Glasgow Application for a Mental Health Data Pathfinder award
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Glasgow
Department Name: UNLISTED
Abstract
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Technical Summary
There are substantial opportunities in Scotland to develop health informatics and routine data linkage to investigate the determinants and outcomes of mental health disorders. The University of Glasgow has an internationally-recognised record for informatics research, an established local and national infrastructure for data linkage, and strong partnerships with the NHS, third sector organisations and both local and national government. Our goal is to demonstrate the utility and versatility of routine data by developing our work further within both clinical and population-level cohorts. We will use two main approaches: linkage of primary data sources to secondary data; and development of mental health eCohorts. Four exemplar projects within this framework are proposed: 1. Developing the West of Scotland Psychosis Clinical Information System as a resource for future epidemiological and pharmacogenomic research, with a focus on the interface between physical and mental health; 2. Establishing a Scotland-wide Schools Health Research Network to facilitate large-scale adolescent mental health research and innovation in schools; 3. Extending the Scottish Learning Disabilities Observatory’s neurodevelopmental eCohort linkages of the annual Pupil Census and Scotland’s Census 2011 - across a range of cross-sectoral education, health and social datasets - to study a broader range of physical, mental and educational outcomes; and 4. Extending several current Scotland-wide mental health data linkage projects, including assessing the potential for repurposing antihypertensives as treatments for mood and cognitive disorders and exploiting the unique ‘SHARE’ population register for pharmacogenomics work in bipolar disorder. Overall, Glasgow is extremely well placed to deliver several high quality mental health informatics and data linkage projects which will feed directly into a future UK Mental Health Platform.
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Publications
Boer M
(2020)
Adolescents' Intense and Problematic Social Media Use and Their Well-Being in 29 Countries.
in The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
Chambers S
(2022)
Feasibility of using health and wellbeing data for school planning: the SHINE pilot in Scotland.
in Health promotion international
Cosma A
(2020)
Cross-National Time Trends in Adolescent Mental Well-Being From 2002 to 2018 and the Explanatory Role of Schoolwork Pressure.
in The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
Cullen B
(2019)
Understanding cognitive impairment in mood disorders: mediation analyses in the UK Biobank cohort.
in The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science
Davies MR
(2019)
The Genetic Links to Anxiety and Depression (GLAD) Study: Online recruitment into the largest recontactable study of depression and anxiety.
in Behaviour research and therapy
Davies MR
(2023)
Factors associated with anxiety disorder comorbidity.
in Journal of affective disorders
Dennison CA
(2021)
Association of genetic liability for psychiatric disorders with accelerometer-assessed physical activity in the UK Biobank.
in PloS one
| Description | Covid-19 SHINE wellbeing advice sheets for school community |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| URL | https://wke.lt/w/s/Hsw9YM |
| Description | Member of Scottish Government Sodium Valproate Advisory Group |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | Sodium Valproate is a very effective treatment for epilepsy and bipolar disorder, and for some women with epilepsy it may be the only effective treatment, but it has been known to carry a risk of birth defects if taken by pregnant women. In order to prevent future cases of children being born with foetal valproate syndrome, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for Scotland would like steps to be taken to support the prevention of birth defects as a result of sodium valproate being taken during pregnancy. The CMO is keen for additional work to be done in Scotland, complementary to that being done by MHRA on a UK wide level, to help increase the awareness of the new regulatory measures. A key purpose of the Advisory Group will be to help make informed decisions on what can be done at a local and national level to plan a targeted approach to continue to drive a reduction in the prescribing of sodium valproate in women and girls of childbearing age and increase awareness among both professionals and patients on a Scotland specific level. Daniel Smith attended meetings of the Scottish Government Sodium Valproate Advisory Group including 27th January 2020. The Programme of work is to be established by June 2020. |
| Description | Research on lithium prescribing and the considerable impact in influencing Scottish Government policy to the benefit of the population of Scotland affected by mental illness. |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Impact | Professor Daniel Smith's research on lithium has had considerable impact in influencing Scottish Government policy to the benefit of the population of Scotland affected by mental illness. His research has shown that Lithium is underused in the clinical treatment of mood disorders and has pointed the way to broader public health benefits potentially around suicide prevention and neuroprotection from dementia. • The Mental Health Quality Indicator Profile contains out of the 30 most important things for services to measure one indicator S4 "% of people prescribed lithium who experienced lithium toxicity in the last 12 months." https://www.gov.scot/publications/mental-health-quality-indicators-background-secondary-definitions/ • Scottish Government has publicised through a Chief Medical Officer letter guidance on the effective and safe use of Lithium in 2019. Prof Smith contributed to its content and his team presented at its launch. https://www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/cmo/CMO(2019)04.pdf. Professor Smith presented his research at the invitation of Scottish Government officials in 2019 and this has shaped the above national responses as well as wider thinking on public health mental health. The Principal Medical Officer and psychiatric adviser to Scottish Government gave full recognition support of the importance and impact of this research. |
| URL | https://www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/cmo/CMO(2019)04.pdf |
| Description | SHINE pupil mental health and wellbeing survey inclusion in the 'Whole School Approach Framework' for schools to support children and young people's mental health and wellbeing. |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | The Schools Health and Wellbeing Improvement Research Network (SHINE) online mental health survey was included as a resource for the additional assessment of pupil health and wellbeing in the recently published Scottish Government Framework document Whole School Approach to Mental Health and Wellbeing. The online survey for SHINE member schools (target group P6 to S6) is a comprehensive measure of different aspects of mental health and wellbeing, producing data reports which can be shared across the school community to support health and wellbeing planning and activities within the school. Since March 2020 when the survey was launched, over 76,500 young people's responses have been collected. |
