Assessing the links between first aid training and community resilience 9 2.2.2 community efficacy > Similar to social connectedness, community efficacy did not appear to be a direct result of first aid training, however aspects were related to willingness and confidence to provide first aid. Community efficacy is heightened in those who are trained together as a community, compared to those who are not. In addition, those who are trained more than once more strongly agreed that people in their community are willing to provide first aid to each other in an emergency, compared to those trained only once (76% vs. 65%). > Analysis of qualitative data also suggests a benefit to community efficacy if community members are trained together. In the words of one participant: “I feel that if you are learning with people you know you are more likely to undertake the challenge together and be more comfortable with touching people initially that you know than a complete stranger. their community has first aid skills, it seems Once people are trained they are more willing that learning may be further enhanced by to go into the outside world knowing they training people as a community. are qualified and capable of doing first aid to a stranger.” 2.2.4 spread of knowledge > Levels of both willingness and confidence > In terms of first aid outcomes, the willingness were higher for people who had shared first of a respondent to provide first aid was aid skills or knowledge or had recommended significantly positively related to all aspects training to someone else, than those who of community efficacy, where people who are had not. willing to provide first aid are also likely to agree that their community has each of the > Nearly all (95%) of the Trained respondents community efficacy measures. had told someone they had received first aid training, and around two thirds had shared 2.2.3 learning first aid skills or knowledge (63%) or > People who agreed that they know someone in recommended first aid training to someone their community to go to for first aid help were else (67%). This knowledge was most often both more willing and confident to give first spread to family and friends. However, these aid than those who did not agree. figures appear to be at odds with the lower reports of knowing who to turn to for first aid > It is encouraging that Trained respondents help (71%) and knowing people who can give (intervention/experimental group) more so first aid (28%). This perhaps suggests that the than the Control respondents know who to spread of knowledge may occur beyond the turn to for first aid help (35% vs. 25%). identified communities or families/friends – However, this is likely to be driven, at least into other arenas of people’s lives. in part, by having attended that training with other members of their community, since those 2.2.5 readiness to respond in the Control group had similar levels of > Communities which have undertaken agreement to those in the Trained group who preparations in order to be ready to respond had not been trained with other members of to a first aid emergency are likely to be those their community (25% and 26% respectively). in which other community members were In addition, given the positive relationship trained alongside the respondent. Indeed, between the number of training sessions and communities in which the respondent was increased knowledge, and those individually trained as an individual were three times more trained reporting lesser knowledge of who in likely to report they had no preparations in