Involving stakeholders in designing a mental health curriculum for staff in the vision impairment sector

Nollett, Claire ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6676-4933, Cooke, Peter, Labbett, Simon, Margrain, Tom ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1280-0809 and Thurston, Mhairi 2024. Involving stakeholders in designing a mental health curriculum for staff in the vision impairment sector. British Journal of Visual Impairment 10.1177/02646196241250210

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Abstract

Depression and anxiety are common in people with congenital and acquired vision impairment but often go unaddressed. Staff from a variety of professions and roles in the sight impairment sector are well placed to identify mental health issues and signpost individuals for support. However, many of these individuals need training to do this competently. The aim of this project was to develop a mental health training curriculum for staff. We used a seven-step method involving staff and service users from national sight loss charities & local authority and university researchers. The result was a curriculum containing five modules covering an introduction to mental wellbeing, the use of a standardised depression and anxiety screening tool, referral and support options and implementation issues to consider. Future work involves developing the curriculum into an online training programme for wide dissemination across the sight loss sector.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	In Press
Schools:	Optometry and Vision Sciences Centre for Trials Research (CNTRR)
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
ISSN:	0264-6196
Funders:	RWIF |Innovation for All
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	3 April 2024
Date of Acceptance:	3 April 2024
Last Modified:	20 May 2024 14:33
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/167695

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