Journal article
Building psychosocial capacity through training of front-line health professionals to provide brief therapy: lessons learned from the PROMPT study
J Turner, L Mackenzie, B Kelly, D Clarke, P Yates, S Aranda
Supportive Care in Cancer | SPRINGER | Published : 2018
Abstract
Purpose: This report describes the views of front-line health professionals who participated in a randomised controlled trial examining a model of care in which depressed cancer patients received a brief psychosocial intervention. Health professionals from four cancer centres received focused training, skill development and clinical supervision in order to deliver the intervention. Methods: We interviewed 20 health professionals asking them about their perceptions of participation in the study and their views about more widespread implementation of this model of care. Results: Participants strongly advocated for widespread implementation of this model of care; however, their ability to deliv..
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Awarded by beyondblue: the national depression initiative
Funding Acknowledgements
beyondblue: the national depression initiative. (Study ID: 631570). The funding body had no role in the study design, collection, analysis or interpretation of data, or writing of report, or decision to submit for publication. The authors have no financial relationship with the funding source. The authors have full control of all primary data and agree to allow the journal to review data if requested.