| URL | https://www.gov.scot/publications/whole-school-approach-mental-health-wellbeing/ |
| Title | Sex-Stratified Genome-Wide Association Study of Multisite Chronic Pain in UK Biobank |
| Description | |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | http://researchdata.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/1050 |
| Title | Summary statistics from a genome-wide association study of carotid intima-media thickness in UK Biobank. |
| Description | |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | http://researchdata.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/1170 |
| Description | Collaboration between SHINE and Generation Scotland on the TeenCovidLife survey |
| Organisation | Generation Scotland |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | SHINE is collaborating with Generation Scotland at The University of Edinburgh (https://www.ed.ac.uk/generation-scotland) on their TeenCovidLife survey (launched 22nd May 2020) for 12 to 17 years olds to see how Covid-19 is affecting their health and wellbeing, social and home life. Questions from the Health Behaviour and School-Aged Children survey as well as the SHINE On-line Pupil Mental Health survey have been incorporated into the TeenCovidLife survey and the survey distributed to secondary schools in the SHINE network. SHINE schools had the opportunity to gather base-line mental health data to compare with any data collected later via the SHINE pupil on-line pupil mental health survey. Participating SHINE schools received a report with the national findings of the survey in July, as well a school-level data report in August (survey numbers permitting) to assist with planning for the transition back to school. This survey will build on SHINE's ongoing data-driven, systems-level approach to mental health improvement in schools. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Generation Scotland (https://www.ed.ac.uk/generation-scotland) have launched a survey (CovidLife) to understand the psychological, social and economic impacts of COVID-19. There will be a follow up survey as the lockdown continues and again after the government measures are lifted to see how different Generation Scotland volunteers and household cope over time. Generation Scotland requested SHINE to help develop their TeenCovidLife survey for 12 to 17 years olds and work with the SHINE network of secondary schools. Following the first survey (Over 5,000 respondents), over 2,000 TeenCovidLife volunteers took part in the second survey in autumn 2020, to have their say on how the COVID-19 pandemic affected their lives and what it meant to them. The survey included questions about vaccines, exams, wellbeing and COVID-19 measures. The reports were made available in February 2021. |
| Impact | TeenCovid Life national reports are available at https://www.ed.ac.uk/generation-scotland/what-have-we-found/latest-news/teencovidlife2-results https://www.ed.ac.uk/generation-scotland/what-have-we-found/latest-news/teencovidlife-one 36 school-level reports were distributed to SHINE schools and 18 local authority-level reports to SHINE partner local authorities. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | 'SHINE - the art of measuring health and wellbeing', article in December 2018 edition of the Association of Headteachers and Deputes in Scotland magazine. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The article (SHINE - the art of measuring health and wellbeing) was published in the December 2018 edition of the Association for Heads and Deputes in Scotland (AHDS) magazine. The AHDS is specifically for Scottish leaders in Primary education and has a membership of 1800 approximately. The article promoted the SHINE and SEED projects, encouraging membership of SHINE to establish a national infrastructure for school-based health improvement research in Scotland with the aim of building stronger data partnerships between schools, policy makers and academic researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.ahds.org.uk/about-us/head-to-head |
| Description | Annual Scottish Guidance Association Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Literature promoting the Schools Health and Wellbeing Improvement Research Network (SHINE) was disseminated to schools via guidance practitioners at the Scottish Guidance Association conference on the 27th October 2018. There were opportunities for the SHINE team to discuss the aims of the SHINE pilot study and gauge interest from teachers directly. This has helped to develop and increase our contacts list for the SHINE network. In addition, a useful contact was made with Suzanne Hargreaves (Health and Wellbeing Lead for Education Scotland) leading to an invitation for SHINE to present at the next meeting of the Health and Wellbeing Network which will include all the Quality Improvement Officers and local council leads for Health and Wellbeing in Scotland. This supports the development of the network from a strategic leadership level, which will facilitate the approach to schools. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://scottishguidance.org.uk |
| Description | Cross Party Group on epilepsy - Scottish Government on 1st October 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of research findings on two pieces of research, the mortality rates and causes of children and young people with learning disabilities, as well as hospital admission rates including emergency admissions for children and young people with learning disabilities. This event was held virtually and consisted of 50-60 attendees. There was a great deal of interest at the event and members of the Cross Party Group as well as clinicians and third sector organisations engaged in discussion afterwards. We have agreed with third sector organisation to collaborate on future research to improve patient/public involvement. Further interest in generating impact from the research was noted and correspondence is ongoing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Cross Party Group on learning disabilities - Scottish Government on 16th September 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of research findings on the mortality rates and causes of children and young people with learning disabilities, to over 60 members (virtually). This then sparked questions and discussion afterwards. The main outcome was the Cross Party Group have agreed to petition with the results of the round table which we are hosting with key stakeholders to agree an action plan about this research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.sldo.ac.uk/our-research/life-expectancy-and-mortality/mortality-rates-for-children-and-y... |
