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Promoting mental health and wellbeing in schools: examining Youth Aware of Mental Health (YAM) and the Mental Health & High School Curriculum Guide (The Guide) in English secondary schools

Approaches for Wellbeing and Mental Health literAcy: Research in Education (AWARE)

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN17631228
Enrollment
8640
Registered
2018-09-05
Start date
2018-03-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-10-16

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Conditions

Mental health and wellbeing Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Interventions

Current intervention as of 29/07/2019: This study involves pupils being allocated to one of two interventions (YAM or the Guide) or continuing with usual provision. The method of randomisation is mini

Sponsors

University College London
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Current inclusion criteria as of 29/07/2019: Schools: 1. Be willing to deliver/have an intervention delivered to around 60 year 9 pupils in three delivery classes 2. Are able to allocate 1 hour per week to deliver in the intervention for 6 weeks in the spring term of 2018 or 2019 3. Fall under one of the four hubs: London and the South East; Manchester and the North West; Durham and the North East; Bath, Bristol and the South West 4. For The Guide only, be able to send teachers of delivery groups to training after October half term 2018/2019 5. Sign a Memorandum of Understanding, data sharing agreement and provide pupil lists to the research team Pupils: 1. Be in Year 9 2. Parental consent and young person assent Previous inclusion criteria: Schools: 1. Be willing to deliver/have an intervention delivered to around 60 year 9 pupils in three delivery classes 2. Are able to allocate one hour per week to deliver in the intervention for 6 weeks in the spring term of 2018 or 2019 3. Fall under one of the five hubs: 1) London, 2) Birmingham and the Midlands, 3) Bristol, Bath and Somerset, 4) Durham and the North East, 5) Manchester 4. For The Guide only, be able to send teachers of delivery groups to training after October half term 2018/2019 5. Sign a Memorandum of Understanding, data sharing agreement and provide pupil lists to the research team Pupils: 1. Be in Year 9 2. Parental consent and young person assent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Current exclusion criteria as of 29/07/2019: Schools: 1. Not able to deliver/have an intervention delivered to around 60 year 9 pupils in three delivery classes 2. Unable to allocate one hour per week to deliver in the intervention for six weeks in the spring term of 2018 or 2019 3. Fall outside one of the four hubs: London and the South East; Manchester and the North West; Durham and the North East; Bath, Bristol and the South West 4. For the Guide only, unable to send teachers of delivery groups to training after October half term 2018/2019 5. Unable to sign a MOU, data sharing agreement or provide pupil lists to the research team 6. Be a primary school or alternative provision (e.g. pupil referral unit) Pupils: 1. Not in Year 9 2. Parental consent and young person assent not provided Previous exclusion criteria: Schools: 1. Not able to deliver/have an intervention delivered to around 60 year 9 pupils in three delivery classes 2. Unable to allocate one hour per week to deliver in the intervention for six weeks in the spring term of 2018 or 2019 3. Fall outside one of the five hubs: 1) London, 2) Birmingham and the Midlands, 3) Bristol, Bath and Somerset, 4) Durham and the North East, 5) Manchester 4. For the Guide only, unable to send teachers of delivery groups to training after October half term 2018/2019 5. Unable to sign a MOU, data sharing agreement or provide pupil lists to the research team 6. Be a primary school or alternative provision (e.g. pupil referral unit) Pupils: 1. Not in Year 9 2. Parental consent and young person assent not provided

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Current primary outcome measure as of 29/07/2019: For YAM: Emotional difficulties on the Short Mood and Feelings questionnaire (SMFQ) (Angold, 1995) collected online and measured at baseline, 3-6 months and 9-12 months post intervention For The Guide: Help seeking (Wilson et al., 2011) collected online and measured at baseline, 3-6 months and 9-12 months post intervention Previous primary outcome measure: For YAM: Emotional difficulties on the Short Mood and Feelings questionnaire (SMFQ) (Angold, 1995) collected online and measured at baseline, 6 months and 12 months post intervention For The Guide: Help seeking (Wilson et al., 2011) collected online and measured at baseline, 6 months, and 12 months post intervention

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Current secondary outcome measures as of 29/07/2019: All measures will be collected online and measured at baseline, 3-6 months and 9-12 months post intervention: Pupils: 1. Positive wellbeing (Hueber, 1991) 2. Behavioural problems (Deighton, 2013) 3. Support from School Staff (Sun and Stewart, 2007) 4. Attitudes Toward Mental Illness Questionnaire (Milin et al. 2016) 5. Pediatric Quality of Life (Stevens, 2009) 6. Service Use (Client Service Receipt Inventory) 7. Knowledge based stigma (Evans-Lacko et al., 2011) 8. Sigma related behaviour (Evans-Lacko et al., 2011) 9. Mental health first aid (Hart et al, 2015) 10. The Guide questions* 11. Emotional difficulties* : Short Mood and Feelings questionnaire (SMFQ)) (Angold, 1995) 12. Intended help seeking^ : General Help-Seeking Questionnaire (Wilson et al., 2011) Teachers: 1. Mental health literacy (Fortier et al., 2017) 2. Mental health literacy (Jorm 1997) 3. Mental health literacy (Kutcher et al., 2015) 4. The Guide questions* *For the Guide only ^ For YAM only Previous secondary outcome measures: All measures will be collected online and measured at baseline, 6 months and 12 months post intervention: Pupils: 1. Positive wellbeing (Hueber, 1991) 2. Behavioural problems (Deighton, 2013) 3. Support from School Staff (Sun and Stewart, 2007) 4. Attitudes Toward Mental Illness Questionnaire (Milin et al. 2016) 5. Pediatric Quality of Life (Stevens, 2009) 6. Service Use (Client Service Receipt Inventory) 7. Knowledge based stigma (Evans-Lacko et al., 2011) 8. Sigma related behaviour (Evans-Lacko et al., 2011) 9. Mental health first aid (Hart et al, 2015) 10. The Guide questions* 11. Emotional difficulties* : Short Mood and Feelings questionnaire (SMFQ)) (Angold, 1995) 12. Intended help seeking^ : General Help-Seeking Questionnaire (Wilson et al., 2011) Teachers: 1. Mental health literacy (Fortier et al., 2017) 2. Mental health literacy (Jorm 1997) 3. Mental health literacy (Kutcher et al., 2015) 4. The Guide qu

Countries

England, Scotland, United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactTjasa Velikonja
Tjasa.Velikonja@annafreud.org+44 (0)20 7794 2313

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 8, 2026