ARC Outreach Alliance: Young People's Open Minds in Northwest London
ARC Outreach Alliance: Young People's Open Minds in Northwest London
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IMPACT Study - Assessing the impact of mental health inequalities on prevalence and uptake of interventions
IMPACT Study - Assessing the impact of mental health inequalities on prevalence and uptake of interventions
Do you have links with NWL schools or regularly engage with young people from the area?
Schools, wellbeing teams, community groups and youth centres can use this free resource poster to advertise this project. Contact us if you need more information or digital/printable resources.
School recruitment poster(April 2024).pdfDigital mental health resources are an excellent way to support young people with their mental wellbeing. But...
do all young people share the same views about them?
is there equal access to support for all young people, regardless of their age, gender, ethnic background, or family finances?
do neurodivergent young people benefit as much as their neurotypical peers?
Our IMPACT study aims to find out more about the relationship between various demographic factors and young people’s (aged 11-18 years) uptake of digital mental health resources, when they are signposted to in reliable and trusted places such as their schools. This research will help to identify where inequalities exist, and make adjustments to ensure that no one gets left behind in the journey towards improving access to mental health resources for young people in Northwest London.
How is the schools-based research conducted?
We visit participating secondary schools to deliver an online survey, which takes aroud 20-25 minutes to complete. We can offer introductory sessions about the study, and provide cohort survey completion support if needed. The survey asks pupils about their mental wellbeing and experiences that may impact it, e.g., bullying, friendship, and access to digital mental health support resources. All participants will be signposted to a high quality NHS digital resource designed specifically with young people in mind.
A week after survey completion, we will invite the participants to fill in a 5-minute feedback questionnaire to let us know if they found the resources useful and highlight any barriers they experienced in accessing, understanding and completing it. We will not focus on the pupils' individual responses, our aim is to gather cohort level data and analyse any patterns or trends.
What do schools need to do to participate?
Contact us to let us know you are interested in participating in our research. We will be in touch to tell you more about what participation involves.
We’ll send you an opt-out letter, information sheet, and consent form, to distribute to all pupils.
We’ll arrange a convenient date and time to: (1) visit your school for the consenting pupils to complete an online survey, taking approx. 25 mins; (2) arrange a convenient date and time 1-week later for them to complete the follow-up questionnaire, taking approximately 5 mins.
We work around the convenience of you and your school and will ensure that there is little disruption to the teaching day.
Does your school want to participate in our research?
Does your school want to participate in our research?
If you are from a secondary school and interested in participating in our study and/or would like more information, please contact us at aoa.study@imperial.ac.uk
We are keen to build collaborations with schools. School involvement in research is crucial to informing important research around children and young people’s mental health, and can also benefit the school. We can offer:
Mental health information assemblies for pupils and staff
Write mental health related articles for school newsletters and intranet site, working in collaboration with existing wellbeing teams, if available.
Share final reports, to provide deeper insights into pupils’ mental health needs.
Some further information about our research
Some further information about our research
Quintile Data for NW London CAMHS usage
As part of our analysis of the whole Northwest London area, we have used anonymised data showing how many young people in different post codes are accessing mental health services.
We then matched the post codes to the schools and ranked schools, in order of which areas were using the most or least mental health services. We then split this list into five sections: quintiles 1-5.
Quintile 1 schools had the lowest mental health usage in their area, while quintile 5 schools had the highest. We then analysed the data to see the proportion of high and low use schools in each borough.
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