| Description | Cross-Policy Meeting with the Learning Disability policy team at the Scottish Government, March 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The aim of this activity was to co-host a cross-policy meeting with the Learning Disability policy team at the Scottish Government and various other policy teams working with children and young people, to discuss the recent evidence from the study examining mortality of children and young people with intellectual disabilities. Attendees were from the Neurological Framework team; Health Quality and Safety Team; Additional Support for Learning (Education) team; Public Health Priorities Advisor; Primary Care Policy team; Mental Health Nursing Advisor; Adverse Childhood Experience team; Nursing Policy team ;Mental Health Deputy Director; Getting it Right for Every Child; and Creating Positive Futures. The group discussed what action could be taken across all policies involving children and young people to ensure that the health needs of children with intellectual disabilities were reflected across different integrated services. The attendees at the meeting also discussed several next steps including using this evidence to inform upcoming events targeting best practice training of staff in education, health and social care services and other cross-group collaborations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Eastern Perthshire Health and Wellbeing Learning Festival at Blairgowrie High School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | This was a one day event on the 13th February 2019 bringing together those working with children and young people in the Blairgowrie schools catchment area to launch the "Eastern Perthshire Schools and Community Health and Wellbeing 2019 -2024 Strategy". Health and Wellbeing workshops and training opportunities for teachers and practitioners were available to develop knowledge, understanding and skills in supporting and improving Health and Wellbeing. The SHINE team presented a draft of the Blairgowrie Health and Wellbeing data report, the first to be issued in Scotland as part of the SHINE Pilot Study. The report was gratefully received and Blairgowrie HS agreed to provide feedback to support the final release of all the health and wellbeing data reports across Scotland. Mr John Swinney, Depute First Minister, was in attendance at the event along with health and wellbeing representatives from the Local Authority. These links may prove useful going forward to promote better understanding of the SHINE Network among politicians and policymakers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://healthandwellbeinglearningfestival.wordpress.com/ |
| Description | Exploring different aspects of young people's mental health' presentation at the Royal College of Psychiatrists International Congress 2021 (21st - 24th June 2021). |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The 2021 Royal College of Psychiatrists International Congress took place from Monday 21- Thursday 24 June 2021 and attracted over 3000 delegates from all over the globe. The programme featured not just world-class academics and clinicians, but also those with lived experience, their families and opinion leaders from the social and political sphere covering neuroscience, culture, politics, clinical psychiatry, and social aspects of mental health. Judith Mabelis was selected to present in the 'Schools-based mental health research across the UK session' (S31, 23rd June) along with presentations from the Universities of Oxford and Cardiff. Judith presented results from the new Schools Health and Wellbeing Improvement Research Network (SHINE) school survey (Exploring different aspects of mental health among young people in Scotland). The presentation showed results from 9000 pupils who had completed the survey in Scottish schools between September 2020 and April 2021 with responses on Mental Health Problems, Subjective Wellbeing, Positive Mental Health and Other topics (e.g. sleep quality, self harm and school experience). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/events/congress |
| Description | Health and Wellbeing Census Implementation Group meeting, 3rd May 2019, Atlantic Quay, Scottish Government. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This meeting was organised by Scottish Government for all local authority health and wellbeing and data leads in Scotland ahead of the Scottish Government's new Health and Wellbeing Census, covering all children from late primary through to secondary schools, starting in the 2019/20 academic year. The Schools Health and Wellbeing Improvement Research Network team (SHINE) were invited to present information on the network, the Health Behaviour in school-aged children (HBSC) survey and how SHINE is using health and wellbeing data to produce the SHINE HWB data reports. There is an opportunity for developing a model for SHINE to provide support to local authorities around data usage. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.gov.scot/publications/2019-national-improvement-framework-improvement-plan-summary-docum... |
| Description | Health and Wellbeing East Ayrshire Local Authority Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The SHINE Network Manager, met with Catrina O' Neill, Health and Wellbeing Lead, and Chiara Brady, researcher, from East Ayrshire Education Local Authority on the 6th February 2019. The purpose of the meeting was to exchange knowledge regarding the collection of health and wellbeing data in East Ayrshire local authority to better understand how SHINE might collaborate with East Ayrshire and other Local Authorities in Scotland. SHINE aims to support schools and Local Authorities in the effective interpretation, presentation and implementation of health and wellbeing data to improve development and planning in schools. As an outcome from the meeting, it was decided that the Local Authority would ask the 'Health Behaviour in School-aged Children' schools in the local authority to sign up to SHINE to provide a model of engagement for schools in the local authority to work with evidence -based health and wellbeing data. If successful, this will be rolled out to the wider Local Authority. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/EducationAndLearning/SupportForPupils/HealthEducation.aspx |
| Description | Health and Wellbeing National Network Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The SHINE team were invited to present at the Health and Wellbeing National Network meeting on the 28th February 2019 at Education Scotland Headquarters. The HWB National Network comprises HWB Leads and Quality Improvement Officers from each of the thirty two local authorities in Scotland. This meeting was a key networking event for SHINE. Further SHINE got full endorsement from Susan Hargreaves (Senior Education Officer for Health and Wellbeing Education Scotland) and the local authority HWB leads were asked to encourage all their schools to join the SHINE network. Local Authorities are in the process of deciding how best to implement the Scottish Government HWB Census in Scottish Schools in 2019-20 and were interested to learn more about a possible model for SHINE to provide support to local authorities around data usage. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://education.gov.scot/scottish-education-system/policy-for-scottish-education/policy-drivers/cf... |
| Description | Inaugural SHINE National Network Conference 22nd May 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Around 80 teachers along with representatives from local authorities, Education Scotland, NHS Health Scotland and Scottish Government attended the inaugural SHINE conference in Edinburgh on Wednesday 22nd May 2019. The theme was 'Mental health and wellbeing: using evidence to inform effective school practice'. Sessions focused on evidence, current research and innovative practice within both the education and public health sectors in response to supporting mental health in schools. Delegates heard some fantastic examples from the Welsh Schools Health Research Network of how health and wellbeing data had informed school policy and practice, and improved pupils' experiences. The palpable energy in the room underlined the appetite for collaboration in Scotland and the support for the development of the Scottish Health and Wellbeing Improvement Research Network (SHINE). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://shine.sphsu.gla.ac.uk/engagement/events/ |
