co-implementation of a consumer-led education package. The effectiveness of the intervention was evaluated using immediate post-test assessment and again three months later. The final phase focused on exploring the results obtained in the first and second phases of the study through an in-depth interview.; Doctor of Philosophy
- Publisher
- Federation University Australia
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright Anju Sreeram
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- Mental Health Nurses; Consumer-led education; Stigma; Recovery; Acute inpatient psychiatric units
- Full Text
- Thesis Supervisor
- Cross, Wendy
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