Department of Clinical Nursing, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
J Child Adolesc Psychiatr Nurs. 2021 Aug;34(3):164-170. doi: 10.1111/jcap.12312. Epub 2021 Mar 22.
Poor knowledge and stigmatizing attitudes of healthcare professionals constitute a significant barrier to child and adolescent mental health care worldwide. This study aimed to determine the effect of a training intervention on the knowledge and attitudes of pediatric nurses to child mental health problems at a Nigerian tertiary hospital.
A two group pretest-posttest study design was undertaken. A total of 156 pediatric nurses were recruited, and participants in the intervention group received a brief child mental health training based on the World Health Organization's mhGAP training manual. Knowledge and attitudes to child mental health problems were obtained at baseline, and post intervention.
There were no differences in knowledge or attitudes across the two groups at baseline. Post intervention, there was a significant increase in the mean post knowledge scores of the intervention group compared with the control group (t = 3.8, p < .001). The effect size of the intervention was 0.62. There were no significant differences in mean post attitude scores across groups.
Incorporating children and adolescents mental health competencies into the training of nurses had a modest effect on their knowledge, but limited effect on their attitudes.
医护人员知识匮乏且对精神疾病存在污名化态度，这是全球儿童和青少年精神卫生保健的重大障碍。本研究旨在确定在尼日利亚一家三级医院，对儿科护士进行儿童心理健康问题培训干预对其知识和态度的影响。
采用了两组前后测设计。共招募了 156 名儿科护士，干预组的参与者接受了基于世界卫生组织 mhGAP 培训手册的简短儿童心理健康培训。在基线时和干预后获取儿童心理健康问题的知识和态度。
两组在基线时的知识或态度均无差异。干预后，与对照组相比，干预组的平均知识后测得分显著增加（t=3.8，p<.001）。干预的效果量为 0.62。两组的平均后测态度得分无显著差异。
将儿童和青少年心理健康能力纳入护士培训对其知识有适度影响，但对其态度影响有限。
