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dc.contributor.authorGayed, Aimée
dc.contributor.authorLaMontagne, Anthony D.
dc.contributor.authorMilner, Allison
dc.contributor.authorDeady, Mark
dc.contributor.authorCalvo, Rafael A.
dc.contributor.authorChristensen, Helen
dc.contributor.authorMykletun, Arnstein
dc.contributor.authorGlozier, Nick
dc.contributor.authorHarvey, Samuel B.
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-30T14:33:03Z
dc.date.available2019-10-30T14:33:03Z
dc.date.issued2018-07-03
dc.description.abstract<p><i>Background - </i>Mental health has become the leading cause of sickness absence in high-income countries. Managers can play an important role in establishing mentally healthy workplaces and coordinating their organization’s response to a mentally ill worker. <p><i>Objective - </i>This pilot study aims to evaluate the feasibility, usability, and likely effectiveness of a newly developed online training program for managers called <i>HeadCoach</i>. <i>HeadCoach</i> aims to build managers’ confidence in supporting the mental health needs of staff and promote managerial behavior most likely to result in a more mentally healthy workplace. <i>Methods - </i>In total, 66 managers from two organizations were invited to participate in this pre-post pilot study of <i>HeadCoach</i>, which was made available to managers to complete at their own pace over a 4-week period. Data were collected at baseline and post intervention via an online research platform. The difference in mean scores for each outcome between these two time points was calculated using paired samples t tests. <p><i>Results - </i>Of all the invited managers, 59.1% (39/66) participated in the trial, with complete pre–post data available for 56.4% (22/39) of the participants. The majority of respondents reported positive engagement with the program. During the study period, managers’ knowledge regarding their role in managing mental health issues (<i>P</i> = .01) and their confidence in communicating with employees regarding mental illness (<i>P</i> < .001) significantly increased. In addition, a significant increase was observed from the baseline in managers’ self-reported actions to use strategies to prevent and decrease stress among their team members (<i>P</i> = .02). <p><i>Conclusions - </i>Although caution is needed due to the absence of a control group, preliminary results of this study suggest that <i>HeadCoach</i> could be a feasible, acceptable, and efficient method of training managers in best workplace practices to help support the mental health needs of their staff.en_US
dc.descriptionSource at <a href=https://doi.org/10.2196/10517>https://doi.org/10.2196/10517</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGayed, A., LaMontagne, A.D., Milner, A., Deady, M., Calvo, R.A., Christensen, H., ... Harvey, S.B. (2018). A New Online Mental Health Training Program for Workplace Managers: Pre-Post Pilot Study Assessing Feasibility, Usability, and Possible Effectiveness. <i>JMIR Mental Health, 5</i>(3), e10517. https://doi.org/10.2196/10517en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1616254
dc.identifier.doi10.2196/10517
dc.identifier.issn1438-8871
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/16535
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherJMIR Publicationsen_US
dc.relation.journalJournal of Medical Internet Research
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Clinical medical disciplines: 750::Psychiatry, child psychiatry: 757en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750::Psykiatri, barnepsykiatri: 757en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Occupational health: 809en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Yrkesmedisin: 809en_US
dc.subjectmanageren_US
dc.subjectsupervisor trainingen_US
dc.subjectworkplace mental healthen_US
dc.subjectmental health educationen_US
dc.subjectonline interventionen_US
dc.subjectknowledgeen_US
dc.subjectattitudesen_US
dc.subjectbehaviouren_US
dc.subjecteHealthen_US
dc.titleA new online mental health training program for workplace managers: Pre-post pilot study assessing feasibility, usability, and possible effectivenessen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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