Climate change and mental health: a co-produced, transformative study with young people in Blackpool

这项研究积极吸引面临多重系统性劣势的年轻人（YPfMSD）参与气候变化的讨论，以了解气候变化可能对他们的心理健康产生的影响，了解他们对社区未来的愿景，并共同采取变革行动。它被嵌套在整个城镇的弹性项目中，称为Resilience Revolution布莱克浦（“Resilience Revolution”2019），由HeadStart布莱克浦（HS）领导，并与布莱顿大学和BoingBoing CiC合作。它与该镇的年轻人和从业者密切合作，利用现有资源，从环境角度共同制作材料。布莱克浦是最贫困的地方当局之一，儿童贫困是英格兰第14大最严重的地方（布莱克浦理事会2017）。气候变化是这座沿海小镇也面临的另一个逆境，最近被描述为“对穷人的不合理攻击”（人权理事会2019，21），因为气候崩溃的后果将对生活在贫困中的人们产生最大的影响，并有可能毁掉50年的发展，也将发达国家的中产阶级家庭推入贫困。此外，最近的研究发现气候变化与心理健康之间存在联系（Hayes et al. 2018），并且正在讨论诸如日光痛（Albrecht et al. 2007）和生态焦虑等现象。一些研究调查了气候变化对年轻人心理健康的影响（Ojala，2012年b; 2013年; 2012年a），但年轻人面临多重系统性不利因素，如生活在社会经济水平低的地区，这项研究的重点是气候变化如何影响心理健康，从而影响YPfMSD的弹性，以及如何为青年机构提供系统的机会。可以共同开发。这项研究还旨在填补文献中的一个重要空白，即英国弱势地区的年轻人的态度是什么，需要什么资源和支持来支持心理健康，以及如何与年轻人共同创造与气候危机相关的变革行动。这也有可能导致对气候变化的完全不同的理解和叙述，从心理健康的角度来看，使用适合YP面临多重系统性挑战的语言。

This research actively engages young people facing multiple systemic disadvantages (YPfMSD) in discussions about climate change, to find out what impact it might have on their mental health, to learn about their vision for the future of their community and to work on co-creating transformative actions. It is nested in the whole-town resilience project, known as Resilience Revolution Blackpool ('Resilience Revolution' 2019), led by HeadStart Blackpool (HS) and in partnership with the University of Brighton and BoingBoing CiC. It works closely with the young people and practitioners of the town to build on the existing resources and co-produce materials from an environmental angle. Blackpool is one of the most deprived local authorities, with child poverty being the 14th worst in England (Blackpool Council 2017). Climate change, an additional adversity also faced by the coastal town, was recently described as an "unconscionable assault on the poor" (Human Rights Council 2019, 21) because consequences from climate breakdown will have the greatest impact on those living in poverty and furthermore threatens to undo 50 years of development, also pushing middle class families in developed countries into poverty. In addition, recent studies found a connection between climate change and mental health (Hayes et al. 2018) and phenomena such as solastalgia (Albrecht et al. 2007) and eco-anxiety are being discussed. Some studies have investigated the effect that climate change has on the mental health of young people (Ojala 2012b; 2013; 2012a) but young people facing multiple systmeic disadvantages, such as living in low-socio economic areas, are often left out of research.This study focuses on how climate change influences the mental health and therefore the resilience of YPfMSD and how systematic opportunities for youth agency can be co-developed. This research also looks to fill an important gap in the literature on what the attitudes of young people in a disadvantaged area of the UK are, what resources and support are needed to support mental health and how transformative actions related to the climate crisis can be co-created with young people. This also has the potential to lead to an entirely different understanding and narrative of climate change, looking at it from a mental health perspective, using language appropriate for YP facing multiple systemic challenges.