Integrating physical activity with psychological therapies for wellbeing and behaviour change of socially disadvantaged young people.

将身体活动与心理疗法相结合，以促进社会弱势年轻人的福祉和行为改变。

• 批准号: ES/Y008448/1
• 负责人: Jennifer Thomas
• 金额: $ 14.62万
• 依托单位: Swansea University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FY008448%2F1
• 关键词: Integrating; physical; activity; psychological; therapies

Young people who have experienced homelessness (YPEH) report poorer social, psychological and physical health compared with the general population (Edidin et al., 2012). However, less than one-third of YPEH access support through available services (Hodgson et al., 2014). Limited availability, lack of awareness, and fear of stigmatisation may all contribute to these health inequalities. This suggests that new strategies are needed to encourage YPEH to engage with appropriate support provisions. My PhD research explored whether physical activity (PA) could encourage YPEH to engage with psychological therapy, and compared effects of PA-based interventions which were delivered either with or without additional therapy (Dialectical Behavioural Therapy Skills Training, Linehan, 2015). Preliminary findings suggested that PA may encourage YPEH to attend group psychotherapy, yet further research is needed to support this. Findings also indicated that PA alone may be effective for improving the wellbeing of YPEH without additional psychotherapy, mainly through providing an opportunity to learn and connect with similar young people. Overall, this research offered several important contributions to the field including identification of effective techniques for supporting wellbeing and behaviour change of YPEH, and identification of barriers and enablers when providing opportunities for this population. It is important that these findings reach and benefit those working directly with YPEH and similar groups (e.g. care leavers). This fellowship will enable me to translate this research to practice through organising events and developing a toolkit of resources which can be used by support providers. Beyond this, it will allow me the opportunity to publish two journal articles: one explaining how specific techniques can support wellbeing and positive behaviours when delivering activities with care-experienced young people; and one which provides guidelines for how to optimise reach and engagement of this population in research and practice settings. I would also present this research at UK-based and International conferences to maximise impact across a broad range if audiences, My long-term goal is to build on the research undertaken during the PhD through leading a large-scale research project in partnership with public sector services. To achieve this, I will meet and build relationships with such services to describe my research, identifying suitable grant opportunities, and explore the potential for developing a joint funding proposal. This work would involve all potential stakeholders (practitioners, senior leadership, and the young people themselves) to ensure any planned research follows a collaborative approach at all times.

经历过无家可归的年轻人（YPEH）报告说，与普通人群相比，他们的社会、心理和身体健康状况较差（Edidin等人，2012年）。然而，只有不到三分之一的YPEH通过可用服务获得支持（Hodgson等人，2014年）。有限的可用性，缺乏认识，以及对污名化的恐惧都可能导致这些健康不平等。这表明，需要新的战略，以鼓励YPEH参与适当的支持规定。我的博士研究探讨了身体活动（PA）是否可以鼓励YPEH参与心理治疗，并比较了基于PA的干预措施的效果，这些干预措施在有或没有额外治疗的情况下进行（辩证行为治疗技能培训，Linehan，2015）。初步研究结果表明，PA可能会鼓励YPEH参加团体心理治疗，但需要进一步的研究来支持这一点。研究结果还表明，单独的PA可能是有效的改善YPEH的福祉没有额外的心理治疗，主要是通过提供一个学习和与类似的年轻人连接的机会。总的来说，这项研究提供了几个重要的贡献，该领域包括确定有效的技术，支持福利和行为改变的YPEH，并确定障碍和使能因素时，为这一人群提供机会。重要的是，这些研究结果能够使那些直接与YPEH和类似群体（例如护理离开者）合作的人受益。这项奖学金将使我能够通过组织活动和开发可供支持提供者使用的资源工具包将这项研究转化为实践。除此之外，它将使我有机会发表两篇期刊文章：一篇解释了在与有护理经验的年轻人一起开展活动时，特定技术如何支持健康和积极行为;另一篇为如何优化这一人群在研究和实践环境中的接触和参与提供了指导方针。我还将在英国和国际会议上介绍这项研究，以最大限度地扩大对广泛受众的影响，我的长期目标是通过领导与公共部门服务合作的大型研究项目，在博士期间开展的研究的基础上再接再厉。为了实现这一目标，我将与这些服务机构会面并建立关系，以描述我的研究，确定合适的资助机会，并探索开发联合资助提案的潜力。这项工作将涉及所有潜在的利益相关者（从业人员，高级领导和年轻人本身），以确保任何计划的研究在任何时候都遵循合作的方法。