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Using health and well-being data to support improvements in mental health in schools
Welcome to the SHINE October 2022 Update for
SHINE associates
Dear All,
- Register for SHINE Webinar 9: "Supporting youth advocacy for positive health behaviour related to e-cigarettes"
- Register to participate in SHINE Youth Advisory Board, Parents/Carers' Panel and/or Teachers' panel
- SHINE Interactive Data dashboard
- International Youth Mental Health Conference 2022 - report
- SHINE affiliated research projects
- Wider research, events & resources for school communities
SHINE Webinar 9:
"Young people's responses to and engagement with e-cigarettes and their broader marketing"
Thurs 17th November 16.00 - 17.00 on MS Teams
During the webinar, Dr Marissa Smith will be discussing her work on the Social YEPS ( Youth E-cigarette Policy Survey) project, a project funded by Cancer Research UK. Part of the project involved conducting focus groups with young people (aged 11-16) to explore their responses to, and engagement with, e-cigarettes and the broader e-cigarette marketing environment, including user-generated and influencer content. Marissa will be discussing the findings from the project and reflections on the project so far. Following this, Marissa will discuss the next stages of the project which involve co-production of advocacy videos with young people on food and e-cigarette advertising.
This session will include existing resources for school PSE sessions on e-cigarettes and an opportunity for Q&A as part of a discussion with teachers about the type of resources they would like to see developed for schools.
Register for SHINE School Engagement Groups
We are setting up a Pupil Advisory Group, Parents/Carers' Panel, and Teachers' Panel to ensure that our work is grounded in the voices of the whole school community.
Please find information about each group below and contact mary.wilson@glasgow.ac.uk if you have any questions or to express interest.
The SHINE Pupil Advisory Group
We are looking to host a group of 8 to 10 pupils from across SHINE schools at the School of Health and Wellbeing offices at the University of Glasgow at the end of February 2023. Pupils who cannot travel to the University will be offered an online session. We will be looking at the new SHINE interactive data dashboard and gaining pupils feedback on this tool. This is a great opportunity for pupils to gain important citizenship skills and experience the world of mental health research hands on. Can you please share this call with pupils in your school and email mary.wilson@glasgow.ac.uk by November 30th if any pupils would like to take part.
The SHINE Parents'/ Carers' Panel
For the Parent and Carer Panel, we are looking to establish a group of 12 to 15 parent or carers that we can meet with online twice a year. The first meeting will be planned at the end of January and will be focussed on how SHINE can actively engage with parent and carer's through our website and other lines of communication. Can you please share this call with parents/carers through your newsletters or parents council, and advise interested parent's to email mary.wilson@glasgow.ac.uk by November 30th.
The SHINE Teachers' Panel
For the teachers' panel, we are looking to establish a group of 12-15 teachers that we can meet with online 3 times a year. The first consultation with teachers will focus on and will be in early December:
- supporting teacher wellbeing
- how the network communicates with busy teachers
- consultation on new resources
If you would like to get involved and volunteer as a panel member, please email
Dawn.Haughton@glasgow.ac.uk by 11th November
The SHINE Interactive Data Dashboard
This resource has been shared with SHINE schools for use in class. We hope to support young people to consider what the trends and patterns in health data
Did you know?
Scottish young people's self confidence dropped by more than 10% from 1994 to 2018
What will the HBSC 2022 data reveal?
can reveal and how this information can support improvement planning as part of a whole-school approach to wellbeing.
International Youth Mental Health Conference 2022
The SHINE Network Manager was delighted to attend the 6th International Youth Mental Health Conference in Copenhagen from 29th Sept to 1st Oct 2022 to present SHINE and network with researchers, practitioners and youth advocates from around the world.
The theme " Reimagining Youth Mental Health" shone a light on the importance of young people being at the centre of mental health research design and production. Table top discussions with youth advocates shared their various experiences of being involved in research projects. All agreed on the importance of language and cultural awareness when engaging with diverse youth
communities and the fact that there is much work still to be done to improve engagement with young people.
SHINE affiliated research projects
Get involved!
MOODHWB
An online programme/app developed with young people and families/carers to support their mood and well-being.
Many young people are not getting any help and there are long waiting lists for services. This programme could provide valuable support for young people with low mood and anxiety'
Contact: sphsu-phrf@glasgow.ac.uk by 30th November to register your interest
CLOCK OFF
Intervention development for reducing night-time use of interactive electronic devices and social media among young people: the CLOCK OFF study
Contact: Colin.Shore@glasgow.ac.uk
Net4Health
A study of how social relationships affect health and wellbeing in a secondary school.
Contact: Mark.McCann@glasgow.ac.uk
Wider research, events & resources for schools
Get involved!
University of Glasgow Festival of Social Sciences now live!
Join the 20-minute neighbourhood project!
The Festival of Social Science has started - The 20-minute neighbourhood research project (22nd Oct to 13th Nov 2022) is now live! Tell your social science department!
This activity helps young people in secondary schools to explore how their environment impacts on their health and wellbeing. The Guide for teachers describes the steps for the activity and all information can be accessed via our website: www.gla.ac.uk/20mn/foss
Links to supporting materials
- Introduction video to play to students
- Interactive web map
- Online Survey
- Information for students
- Guide for teachers
- Information for schools
- Information for parents
- www.gla.ac.uk/20mn/foss
Contact the project lead at Jonathan.Olsen@glasgow.ac.uk or the SHINE network manager at Dawn.Haughton@glasgow.ac.uk for further information.
Proposal to co-develop tools to measure young people’s emotional predictions towards future life events: implications for early detection and prevention of mental ill health
Summary: People regularly contemplate how future life events will make them feel. These emotional predictions shape the kinds of decisions we make in our daily life, such as whether to prepare for an exam, attend class, go to a social gathering, or practice for a recital. Although most people overestimate the intensity of their future emotional reactions, some groups are at risk for extremely intense emotional predictions, which negatively impact on their mental health and ability to regulate their emotional lives. In our research, we aim to co-develop paradigms with young people that would allow us to measure and standardize young people’s emotional predictions to a set of life events relevant to those between the ages of 10 and 18 years. This research will help us identify and support young people at risk for mental ill health and has potential for digital health implementation.
Next step: Form a collaboration with interested schools and young people (10-18 years of age) to form a Young Person Advisory Group to shape the research agenda and protocol
If interested in collaborating with the principal investigator, contact Jala Rizeq at jala.rizeq@glasgow.ac.uk
https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/healthwellbeing/staff/jalarizeq/
All the best,
The SHINE Team
Dawn Haughton
Schools Health and Wellbeing Improvement Research Network (SHINE) Manager
E-mail: Dawn.Haughton@glasgow.ac.uk
Web: www.gla.ac.uk/shine
Twitter: @ScotlandSHINE
