Understanding the Role of School in Students' Self-harming Behaviours: Developing system-level prevention and intervention

儿童和年轻人的自我伤害是一个主要的公共卫生优先事项。然而，学校在个人自我伤害过程中的作用仍然没有得到充分的理论和经验的探讨。这个博士项目将探索学校是如何构建和管理自我伤害的，它们如何减轻或加剧学生的自我伤害行为，以及预防方法如何适应学校的角色。成功的候选人将进行一项混合方法的研究。这将包括对学校健康研究网络(SHRN)数据集的二次分析，以探索学校对自我伤害管理做法和政策的影响。将从该网络中确定四所案例研究学校，其自我伤害的方法截然不同。将与这些学校进行定性研究。这一博士项目将为新的、理论上知情的系统级方法的发展提供方向，这将形成后续博士后研究的基础。

Self-harm in children and young people is a major public health priority. However the role of schools in individual's self-harming journeys remains under-theorised and empirically under-explored. This PhD project will explore how self-harm is constructed and managed by schools, how they might mitigate or exacerbate students' self-harming behaviours, and how preventative approaches can accommodate the role of schools. The successful candidate will undertake a mixed-method study. This will comprise secondary analysis of the School Health Research Network (SHRN) dataset to explore school influences on self-harm management practices and policies. Four case-study schools will be identified from the network with contrasting approaches to self-harm. Qualitative research will be undertaken with these schools. This PhD project will provide direction for the development of novel, theoretically informed system-level approaches, which will form the basis of subsequent post-doctoral research.