{"id":126,"date":"2020-06-08T18:40:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T18:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/mhwframework\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=126"},"modified":"2020-06-10T18:21:12","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T18:21:12","slug":"target-audience","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/mhwframework\/chapter\/target-audience\/","title":{"raw":"Target Audience","rendered":"Target Audience"},"content":{"raw":"An environmental scan conducted on behalf of BCcampus identified a number of needs regarding the target audiences for mental health and wellness education and training (Moore, 2019). The following information outlines the particular needs for each group.\r\n<h1>All Students<\/h1>\r\nThe broad audience is <em>all<\/em> students; however, specific groups were identified for whom a lack of resources is a key issue. International, Indigenous, and graduate students make up these specific groups.\r\n\r\nThe most notable challenges for students are as follows:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Finding the time and effort required to attend and \u201csurvive\u201d school<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Mental load from uncertainty and external pressures<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Availability of resources that support different barriers<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Managing multiple demands<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Building day-to-day resilience (BCcampus, 2020)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h1>Faculty and Staff<\/h1>\r\nThe broad audience is all faculty; however, it was noted that frontline staff are in most need of mental health and wellness education and training:\r\n<blockquote>Qualitative interviews revealed that student mental health training for faculty and staff was a gap particularly for sessional faculty and new employees. Furthermore, they highlighted that educating faculty to support student mental health in the classroom was an unmet need.<\/blockquote>\r\nThe environmental scan identified a lack of resources for the following specific groups:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>TAs\/lab assistants and sessionals<\/li>\r\n \t<li>New hires<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Frontline staff (e.g., security, coaches, academic advisors, accessibility assessment coordinators, department secretaries)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nThe most notable challenges for faculty and staff are as follows:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Establishing a boundary of responsibility<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Mental load<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Clarity in role<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Clarity around what to do\/who to contact if a specific situation arises (BCcampus, 2020, p. 11)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","rendered":"<p>An environmental scan conducted on behalf of BCcampus identified a number of needs regarding the target audiences for mental health and wellness education and training (Moore, 2019). The following information outlines the particular needs for each group.<\/p>\n<h1>All Students<\/h1>\n<p>The broad audience is <em>all<\/em> students; however, specific groups were identified for whom a lack of resources is a key issue. International, Indigenous, and graduate students make up these specific groups.<\/p>\n<p>The most notable challenges for students are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Finding the time and effort required to attend and \u201csurvive\u201d school<\/li>\n<li>Mental load from uncertainty and external pressures<\/li>\n<li>Availability of resources that support different barriers<\/li>\n<li>Managing multiple demands<\/li>\n<li>Building day-to-day resilience (BCcampus, 2020)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Faculty and Staff<\/h1>\n<p>The broad audience is all faculty; however, it was noted that frontline staff are in most need of mental health and wellness education and training:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Qualitative interviews revealed that student mental health training for faculty and staff was a gap particularly for sessional faculty and new employees. Furthermore, they highlighted that educating faculty to support student mental health in the classroom was an unmet need.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The environmental scan identified a lack of resources for the following specific groups:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TAs\/lab assistants and sessionals<\/li>\n<li>New hires<\/li>\n<li>Frontline staff (e.g., security, coaches, academic advisors, accessibility assessment coordinators, department secretaries)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The most notable challenges for faculty and staff are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Establishing a boundary of responsibility<\/li>\n<li>Mental load<\/li>\n<li>Clarity in role<\/li>\n<li>Clarity around what to do\/who to contact if a specific situation arises (BCcampus, 2020, p. 11)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"menu_order":2,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-126","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":3,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/mhwframework\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/mhwframework\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/mhwframework\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/mhwframework\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/mhwframework\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/mhwframework\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/126\/revisions\/158"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/mhwframework\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/mhwframework\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/126\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/mhwframework\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/mhwframework\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=126"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/mhwframework\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=126"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/mhwframework\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}