Improving the mental health of children and young people in Northern Ireland - making research count

改善北爱尔兰儿童和青少年的心理健康——让研究发挥作用

• 批准号: ES/V009516/1
• 负责人: Claire McCartan
• 金额: $ 11.74万
• 依托单位: Queen's University Belfast
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FV009516%2F1
• 关键词: Improving; mental; health; children; young

This fellowship creates the opportunity to apply knowledge & learning from PhD study to identify & disseminate key findings from a new data source, the Youth Wellbeing Study NI. The is the first survey in NI to reliably estimate the rate, or prevalence, of mental health disorders in the general population of children, young people & their parents. It will give government, health & social care services, schools & the voluntary sector important information to help plan & deliver services to prevent & treat mental health problems. It will help us to understand the relationship between parent & child mental health & the impact of other socio-economic & environmental factors. The survey includes a range of measures of emotional & behavioural problems such as anxiety & depression, eating disorders, autism spectrum disorders & self-harm and suicide, physical health, education, environment & exposure to trauma (in childhood or relating to 'The Troubles' in NI). These data have the potential to transform the understanding of mental health in the youth population in NI & inform international knowledge about the onset of mental health disorders in children & young people & the impact of intergenerational trauma in a post-conflict society. Mental health & wellbeing is a significant public health concern & many services are stretched to breaking point. Having a better understanding of the issues facing children & young people is crucial to plan a strategic response based on need & one that targets support & encourages early help & treatment for children & families. While a valuable data set has been generated, it is important that this information is analysed, understood & communicated in a responsible and effective way that maximises its potential to inform policy, practice and ultimately improve service delivery. The fellowship plan will involve training to conduct analysis to examine the relationship between anxiety & depression rates in young people & other factors such as poverty & deprivation, parental mental health & environmental factors such as social media use/bullying/cyberbullying. Survey data has been collected on household level income, benefits, area level deprivation & home ownership, parental mental health (using the GHQ-12 questionnaire) & young people's use & experiences of social media & negative experiences online & at school. Planned analysis will examine how these complex factors interact with each other & affect child & parental mental health. Once this analysis has been completed, the work plan will include a series of short internships/research visits to organisations that have well established systems of making research data widely accessible, communicating research findings effectively, & influencing & shaping policy to promote change. This will include examining co-production methods that involve people who are 'experts by experience' e.g. people with mental health problems, or care experienced young people. The programme will also include a 6-week placement with the DOH to explore the application of this learning within a policy environment & consider how to increase & support co-production methods in this setting & increase the relevance & utility of research to improve services. Following the internships, relevant outputs based on the anxiety & depression data will be co-produced with a group of young people & disseminated. A paper will be prepared for the team at the DOH, building on the knowledge gained from the MHF and Chapin Hall visits, which will help explore how to engage stakeholders in their decision making & providing data access. The preparation of a peer-reviewed journal article will also be important. Finally, the learning & experience will place me in a strong position to identify & apply for funding as principal investigator & start to build a career as an independent researcher.

