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Table 3 Comparison of mental health literacy and stigmatizing attitudes, pre- and post-MHFA training

From: Mental health first aid training for the Bhutanese refugee community in the United States

Variables

Pre

Post

P

The 21 questions section of MHFA instrument on knowledge on mental health problems

Scores on knowledge on mental health prob, mean (SD)

7.55 (3.32)

9.80 (1.76)

<0.0001

Quite a bit or extremely confident in providing help, %

58.5%

82.0%

0.0021

Correctly recognize depression in the vignette, %

27.6%

56.9%

0.0015

Scores on changes in stigma towards disease in vignette

Personal stigma

22.12 (5.09)

22.1 (5.82)

0.9851

Perceived stigma

19.07 (4.91)

19.39 (4.94)

0.7251