Mental health and well-being Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
All state schools in Wales will be sent a letter to their Headteacher offering free training for up to 3 teachers on the mental health literacy intervention: The Guide Cymru. This is an evidence-based
Sponsors
Swansea University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Child aged 13-14, in Year 9 of secondary school, attending a state school in Wales 2. Three designated teachers for each secondary school participating in the trial, who will attend the Go-To training and then deliver the Guide curriculum modules to Year 9 pupils attending their school
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Schools: 1. Not to be able to deliver the Guide Cymru intervention following the Go-To Training 2. Not be able to send three designated teachers to the Go-To Training 3. Schools outside of Wales 4. Be a primary school, a special school (for young people with Learning Disability or Behavioural difficulties), or an independent sector school Pupils: 1. Not in Year 9 Teachers: 1. A teacher not attending the Go-To training 2. A teacher unable to deliver the Guide-curriculum to Year 9 pupils (due to work-load, ill-health, etc)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Knowledge and Attitudes to Mental Health (KAMH, Snowden, Simkiss and Gray, unpublished). The KAMH measure is a questionnaire designed for children aged 11-16 years. The KAMH instrument consists of 7 domains: (1) Mental health knowledge, (2) Mental health stigma, (3) Help-seeking behaviour, (4) Good mental health behaviour, (5) Social desirability, (6) Self-stigma and (7) Avoidant coping. Participants respond to statements on a five-point Likert scale (Strongly agree, agree, don’t know, disagree, strongly disagree) with higher numbers indicating higher knowledge, lack of stigma, social desirability, help-seeking behaviour, good mental health behaviour, a lack of self-stigma and a lack of avoidant coping. The KAMH will be completed by both Year 9 pupils and teachers involved in delivering The Guide Cymru 1 week prior to teachers receiving the training, following delivery of The Guide Cymru to pupils and at a 12-week follow-up. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. PedsQL: (Varni et al. 1998) The Pediatric Quality of life inventory (PedsQL) 4.0 Generic Core Scales is a health-related quality of life measure that has demonstrated good reliability and construct validity in various populations (Desai et al. 2014). The PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales instrument consists of the following 4 domains: (1) Physical Functioning, (2) Emotional Functioning, (3) Social Functioning, and (4) School Functioning. It includes a format for typically developing children aged 5 to 18 years old. Participants rate each description regarding their heath over the past month. The PedsQL will be completed by both Year 9 pupils and teachers involved in delivering The Guide Cymru 1 week prior to teachers receiving the training, following delivery of The Guide Cymru to pupils and at a 12-week follow-up. 2. Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: (Goodman, 2001). The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is a one-page questionnaire for assessing the psychological adjustment of children and youths. The SDQ asks the person to rate 25 attributes, both positive and negative, using a 3-point Likert scale to indicate how far each attribute applies to the individual. The 25 items are divided between five scales of five items each, generating scores for emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity-inattention, peer problems, and prosocial behaviour. Emotional, conduct, hyperactivity- inattention and peer problems are summed to generate a total difficulties score, while the prosocial behaviour scale generates a strengths score. Participants rate each question on the basis of how they have been over the past six months. The SDQ will be completed by both Year 9 pupils and teachers involved in delivering The Guide Cymru 1 week prior to teachers receiving the training, following delivery of The Guide Cymru to pupils and at a 12-week follow-up. | — |
Countries
United Kingdom, Wales
Contacts
Public ContactNicola Gray
Outcome results
None listed