| Description | Invited presentation at the EduTech 2019, a FutureScot policy and technology conference, 15th May 2019 at Strathclyde University Technology and Innovation Centre, Glasgow. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Jo Inchley was invited to present the new Health Behaviour in School-aged Children data on electronic media use at the EduTech 2019 conference (Title of presentation - 'The i generation: supporting health and wellbeing in a digital world'). EduTech 2019 is the continuation in a portfolio series of events aimed at primary and secondary school leaders, head teachers, teachers, local authority education leads, and academia involved in developing theory and practice for the learning and education sector. The presentation was also an opportunity to promote the Schools Health and Wellbeing Improvement Research Network (SHINE) and the proposed social media mini-module. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://futurescot.com/edutech-2019/ |
| Description | Invited speakers at the Excellence in Paediatrics 11th Annual Conference, Copenhagen 5-7 December 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Excellence in Pediatrics conference is a global arena for clinical practitioners, attracting distinguished speakers from leading academic centres worldwide. They present cutting-edge research and its specific use for pediatric practice. The benefit for the pediatrician is attractive first-hand access to front line research, and also a professional translation into clinical practice. The goal of EIP is to provide new useful knowledge for pediatricians to use immediately in the clinic when back on Monday morning, and thus accelerate patient access to new best practices. Jo Inchley gave an invited presentation on 'Social Media and Adolescent Health' plus additional presentation on 'Sleep Timing and Duration: Associations with School Experience'. Daniel Smith gave an invited presentation on 'Adolescent Sleep and Mental Health'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://eip-pediatrics-conference.ineip.org/ |
| Description | Jordanhill School parent's conference, presentation on The i generation: supporting health and wellbeing in a digital world, 24th September 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Parents had a choice of five different learning sessions to attend at the Conference and Annual General Meeting. About 60 parents attended the The i-Generation session. This session provided an overview of current research on screen time and health among children and adolescents and considered what parents can do to manage their children's screen time and support their healthy development within a rapidly evolving digital world. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.jordanhill.glasgow.sch.uk/conference-and-annual-general-meeting/ |
| Description | MQ Mental Health Data Science meeting, 9th September 2019, Edinburgh |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | MQ's 2019 Mental Health Data Science Meeting brought together researchers and innovators to explore how data science can transform how we understand, treat and prevent mental illness. Six of the MRC funded Mental Health Data Pathfinder projects presented project findings at the meeting including Professor Daniel Smith (University of Glasgow Pathfinder: focus on the Schools Health and Wellbeing Improvement Research Network (SHINE) - building new capacity for mental health research in young people). The SHINE team also exhibited at the event raising further awareness of the Network. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.mqmentalhealth.org/articles/data-science-meeting-2019-agenda |
| Description | Making the Wellbeing Curriculum Visible event, Bearsden Academy, 25th April 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 'Making the Wellbeing Curriculum Visible' is an annual event designed to support P7 transitions for parents/carers and pupils. This year the event also partnered with the Bearsden Mental Health and Wellbeing Festival (https://www.bearsdenfestival.org/) with the aim of showing the wider community how mental health and wellbeing is being addressed in schools. Danny Smith was invited to give the main presentation of the event (Title of presentation - Sleep and mental health in young people). The SHINE team also exhibited and had the opportunity to promote the network and research being undertaken to parents, pupils and the wider community. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.bearsdenacademy.e-dunbarton.sch.uk/learning/transitions/ |
| Description | Mearns Castle High School, East Renfrewshire, S1 Health and Wellbeing Day, 26th September 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 175 S1 pupils from Mearns Castle High School, East Renfrewshire took part a Health and Wellbeing Day on the 26th September 2019. Pupils rotated around a carousel of workshops engaging in a range of activities based upon different areas of health and wellbeing. The SHINE team delivered an interactive session on sleep. The purpose of the workshop was to promote the importance of sleep and take the opportunity to promote the Sleep and Wellbeing feasibility study (SHINE's first affiliated study). This small feasibility study aims to assess whether it is possible to use wrist-worn actigraphs in school-aged children to obtain objective rest/activity data and sleep duration data during a two-week period. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://createsend.com/t/d-E664F453C0615EE22540EF23F30FEDED |
| Description | Mental Health Big Data Research at the University of Glasgow, Scotland in Open Access Government |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The article 'The Mental Health Big Data Research at the University of Glasgow, Scotland' by Dr Jo Inchley, Dr Judith Brown and Prof Daniel Smith was published in Open Access Government (a digital publication that provides an in-depth perspective on key public policy areas from all around the world, including health and social care, research and innovation, Technology, blockchain innovation, government, environment and energy). The article was in response to the editorial piece on 'Europe: The potential of big data in mental health' by the European Commissioner for Health & Food Safety, Vytenis Andriukaitis |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/big-data-in-mental-health/60385/ |
| Description | Mental Health Data Science Scotland Mini-Conference, 18th February 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh organised a Mental Health Data Science Scotland Mini-Conference to showcase findings from the two MRC Mental Health Data Pathfinder projects. Researchers presented results and the planned future activities from the two awards with questions and discussions. Presentations will be available on the MHDSS and Glasgow pathfinder website (https://mhdss.ac.uk www.gla.ac.uk/mhdp). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://mhdss.ac.uk/news/21/01/28/mental-health-data-science-scotland-mini-conference |
