The impact of the newly developed school-based 'Digital Health Contact'-Evaluating a health and wellbeing screening tool for adolescents in England.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Supporting adolescents with their health and wellbeing is an international public health priority. Schools are well placed to universally detect unmet health needs and support pupils. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a digital health and wellbeing screening tool, called the 'Digital Health Contact' (DHC) implemented in schools in the East Midlands of England. The DHC, delivered by Public Health Nurses (School Nurses) (PHN(SN)), aims to identify pupils with unmet health needs (via a 'red flag' system) and provide appropriate support.

Materials and methods

Using data from 22 schools which took part in the DHC and 14 schools which did not take part, across three academic years (2018-2020), we conducted a controlled interrupted timeseries analysis w

SUBMITTER: Porter A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10786370 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature