School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
J Adv Nurs. 2012 Nov;68(11):2418-28. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05937.x. Epub 2012 Jan 25.
To report a study evaluating the effectiveness of a Wellness Recovery Action Planning education programme.
Internationally, mental health policy is advocating using recovery approaches to care. Underpinning these approaches is investment in education in recovery principles and methods and a need to provide evidence of the impact of this education.
The study design employed a mixed methods approach.
Using questionnaires and focus groups, we evaluated 2- and 5-day Wellness Recovery Action Planning Education Programmes and assessed participants' attitudes towards recovery, knowledge of recovery and Wellness Recovery Action Planning beliefs. Data were collected between 2009 and 2010. Participants were people with personal experience of mental health problems, practitioners in mental health services and family members/carers of those with mental health problems.
Comparing the pre and postmeasures showed that the programme increased participants' knowledge of and attitudes towards recovery and Wellness Recovery Action Planning. Although this increase was statistically significant for the 2-day programme, it was not so for the 5-day programme. Participants reported being very positive and enthusiastic about the programme and the benefits they had achieved personally and professionally as a result of participating.
This exploratory study shows that providing mental health practitioners and people with personal experience of mental health problems with a systematic education and training in recovery principles using the Wellness Recovery Action Planning approach leads to positive changes in people's knowledge, skills and attitudes towards recovery. This education appeared to inspire, invigorate and empower people, and for many, it was a life changing experience.
报告一项评估 Wellness Recovery Action Planning 教育计划有效性的研究。
在国际上，精神卫生政策提倡采用康复方法进行护理。这些方法的基础是对康复原则和方法的教育进行投资，并需要提供这种教育的影响的证据。
研究设计采用了混合方法。
使用问卷和焦点小组，我们评估了为期 2 天和 5 天的 Wellness Recovery Action Planning 教育计划，并评估了参与者对康复、康复知识和 Wellness Recovery Action Planning 信念的态度。数据收集于 2009 年至 2010 年期间。参与者是有精神健康问题个人经验的人、精神卫生服务的从业者以及有精神健康问题的人的家属/照顾者。
比较预测量和后测量表明，该计划增加了参与者对康复和 Wellness Recovery Action Planning 的知识和态度。尽管该计划的 2 天课程在统计学上有显著增加，但 5 天课程则没有。参与者报告说对该计划非常积极和热情，并且由于参与该计划，他们在个人和专业方面都取得了收益。
这项探索性研究表明，通过使用 Wellness Recovery Action Planning 方法为精神卫生从业者和有精神健康问题个人经验的人提供康复原则的系统教育和培训，会导致人们对康复的知识、技能和态度发生积极变化。这种教育似乎激发、鼓舞和赋予了人们力量，对许多人来说，这是改变生活的经历。
