Mental Health First Aid

MHFA5 - Research Results — Findings from Adult, Youth and teen MHFA

Sunday, April 10, 2022

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Location: Gaylord National, Annapolis 3/4

Presenter - MHFA Summit(s)

Karen Franchino, MSW, MPH

Principal Consultant
Kaiser Permanente, National Mental Health and Wellness
Oakland, California

Slides
Cixin Wang, PhD

Associate Professor
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland
Holly Wilcox, PhD

Professor
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Baltimore, Maryland

Staff Moderator - MHFA Summit(s)

Sanjana Bhakta, MPH

Manager, Curricula Research and Evaluation
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Aberdeen, Maryland

Slides

Are you ever asked about the evidence-base of Mental Health First Aid? In this session you will hear about recent research studies conducted on MHFA programs and the latest outcomes of the research. You will learn the specifics of the studies conducted, why it is relevant to Instructors and how you can use the evidence base to better market your courses.

tMHFA is a scalable program with the goal of providing skills and empowering young people to recognize and intervene when they encounter a peer experiencing mental health problems/crises. The program is easily embedded into the high school curriculum.

Learning Objectives:

Summarize recent research studies conducted on MHFA programs and the latest outcomes.
Describe how each research study was conducted.
Explain how you can use the evidence outcomes or research methods to enhance your MHFA program.