| Description | Mental Health and Wellbeing in Scotland's Schools: Minimizing the impact of Covid-19 on young people - Policy Hub Scotland Online Learning Course featuring The SHINE Mental Health survey: understanding and responding to the impact of Covid-19 on young people. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The Deputy Head Teacher from Arran High School and the Head Teacher from St Mary's Primary School participated alongside the SHINE team in an online discussion about the SHINE mental health survey as a resource for schools to monitor pupil wellbeing as pupils recover from the lockdown and beyond. This video is included as part of the online mental health training course for teachers run by Policy Hub Scotland. SHINE also provided a research context for mental health pre and post lockdown, and described the mental health resource. The teachers shared their experience of using the survey and working with their mental health survey data in a primary and secondary environment. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://policyhubscotland.co.uk/learning-courses/mental-health-and-wellbeing-in-scotlands-schools/ |
| Description | Mental Health in Schools Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The SHINE team exhibited at the Mental Health in Schools conference on the 22nd January 2019 (organised by Holyrood Insight). We had the opportunity to engage with teachers and key stakeholders from all over Scotland to introduce the SHINE pilot study, for them to ask questions and to join the network. We also provided SHINE and Health Behaviour in School-aged Children research briefings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://policyhubscotland.co.uk/events/2018-mental-health-in-schools-conference/ |
| Description | Mental Health in Schools Conference, 14th November 2019, with SHINE leading session two. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The Schools Health and Wellbeing Improvement Research Network (SHINE) led session two (Data and trends in young people's mental health and wellbeing) of Policy Hub Scotland's Mental Health in Schools Conference, on Thursday 14th November 2019 at the EICC in Edinburgh. Dr Jo Inchley began the session with a presentation on key recent findings from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children 2018 survey, providing both the Scottish and international context. The audience of mostly teachers, third sector mental health workers and stakeholders from the Local Authorities were very interested to hear about health and wellbeing (HWB) trends in body image, bullying, the important of a trusted adult and multiple health complaints in young people. Dawn Haughton, SHINE Network Manager, outlined the development of the network, which now includes 106 schools across Scotland. Dawn also described how the network aims to support schools in addressing their HWB needs, with a focus on mental health, by using a data-driven, systems-level approach to health improvement. Dawn further described the on-going SHINE case studies research in five local authorities which is evaluating schools' experiences of being members of SHINE and the uptake and impact of the HWB data reports which were issued to schools in April 2019. The SHINE team was delighted to introduce representatives from two SHINE schools to give the delegates a first hand report of how the SHINE data was being used in their schools. Andy Dingwall, the Depute Head Teacher from Blairgowrie High School in Perthshire explained how the evidence from the data had been used to target priorities in mental health and wellbeing interventions and PSE delivery, as well as informing decisions regarding the school improvement plan. Fiona Donnelly, the Headteacher at Sandwood Primary School in Glasgow talked about how the overview of current research, provided at the start of each topic area in the report, had supported her understanding of the links between the various factors impacting on children's wellbeing and facilitated the planning for future interventions. Both teachers spoke about the importance of sharing the report within the school community and were very positive about the impact of the SHINE reports. The conference was a highly successful event with many schools now stating their intention to join the SHINE Network after hearing from the tem and the two SHINE schools and being able to collect more information, SHINE briefing papers at the exhibition stand. The imminent launch of the SHINE Pupil mental health and wellbeing survey was of particular interest to schools, in addition to the SHINE webinar on 'Sleep and Mental Health' which will be delivered by Professor Daniel Smith for member schools only on Wednesday 20th November. The conference also featured a session on Public Petitions Committee's inquiry into mental health support for young people in Scotland with five MSPs attending the conference. The afternoon Ideas Hub session featured a number of short 'pitches' by presenters showcasing approaches, resources or lesson plans around children and young people's mental health that have been delivered in schools across Scotland. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://policyhubscotland.co.uk/events/2019-mental-health-in-schools-conference/ |
| Description | Presentation examining mortality of children and young people with intellectual disabilities at UK Conference - The Seattle Club, December 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This activity was a research presentation of the study examining mortality of children and young people with intellectual disabilities, and was to approximately 100 attendees of the Seattle Club conference in December 2019. This national conference is targeted at UK-based academics in developmental disabilities research. The presentation was part of the main programme of the event, so was received by a large audience, which included senior academics, clinical practitioners, university lecturers, as well as PhD students and other early career researchers. After the presentation of key findings from this research, the audience engaged in a lively discussion about the importance of the findings for children and families of people with intellectual disabilities. Clinical practitioners in the audience were surprised at some of the findings and expressed a change in view regarding mortality risk amongst children. Since the even, the main researchers have been contacted by other researchers and university lecturers who have requested further information on the study and asked to share the research with their own networks / students. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.seattleclubconference.org/pdfs/SeattleClubprogramme2019.pdf |
