Exploring the Potential of a School-Based Online Health and Wellbeing Screening Tool: Young People's Perspectives.

ABSTRACT: Despite high levels of need, many young people who experience health issues do not seek, access or receive support. Between May and November 2021, using semi-structured interviews, we explored the perspectives of 51 young people (aged 13-14) from two schools who had taken part in a novel online health and wellbeing screening programme, the Digital Health Contact (DHC). One school delivered the DHC during home-learning due to COVID-19 restrictions, whilst the other delivered it in school when restrictions were lifted. The DHC was seen as a useful approach for identifying health need and providing support, and had high levels of acceptability. Young people appreciated the online format of the DHC screening questionnaire and thought this facilitated more honest responses than a face-to-face a

SUBMITTER: Woodrow N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8998184 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature