title: Training mental health nurses to assess the physical health needs of mental health service users: a pre- and post-test analysis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this project was to develop, deliver, and evaluate a brief evidenced-based education package to enhance physical health literacy in mental health nurses.
  
  
  METHODS
  Pre- and post-test survey of knowledge of physical health in serious mental illness, satisfaction with the workshop, and applicability to practice.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Participants were motivated to attend and complete the questions. There was statistically significant knowledge gain immediately post workshop and participants described satisfaction with the content and a willingness to apply learning from the session to their practice.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  If such workshops are provided as a collaborative and relatively inexpensive way of education, they can contribute to building the capacity of mental health nurses to be literate in physical health interventions.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of Hull, Hull, UK.
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hemingway
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stephenson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004493:Education / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D057220:Health Literacy / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Bipolar disorder; content analysis; health literacy; mental health nursing; physical health; schizophrenia; serious mental illness (SMI); statistical analysis