| Description | Presentation to Disabled Children and Young People's Advisory Group (DCYPAG) - Scottish Government, February 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The Disabled Children and Young People's Group was set up to advise the Scottish Government on policy areas relating to disabled children and young people and their families, including both development and implementation, and particularly focussing on CYP (Scotland) Act 2014. This activity involved a presentation of the overview of the study examining mortality of children and young people with intellectual disabilities, presentation to the Advisory Group's quarterly meeting. There were approximately 20-30 attendees including senior policy officers at the Scottish Government working in health, social work, and education, as well as local authority representation (COSLA), and many third sector organisations and intermediary groups. After the presentation of the key research findings, the audience discussed the study findings in the context of their own experience and expertise, and members discussed interpretation of reasons behind the high mortality in this group of children and important questions which the research has highlighted. The attendees agreed to collaborate on disseminating the important evidence from the study amongst their networks. A future meeting to discuss the findings in more depth was proposed, and separate meetings with head of social work in Scotland and the Transition Forum Network (part of third sector organisation ARC Scotland) have been arranged. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Pupil consultation on school's SHINE mental health data report as part of the school's Health Improvement Conference, 6th June 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The SHINE (School Health and Wellbeing Improvement Research Network) Development Officer (Lynn Alexander) shared data from the SHINE mental health survey undertaken in the school with the whole cohort of S1- S3 pupils, around 600 pupils, who came to the Wellbeing station in small groups. The pupils were asked to give interactive feedback on the SHINE data reports. These interactions informed future action planning for mental health and wellbeing improvements. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://shine.sphsu.gla.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/SDO-Lynn-Alexander-Report-2022_V.1.2.pdf |
| Description | SCRAMS 'Sleep in schools' week in SHINE schools, 8th-12th June 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | SCRAMS (Sleep, circadian rhythms and mental health in schools) and SHINE (Schools Health and Wellbeing Improvement Research Network) researchers, in collaboration with the charity Sleep Scotland and pupils from two SHINE schools, Blairgowrie High School and Craigmount High School, developed a virtual 'Sleep in Schools' week, which ran for all their pupils from 8th to 12th June 2020. The aim of the sleep week was to explore young people's sleep habits and raise awareness of the importance of getting a good night's sleep for mental wellbeing, especially at this unprecedented time of the Covid pandemic. Later it is planned to launch a brief survey to measure young people's knowledge and perceptions about sleep and sleep research in a more conventional way to cross-validate data from the 'Sleep in School' week activities. There will be more opportunities for schools to get involved in future engagement activities and the feasibility research studies from Autumn 2020. The programme of activities that has been co-produced with pupils and teachers included: • Using Sleep Scotland's 'Sound Sleep' resources including a sleep quiz, sleep habits and behaviours questionnaires, and checklist for sleepy teenagers within Personal & Social Education (PSE) lessons. • School-wide exercises for pupils reflecting on their sleep and activity levels and how these relate to mental wellbeing and then sharing these thoughts with their peers, parents and teachers. • 'Meet the sleep scientist' videos for pupils and teachers. • Sleep vlogs by nominated sleep champions in each school. A fantastic summary video was made by sleep champions and teachers at Blairgowrie High School discussing all the learning and resources (https://youtu.be/WG_7zsz_TwM). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://scrams.sphsu.gla.ac.uk/?page_id=114 |
| Description | SHINE contributions to the International Public Policy Observatory (IPPO) roundtable discussions on responding to the mental health impacts of the pandemic on school children. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The International Public Policy Observatory (IPPO) aims to mobilise and assess evidence from different geographical and institutional contexts to inform policymakers throughout the United Kingdom about the best ways to mitigate social harms associated with COVID-19. The overall ambition is to contribute to better policymaking and thereby to the wellbeing of UK citizens. Through 2021 the IPPO (https://covidandsociety.com/) ran a series of sessions for stakeholders to respond to the mental health impacts of the pandemic on school children. This included discussing the best way forward to support school-aged children with COVID recovery in the summer holidays and the publication of a systematic review on online learning during the pandemic (https://covidandsociety.com/future-online-learning-what-have-we-learned-covid-19-emergency-remote-education-initiatives/). SHINE team members attended events on a number of occasions including the 18th March 2021 and 9th September 2021. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://covidandsociety.com/ |
| Description | SHINE health and wellbeing engagement with Scottish local authorities, 2021/2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Schools Health and Wellbeing Improvement Research Network (SHINE) Manager and SHINE team presented the aims, objectives and practical application of the SHINE model to COSLA (Sept 2021) and to various local authority health and wellbeing (HWB) and/or mental HWB leads in Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Edinburgh City, Fife, Glasgow City, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Scottish Borders and West Lothian through 2021/2022 (as one off, monthly or bi-weekly meetings). The intended purpose was to make the local authorities aware of SHINE's work, learn more about the shared HWB agenda with the local authority and provide an opportunity for questions and discussion to support further engagement with SHINE. Each engagement session led to further network contacts to widen the influence of SHINE in each area. As a result of these engagements, Aberdeen City have undertaken to use the SHINE mental health survey with all 60 schools in the local authority as part of a collaborative trial of a local authority SHINE model. Aberdeenshire are currently considering whether to adopt the SHINE local authority model being trialled by their neighbours in Aberdeen City. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| URL | https://shine.sphsu.gla.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/SHINE-Mental-Health-Survey-Online-Brochure-... |
| Description | SHINE meeting with South East Improvement Collaborative (SEIC) and resulting endorsement of SHINE as a resource for SEIC schools, 6th March 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The SHINE team were invited to present to South East Improvement Collaborative (SEIC) practitioners on the 6th March 2020 to show how SHINE could support health and wellbeing in the SEIC. The SEIC is the term being used to describe the collaboration between City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Fife, Midlothian and Scottish Borders to improve schools, early learning settings and other services for children and young people. After the meeting SEIC invited all schools to engage with SHINE in their June 2020 Newsletter (https://sway.office.com/QZG1MyWCsQpBkKDe?ref=Link&loc=play) and the SEIC board have endorsed SHINE as a resource for all schools. Further a proposal document for the SEIC board has been prepared to support further engagement with the SHINE online pupil mental health survey. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://sway.office.com/QZG1MyWCsQpBkKDe?ref=Link&loc=play |
