Journal article
Changing attitudes: The impact of Expert by Experience involvement in Mental Health Nursing Education: An international survey study
International journal of mental health nursing, Vol.28(2), pp.480-491
01/04/2019
PMID: 30390371
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Abstract
Reform to nursing education is essential to ensure future generations of nurses are strongly positioned to value, know, and deliver strength-based, recovery-oriented mental health practice. A promising pathway to effectively drive reform is the coproduction of curricula by nursing academics and people with lived experience of recovery from mental distress referred to as Experts by Experience. The Co-production in Mental Health Nursing Education (COMMUNE) project is an international collaboration for development and implementation of consumer coproduced curricula. This study evaluated the inclusion of Expert by Experience-led mental health nursing education on nursing students' attitudes to people labelled with mental illness, mental health nursing, and consumer participation. A repeated self-report measures design was implemented in Australia, Ireland, and Finland to ascertain level of generalizability of consumer involvement within undergraduate nursing programmes. Data were collected from nursing students (n = 194) immediately before and after the education module, using three self-report instruments on attitudes (Mental Health Nurse Education Survey, Consumer Participation Questionnaire, and Opening Minds Scale). Data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Eighty-nine per cent of the 27 points of change reflected more favourable and accepting attitudinal change. Of these, 41% were significant at Bonferroni adjusted alpha of 0.0025. There was a statistically significant increase in preparedness for practice in the mental health field in each of the three countries. The most pronounced change is related to the social and systemic inclusion of people with a diagnostic label and recovery-oriented care more broadly.
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- Title
- Changing attitudes: The impact of Expert by Experience involvement in Mental Health Nursing Education: An international survey study
- Creators
- Brenda Happell - University of Newcastle AustraliaChris Platania-Phung - University of Newcastle AustraliaBrett Scholz - Australian National UniversityJulia Bocking - University of CanberraAine Horgan - University College CorkFionnuala Manning - University College CorkRory Doody - University College CorkElisabeth Hals - Inland Norway University of Applied SciencesArild Granerud - Inland Norway University of Applied SciencesMari Lahti - Turku University of Applied SciencesJarmo Pullo - Turku University of Applied SciencesAnnaliina Vatula - Turku University of Applied SciencesJohanna Koski - Turku University of Applied SciencesKornelis Jan van der Vaart - Utrecht UniversityJerry Allon - Utrecht UniversityMartha Griffin - Dublin City UniversitySiobhan Russell - Dublin City UniversityLiam MacGabhann - Dublin City UniversityEinar Bjornsson - University of IcelandPall Biering - University of Iceland
- Publication Details
- International journal of mental health nursing, Vol.28(2), pp.480-491
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 12
- Grant note
- Erasmus+
- Identifiers
- 991013036379802368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article