Uptake and effects of psychological first aid training for healthcare workers' wellbeing in nursing homes: A UK national survey. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 AimsPsychological First Aid is a brief intervention based on international guidance from the World Health Organisation. Free to access online training in the intervention was introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic in UK. We aimed to determine the uptake
Mariyana Schoultz +5 more
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Effectiveness of psychological first aid in infectious disease pandemics: An overview of systematic reviews [PDF]
PCN Reports, 2023 There is insufficient research on the usefulness of psychological interventions, such as psychological first aid (PFA), during outbreaks. We searched for and critically appraised systematic reviews that examined the effectiveness of PFA during infectious
Masahide Koda +8 more
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Psychological First Aid Training of Police Officers [PDF]
Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 2022 A significant lack of evidence regarding the effectiveness of psychological first aid (PFA) training of first responders to emergency settings has been reported. The aim of the present study was to assess the effectiveness of a PFA training program on the feeling of confidence on providing help in crisis, knowledge, attitudes, and skills of police ...
Kouvatsou, Z. +3 more
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A case-specific psychological first aid AI recommendations app for rescue and first responders [PDF]
European Journal of PsychotraumatologyBackground: Psychological First Aid (PFA) is an intervention designed to reduce the initial distress caused by traumatic events. The various types of PFA interventions have gained widespread acceptance in response to mass trauma and domestic violence ...
Talia Meital Schwartz Tayri +4 more
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Validation and assessment of the arabic psychological first aid scale among physicians, nurses, and counselors in Jordan [PDF]
BMC PsychologyBackground Psychological first aid (PFA) involves strategies to tackle problems that occur as a result of disasters. This study aimed to validate the Arabic version of PFA scale through validity (face, content, convergent, discriminant validity, and ...
Basma Eid Alshareef +3 more
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Evaluating the effectiveness of psychological first aid training for disaster nursing: a mixed-method study [PDF]
BMC NursingBackground Psychological first aid (PFA) training significantly improves appropriate psychosocial response and PFA skills in supporting people in acute distress, thus increasing self-efficacy and promoting resilience. Nevertheless, nurses’ perceptions of
Emel Bahadır Yılmaz
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Content analysis of psychological first aid training manuals via topic modelling [PDF]
European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2023 Background: Psychological First Aid (PFA) is practiced worldwide. This practice in English is guided through a small collection of training manuals. Despite ubiquitous practice and formal training materials, little is known about what topics are covered ...
Chung-Fan Ni +4 more
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Effect of psychological first aid program on stress level and psychological well-being among caregivers of older adults with alzheimer’s disease [PDF]
BMC Nursing, 2022 Introduction Older adults with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) experience drastic changes in their physical and mental abilities. AD patients became heavily dependent on their caregivers for everyday functions, which have significant implications not only for ...
Eman Mahmoud Mohammed Shoukr +3 more
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Psychological First Aid Well-Being Support Rounds for Frontline Healthcare Workers During COVID-19 [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021 Background and Objective: Frontline healthcare workers face unprecedented stress from the current SARS COV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic. Hospital systems need to develop support programs to help frontline staff deal with this stress. The purpose of this article
Mansoor Malik +5 more
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The effect of psychological first-aid virtual education on the communication skills of nurses in disasters: a randomized controlled trial [PDF]
BMC PsychologyBackground Disasters have affected the physical and mental health of people around the world. Since nurses are frontlines in disasters, it seems necessary to prepare for this responsibility.
Sayed Mohammad Sadegh Madani +4 more
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