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Table 1 Data collection methods to assess implementation of the WISE intervention

From: Delivery of a Mental Health First Aid training package and staff peer support service in secondary schools: a process evaluation of uptake and fidelity of the WISE intervention

Research objective

Data source

Informant

Data collection

Timing

Analysis

Training

1. Reach &

2. Dosage

Attendance records

Trainers (n = 10)

Course registers

During intervention training course

8% of target cohort trained in each school

3. Fidelity

4. Quality

Observation of intervention training courses

WISE trainers (n = 10), training attendees (2-day standard: n = 113; 1-day MHFA for schools and colleges: n = 146; intervention case study schools n = 4)

Independent assessment of intervention training course by study team (n = 2); observation schedules

During intervention training course

Summaries of scores (means, standard deviation, range)

Fidelity checklist and training materials used

WISE trainers (n = 10), training attendees (2-day standard: n = 108 (95.6%); 1-day MHFA for schools and colleges: n = 118, (80.8%)

Self-assessment; checklists and materials log

During intervention training course

Summaries of scores (means)

Training evaluation form

Training attendees (2-day standard: n = 110 (97.3%); 1-day MHFA for schools and colleges: n = 142 (97.3%)

Self-assessment; evaluation forms

Following intervention training

Summaries of scores (means); paired t-tests

WISE trainer interview

WISE trainer (n = 6)

Interview

Following intervention training

Thematic analysis

Peer support service

5. Fidelity

Peer support feedback and logs

Peer supporters (n = 113; intervention schools n = 12)

Self-assessment; logs; feedback session hosted by study team

Termly following intervention training course; 2 × feedback sessions

Summaries of responses (counts, percentages)

Peer supporter and schools MHFA attendee focus groups

Training course attendees (n = 4–8 staff, intervention case study schools n = 4)

Focus group

6 months post-training; 18 months post-training

Thematic analysis

6. Reach

Teacher questionnaires

Teachers at intervention schools (12-month follow-up n = 557, 24-month follow-up (n = 510)

Survey questions regarding use of peer support service

12-month follow-up (teachers); 24-month follow-up

Summaries of scores (counts, percentages)

  1. Research objectives: 1. Reach of the WISE intervention training, mental health awareness-raising session and the peer support service; 2. Completion of the WISE intervention training (dosage); 3. Fidelity to the planned intervention during delivery of the WISE intervention training; 4. Quality of delivery of the MHFA training; 5. Fidelity to the planned intervention during the peer support service set up and ongoing delivery; 6. Reach of the peer support service