School-based screening for childhood anxiety problems and intervention delivery: a codesign approach.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

A very small proportion of children with anxiety problems receive evidence-based treatment. Barriers to access include difficulties with problem identification, concerns about stigma and a lack of clarity about how to access specialist services and their limited availability. A school-based programme that integrates screening to identify those children who are most likely to be experiencing anxiety problems with the offer of intervention has the potential to overcome many of these barriers. This article is a process-based account of how we used codesign to develop a primary school-based screening and intervention programme for child anxiety problems.

Design

Codesign.

Setting

UK primary schools.

Participants

Data were collected from year 4 children (a

SUBMITTER: Williamson V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9214411 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature