Session Information
08 SES 08 B, Research on Health, Wellbeing and Equity and its Implications for Health Education Research and Practice
Paper Session
Contribution
General Description
Despite the fact that there have been 60 school shootings since the 1999 tragedy at Columbine High School in Colorado, there have been few empirical studies on the psychological effects of these incidents and no study that has evaluated the effectiveness of psychological intervention. A research team investigated the long-term effect of the psychological impact in the aftermath of the Dawson College shooting, in 2006 in Montréal.
Research question
1.Evaluate the efficacy of the psychological intervention plan that was set up immediately after the shooting, including an audit of the services offered and the degree of satisfaction among those who used these services.
2.Conduct a quantitative evaluation of the psychological, pedagogical, professional and social repercussions of the event on the students, teachers and support staff of Dawson College, including an evaluation of the impact on the victims’ physical and mental health.
3.Develop an emergency psychological intervention plan in the event of school violence to be used by the four Quebec ministries and their network of services [ministère de la Justice (MJ), ministère de la Santé et des Services Sociaux (MSSS), ministère de l'Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport (MELS) and ministère de la Sécurité publique (MSP)].
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Expected Outcomes
References
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