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

与一般人群相比，经历过无家可归的年轻人的社会、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通过现有服务获得支持（Hodgson et al., 2014）。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卫生不平等。这表明需要制定新的战略，以鼓励YPEH参与适当的支持条款。我的博士研究探讨了体育活动（PA）是否可以鼓励YPEH参与心理治疗，并比较了在有或没有额外治疗的情况下，基于PA的干预措施的效果（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可能有效地改善YPEH的健康状况，而不需要额外的心理治疗，主要是通过提供学习和与相似的年轻人联系的机会。总的来说，这项研究为该领域提供了几项重要贡献，包括确定支持YPEH福祉和行为改变的有效技术，以及确定为这一人群提供机会时的障碍和推动因素。重要的是，这些发现应惠及那些直接与YPEH和类似群体（如护理人员）合作的人员并使其受益。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：一篇解释在与有护理经验的年轻人进行活动时，具体技术如何支持健康和积极行为；它为如何在研究和实践环境中优化这一人群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展示这项研究，以最大限度地提高对广泛受众的影响。我的长期目标是通过与公共部门服务合作，领导一个大型研究项目，在博士学位期间进行的研究的基础上进一步发展。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、高级领导和年轻人自己），以确保任何计划的研究始终遵循协作方法。

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.