Engaging and supporting the public on the topic of grief and bereavement: an evaluation of Good Grief Festival.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Good Grief Festival was originally planned as a face-to-face festival about grief and bereavement. Due to COVID-19, it was held online over 3 days in October 2020.

Objective

To evaluate the festival's reach and impact.

Design

Pre/post evaluation.

Methods

Pre-festival online surveys assessed reasons for attending and attitudes to bereavement across four items (fear of saying the wrong thing, avoiding talking to someone bereaved, knowing what to do if someone bereaved was struggling, knowing how to help). Post-festival online surveys evaluated audience experiences and the four attitude items. Free-text responses, analysed using thematic analysis, generated suggestions for improvement and general comments.

Results

Between 5003 and 6438 people att

SUBMITTER: Selman LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10392217 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature