The Resilient Minds Program in Fire Departments
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Enrolling by invitation
- Estimated Enrollment
- 240
Summary
- Conditions
- Critical Incident
- Mental Illness
- Trauma
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: N/AIntervention Model: Single Group AssignmentMasking: None (Open Label)Primary Purpose: Prevention
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 18 years and 125 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
THE PROBLEM: Firefighters are frequently exposed to distressing events, or critical incidents such as motor vehicle accidents, burnt bodies, failed rescue attempts, threats to one's own life, and completed suicides that can trigger posttraumatic stress reactions. Previous research show that first re...
THE PROBLEM: Firefighters are frequently exposed to distressing events, or critical incidents such as motor vehicle accidents, burnt bodies, failed rescue attempts, threats to one's own life, and completed suicides that can trigger posttraumatic stress reactions. Previous research show that first responders and other public safety personnel report frequent exposure to traumatic events and are at increased risk for mental health illnesses. THE STUDY OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of a mental health training program in volunteer and career firefighters. THE STUDY SAMPLE: 600 firefighters: 300 Prince Edward Island volunteer or career firefighters, 300 Vancouver career firefighters INTERVENTION: Vancouver Fire & Rescue Services and the Canadian Mental Health Association-Vancouver Fraser co-developed a new program called, "Resilient Minds-Building the Psychological Health of Fire Fighters." The Resilient Minds training will educate firefighters about the effects of trauma, how to recognize signs of mental health illness and how to access support after critical events. It also trains firefighters to recognize mental health and addictions in co-workers and how to facilitate their help-seeking. OUTCOMES: The impact of the program will be assessed by pre- and post-program surveys, 3-month, 6-month, 12-month follow-up surveys.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT03401684
- Collaborators
- Canadian Mental Health Association, Prince Edward Island
- Canadian Mental Health Association, British Columbia
- Canadian Mental Health Association, Vancouver-Fraser
- Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
- University of Western Ontario, Canada
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Amanda Brazil, MAEd, PhD FIREWELL Principal Investigator: R. Nicholas Carleton, PhD University of Regina Principal Investigator: Steve Fraser Vancouver Fire & Rescue Services Principal Investigator: Joy MacDermid, PhD McMaster University & Western University