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

气候变化与心理健康：与布莱克浦年轻人共同开展的一项变革性研究

• 批准号: 2272756
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Brighton
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2272756
• 关键词: Climate; change; mental; health; co

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.

这项研究积极地让面临多重系统性缺陷(YPfMSD)的年轻人参与关于气候变化的讨论，找出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，并共同创造变革性的行动。它嵌套在整个城市的弹性项目，被称为弹性革命布莱克浦(‘弹性革命’2019)，由HeadStart Blackpool(HS)牵头，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，从环境角度利用现有资源并共同制作材料。布莱克浦是最贫困的地方当局之一，儿童贫困在英格兰排名第14位(布莱克浦委员会2017年)。气候变化也是这个沿海小镇面临的另一个逆境，最近被描述为“对穷人的无理攻击”(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产生最大影响，并有可能破坏50年的发展，还会将发达国家的中产阶级家庭推向贫困。此外，最近的研究发现气候变化和心理健康之间存在联系(Hayes等人。2018)和诸如日晒痛等现象(Albrecht et al.2007年)和生态焦虑正在被讨论。一些研究已经调查了气候变化对年轻人心理健康的影响(Ojala 2012b；2013；2012a)，但面临多重系统性劣势的年轻人，如生活在低社会经济地区的年轻人，往往被排除在研究之外。本研究重点研究气候变化如何影响青少年心理健康，从而影响青少年儿童的适应能力，以及如何共同开发青少年机构的系统性机会。这项研究还希望填补文献中的一个重要空白，即英国弱势地区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有关的变革性行动。这也有可能导致对气候变化的完全不同的理解和叙述，从心理健康的角度看待气候变化，使用适合于面临多重系统性挑战的联合国气候变化计划的语言。