这一奖学金创造了应用博士生研究的知识和经验的机会，以确定和传播来自新的数据来源--青年幸福研究NI的重要发现。这是NI第一次可靠地估计儿童、年轻人及其父母的一般人群中精神健康障碍的比率或流行率。它将为政府、卫生和社会保健服务机构、学校和志愿部门提供重要信息，以帮助计划和提供预防和治疗精神健康问题的服务。这将有助于我们理解亲子心理健康之间的关系以及其他社会经济和环境因素的影响。这项调查包括一系列情绪和行为问题的衡量标准，如焦虑和抑郁、饮食失调、自闭症谱系障碍、自残和自杀、身体健康、教育、环境和创伤暴露(儿童时期或与NI的“麻烦”有关)。这些数据有可能改变国家卫生研究所青年人口对心理健康的理解，使国际社会了解儿童和青年精神健康障碍的发病情况，以及冲突后社会中代际创伤的影响。心理健康和幸福是一个重大的公共卫生问题&许多服务都已到了崩溃的边缘。更好地了解儿童和青少年面临的问题，对于根据需要制定战略对策至关重要，这种战略对策的目标是支持和鼓励对儿童和家庭的早期帮助和治疗。虽然已经产生了有价值的数据集，但重要的是以负责任和有效的方式分析、理解和传播这些信息，使其最大限度地为政策、实践和最终改善服务提供信息的潜力。该奖学金计划将包括培训，以进行分析，以检查年轻人的焦虑和抑郁比率与其他因素(如贫困和剥夺)、父母心理健康和环境因素(如使用社交媒体/欺凌/网络欺凌)之间的关系。调查数据收集了家庭层面的收入、福利、地区层面的剥夺和住房所有权、父母的心理健康(使用GHQ-12问卷)、年轻人使用和使用社交媒体的经历以及在线和在校期间的负面经历。计划中的分析将研究这些复杂因素如何相互作用，影响儿童和父母的心理健康。一旦这一分析完成，工作计划将包括对组织的一系列短期实习/研究访问，这些组织拥有完善的系统，使研究数据广泛可用，有效地传达研究结果，并影响和塑造促进变革的政策。这将包括研究联合制作的方法，让有经验的人参与进来，例如有精神健康问题的人，或者照顾有经验的年轻人。该计划还将包括与卫生部进行为期6周的安置，以探索在政策环境中应用这一学习方法，并考虑如何在这种环境下增加和支持联合制作方法，增加研究的相关性和实用性，以改善服务。实习结束后，基于焦虑和抑郁数据的相关输出将与一群年轻人共同制作和传播。将根据从MHF和Chain Hall访问中获得的知识，为卫生部的团队准备一份文件，这将有助于探讨如何让利益相关者参与他们的决策&提供数据访问。准备一篇同行评议的期刊文章也很重要。最后，我的学习和经历将使我处于一个有利的地位，可以确定并申请资金作为首席研究员，并开始作为一名独立研究员的职业生涯。

项目成果

The Role of Social Work Education in Relation to Empathy and Self-Reported Resilience: Results from Entry to Exit of Social Work Education on the Island of Ireland during the COVID-19 Pandemic

社会工作教育在同理心和自我报告的复原力方面的作用：COVID-19 大流行期间爱尔兰岛社会工作教育进入和退出的结果

• DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad046
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: The British Journal of Social Work
• 作者: McFadden P

Systematic review of physical activity interventions assessing physical and mental health outcomes on patients with severe mental illness (SMI) within secure forensic settings.

• DOI: 10.1111/jpm.12832
• 发表时间: 2022-10
• 期刊: JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC AND MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
• 影响因子: 2.7
• 作者: Hassan, Jessica;Shannon, Stephen;Tully, Mark A.;McCartan, Claire;Davidson, Gavin;Bunn, Richard;Breslin, Gavin
• 通讯作者: Breslin, Gavin

A scoping review of international policy responses to mental health recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• DOI: 10.1186/s12961-020-00652-3
• 发表时间: 2021-04-06
• 期刊: Health research policy and systems
• 影响因子: 4
• 作者: McCartan C;Adell T;Cameron J;Davidson G;Knifton L;McDaid S;Mulholland C
• 通讯作者: Mulholland C

Recent policy developments in promotion and prevention: a scoping review of national plans in Finland, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales

促进和预防方面的最新政策发展：对芬兰、爱尔兰、新西兰、苏格兰和威尔士国家计划的范围界定审查

• DOI: 10.1080/18387357.2021.2022502
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Advances in Mental Health
• 影响因子: 1.4
• 作者: McDaid S

Experiences of childhood adversity across generations - Continuity or change? A study from the Northern Ireland youth wellbeing survey.

几代人的童年逆境经历——延续还是改变？

• DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105568
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Child abuse & neglect
• 影响因子: 4.8
• 作者: Bunting L