Research objective | Data source | Informant | Data collection | Timing | Analysis |
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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) |