| Description | SHINE mental health and wellbeing data reports returned to schools to support improvement planning |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Over 20,000 young people have submitted data as part of the Schools Health and Wellbeing Improvement Research Network (SHINE) mental health pupil online survey. The resulting aggregated SHINE data reports have been returned to over 250 schools across Scotland. Schools are sharing the data with their learning communities to support an evidence-based, whole school approach to improvement planning for young peoples mental health and wellbeing. The survey and data reports were cited as the reason that three local authorities encouraged all their schools to sign up and use the survey. Fife local authority surveyed young people in 131 schools in Feb/March 2021. Aberdeen City are currently surveying all 60 schools. Reports returned at school-level, primary school cluster-level and local authority level are supporting decision-making at a range of levels in the Scottish education system. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| URL | https://shine.sphsu.gla.ac.uk/schools/pupil-mental-health-survey/ |
| Description | SHINE presentation and meeting with the Glasgow City Parents Group, 26th January 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Schools Health & Wellbeing Improvement Research Network (SHINE) and the two SHINE Development Officers who work in Glasgow City (GC) schools engaged with the Glasgow City Parents Group (GCPG, a group of parental volunteers who advocate on behalf of school parent councils). The purpose of the meeting was to make them aware of SHINE's work in GC schools and to understand more about the work of the GCPG to inform parental engagement strategies. The presentations and discussions led to useful knowledge exchange to support SHINE's understanding of the parents' group. SHINE's aim to increase parental engagement was supported by the group who agreed to act as a point of reference if required. This is very valuable as the social media influence of GC parents' group has a reach of 5000 followers on Twitter and 6000 followers on Facebook. Due to the links of GCPG with the key stakeholders in health and education at GC local authority, GCPG's awareness of SHINE will transfer to the wider local authority. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=17872 |
| Description | SHINE webinar for schools in the South East Improvement Collaborative - Using health and wellbeing data to support pupil wellbeing, 2nd September 2020. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The SHINE team were invited by South East Improvement Collaborative (SEIC) Quality Improvement Manager and Data Analyst to update teachers and HWB practitioners on SHINE and how SHINE could collaborate on their health and wellbeing (HWB) improvement agenda. The SEIC is the term used to describe the collaboration between City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Fife, Midlothian and Scottish Borders to improve schools, early learning settings and other services for children and young people. As part of their regional HWB improvement plan in response to the Scottish Government National Improvement Framework, SEIC have created six workstreams including Emotional Wellbeing and Data & Analysis. The presentation included: What is SHINE, who is involved and what does membership entail; Using accessible health and wellbeing data in schools to support the improvement agenda; Showcasing the application of the SHINE/HBSC data in three SHINE schools (two secondary schools and one primary); Creating a valuable interface for SHINE schools and health researchers; Future learning opportunities, networking events and mental health survey expertise for SHINE schools. The webinar was recorded and made available to teachers unable to attend. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://seicollab.weebly.com/uploads/2/3/7/2/23725562/revised_seic_plan_-_september_2019.pdf |
| Description | SHINE webinar on the work of the three SHINE Development Officers, 23rd & 24th February 2022. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The Schools Health and Wellbeing Improvement Research Network (SHINE) members attended two twilight webinars to understand the work and findings of the three SHINE Development Officers, who have been working with SHINE part time since August 2021 while still working in their own schools. The teachers discussed their experiences and shared knowledge around the use of the SHINE mental health survey data and the following three areas: - how best to collect and implement health and wellbieng (HWB) data in a primary school setting - how best to embed the SHINE model and collect HWB data in a large urban secondary school - how the SHINE Lead can act as a facilitator across the school community supporting a whole-school approach to mental health and wellbeing. This model involves staff, pupils, parents and Local Authority leads working together in collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://shine.sphsu.gla.ac.uk/engagement/webinars/ |
| Description | School summary reports from the Sleep, circadian rhythms and mental health in schools (SCRAMS) feasibility study, January 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The nine schools participating in the SCRAMS feasibility study were provided with a summary report of results and take home messages in January 2021. Data collection took place in winter 2020/21 and summer 2021 and aimed to assess the feasibility of collecting objective data on sleep, mood, cognitive function, and school engagement from schoolchildren across Scotland. The results of the study will inform larger-scale research on sleep and mental health data in adolescents. Schools shared the reports with pupils and their wider school community. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| URL | https://scrams.sphsu.gla.ac.uk/?page_id=108 |
| Description | Scottish Guidance Association Annual Conference, 18th September 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The SHINE Network Manager presented at the Scottish Guidance Association Annual Conference 2021, specifically speaking about the alignment of SHINE with the Scottish Government Whole School Approach to mental health framework document. The session was reviewed as being of high interest to the many guidance teachers in the audience. Schools in the audience requested further information about the SHINE Mental Health Survey and its practical application in schools. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.scottishguidance.org.uk/annual-conference |
| Description | Scottish Guidance Association Annual Conference, 28th September 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | SHINE exhibited at the Scottish Guidance Association (SGA) Annual Conference on the 28th September 2019. The SGA has over 500 members nationally in Scotland. At this conference, there were about 60 delegates, all guidance teachers in Scottish schools. There were two keynote speakers and five different workshops offered all focusing on different aspects of wellbeing in schools. This offered the opportunity for SHINE to discuss developments of the Network with existing member schools and meet new schools to recruit to the Network. Twenty new teachers signed up to the newsletter to hear more about the development of SHINE and took a members pack away with them to show to their schools. The event provided useful knowledge exchange for the SHINE network manager who was able to attend the keynote speeches and the workshops to keep up to date with the Scottish Government PSE review, Sleep Scotland and new teacher training opportunities in cognitive behavioural therapy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://scottishguidance.org.uk |
