An evaluation of the teen and Youth Mental Health First Aid training with a CALD focus: an uncontrolled pilot study with adolescents and adults in Australia

Table 2 Variables measured in year 10 students and teachers/responsible adults across time

Variable measured	Pre-training	Post-training	3-Month
Demographics	✓
Mental health literacy
Recognition of mental health problem—general	✓	✓	✓
Adults thought to be helpful	✓	✓	✓
Knowledge of youth mental health quiz^b	✓	✓	✓
Stigmatising attitudes
Social distance	✓	✓	✓
Stigma
Weak-not-sick subscale	✓	✓	✓
I would not tell anybody	✓	✓	✓
Dangerous/unpredictable subscale	✓	✓	✓
MHFA intentions and behaviours
Confidence helping	✓	✓	✓
Offering help^b	✓	✓	✓
MHFA intentions—helpful^a	✓	✓	✓
MHFA intentions—harmful^a	✓	✓	✓
MHFA intentions—ALGEE score^b	✓	✓	✓
MHFA experiences—provided to peer^a	✓		✓
MHFA experiences—received from a peer^a	✓		✓
MHFA experiences—ALGEE score^b	✓		✓

ISSN: 1752-4458