myAIPMHow to promote and protect the mental health of young emergency service volunteers
Bushfire & Natural Hazards CRC | Hazard Note 98
"Within Australian emergency services, there is a clear need to investigate mental health outcomes in young adult volunteers, including practices that can minimise the impact of potentially traumatic events that are common when volunteering. The promotion and protection of positive mental health is an important part of this process.
New research, led by Dr Amanda Taylor at the University of Adelaide, has tackled mental health outcomes in young volunteers. The research was part of the CRC's Tactical Research Fund program, and was a partnership with AFAC, the University of Adelaide, the University of Western Australia, Flinders University, the University of British Columbia, the Hospital Research Foundation, Military and Emergency Services Health Australia, key emergency services and the young adult members of the project's Young Volunteers Advisory Committee.
The team has created new resources, including a Care4Guide for young people, that provide a practical starting point for supporting mental health. They are designed to help young volunteers and agencies maintain and promote positive mental health now and in the future.
Hazard Note 98 presents the research, key findings and the resources, which are all available to download from the CRC website."
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How to promote and protect the mental health of young emergency service volunteers, Bushfire & Natural Hazards CRC, Hazard Note 98, 2021