Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria
Inclusion: | Exclusion: |
|---|---|
Topic: • Training or staff development programmes focussed on responding to, and/or improving knowledge of, the mental health of CYP | • Training to improve professionals’ own mental health • Studies focussed on all-age mental health where the data pertaining to CYP is not separable • Studies where training focusses heavily on another topic (e.g. child protection, physical health, behavioural management), and any data on mental health is not separable |
Sample: • Mental health or allied professionals as defined above, who received and/or provided the training programme | • Students of university or college courses that did not involve contact with CYP |
Design, methods, and analysis: • All qualitative study designs • Mixed methods study designs, providing that the qualitative element was entirely separable from any quantitative analysis | • Studies with no separable qualitative findings • Studies where qualitative data collection methods were used, but qualitative analytic methods were not |
Study aims: • Studies that explored the perceived barriers and facilitators of training delivery and/or implementation | |
Other: • Studies with at least one extractable qualitative finding, to allow inclusion into the meta-synthesis | • Studies unavailable in the English language • Studies published prior to the year 2000 • Research protocols or conference abstracts for which a full study write-up could not be located |