| Description | Scottish Learning Festival September 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The SHINE team exhibited at the Scottish Learning Festival on the 19th & 20th September 2018 to launch the Schools Health and Wellbeing Research Improvement Network (SHINE). The purpose was to raise awareness of the pilot study and gauge interest from schools and health promoting organisations to sign up to the network. A suggestion box was used to gather input from practitioners in answer to the question "Which health and wellbeing issues are the biggest concern in your school?". The 3 top concerns impacting school children raised were mental health, anxiety and poverty. Of the 122 people who signed up to hear more about the network, 18% were from Primary schools, 20% from Secondary Schools, 16% were student teachers, 9% from local councils. A number of key services and charities were represented in the 35% who were not from educational institutions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.slfexhibition.com/ |
| Description | Scottish Learning Festival, Health and Wellbeing Live, 26th September 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | SHINE was invited by Education Scotland to present at the Scottish Learning Festival in the Health and Wellbeing Live Expo - The Curriculum session. The session was fully booked with 180 delegates attending from all over Scotland, representing schools, Local Authorities and wider educational stakeholders. In preparation for the SHINE demonstration, the SHINE Network Manager visited Dunblane High School to work with twenty S6 pupils from the S6 Mental Health Elective group and undertaking the Mental Health and Wellbeing Award at SCQF levels 4 and 5 (https://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/83453.html). The researcher used the 'Best Start in Life' activity to initiate a discussion about which social and environmental factors most affect a young person's wellbeing as they develop. The S6 pupils were shown a pupil-friendly version of the SHINE health and wellbeing data report mental health section for their school, which was collected in the 2017-2018 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Survey. The pupils were asked to use the reflective questions to support their understanding of the data and discuss the findings. They were asked to identify 2- 3 strengths and 2-3 areas of challenge. With this information they can now begin to consider how to celebrate the strengths and plan a solution-focused approach to the challenges which will involve the wider school community. Two of the pupils from the S6 MH elective group and the member of staff responsible then accompanied two SHINE researchers to the Scottish Learning Festival on the 26th September where they ran the 'Best Start in Life' activity for the visiting delegates and answered questions about their understanding and experience of using the mental health data. They were able to confidently discuss their next steps with interested members of the wider educational community and explain how the partnership with SHINE will support improvements in mental health in their school community. Delegates were pleased to be able to speak to pupils, a member of staff and researchers to understand how the Network supports schools to use evidence cased health and wellbeing data to improve wellbeing. This activity has been written up and will be included on the Education Scotland National Improvement Hub practice exemplars which will make it widely accessible to all schools; so driving up membership of the SHINE Network. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.scottishlearningfestival.com/health--wellbeing-live.html |
| Description | Second SHINE national network conference 24th September 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The second SHINE national network conference took place online on Thursday 24th September ('Using Health and Wellbeing data effectively in schools to support mental health'). Around 150 teachers and education policy/practitioners attended to hear the latest on using mental health and wellbeing data in schools, supporting pupils with anxiety, the Sleep, Circadian Rhythms And Mental health in Schools SCRAMS and COVID-19 survey data from young people. Sandwood Primary School, Blairgowrie High School, St Modan's High School, Dunblane High School and Arran High School shared case studies, detailing how the SHINE/HBSC health and wellbeing data reports have been used in schools. The SHINE team presented the SHINE online mental health survey and an evaluation study of the SHINE/HBSC health and wellbeing report. All the videos and associated resources mentioned by presenters are available on the SHINE website at https://shine.sphsu.gla.ac.uk/engagement/. Schools were given the opportunity to specify if they were interested in taking part in a range of research projects (Sleep, Social media, Gaming addiction, Loneliness, Social relationships, Forming an adolescent expert research working group, Wellbeing of pupils with additional support needs). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://shine.sphsu.gla.ac.uk/2020/09/29/shine-virtual-conference-2020-recordings/ |
| Description | Sixth webinar in the SHINE Expert Webinar Series, eNurture: young people's mental health in the digital age, 28th April 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Professor Gordon Harold, Professor of the Psychology of Education and Mental Health at the University of Cambridge and Director of the eNurture network gave a SHINE webinar on the 28th April 2021. This was the sixth expert webinar in the SHINE series to share good practice and support school health improvement activities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://shine.sphsu.gla.ac.uk/engagement/webinars/ |
| Description | Strategic meetings with four local authorities to plan the use of the SHINE online pupil mental health survey in all schools to support improvement planning, 2022/23 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Schools Health and Wellbeing Improvement Research Network (SHINE) engaged in a series of monthly strategic meetings with Chief Officers for Education, Health & Wellbeing Quality Improvement Officers and Principal Educational Psychologists in four local authorities (Aberdeenshire Council 16th September, 27th October, 23rd November, 15th December 2022 and 18th January 2023; Aberdeen City Council 15th & 26th September, 4th October, 3rd November 2022 and 9th January 2023; Scottish Borders Council 21st & 27th September, 4th &, 30th November 2022 and 24th January 2023; East Dunbartonshire Council 25th Aug, 27th October 2022 and 27th Jan 2023). These meetings resulted in SHINE developing a non-business research model with these local authorities to survey primary (P6 & P7) and all secondary school pupils using the SHINE mental health survey in the 2022/2023 school session to support mental health and wellbeing improvement planning. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023 |
| Description | TeenCovidLife report launch, press release and media activity, 10th August 2020. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | The Schools Health and Wellbeing Improvement Research Network (SHINE) has been collaborating with Generation Scotland at The University of Edinburgh on the TeenCovidLife survey with the full report, poster and summary launched on the 10th August 2020. From 22nd May to the 5th July 2020 5,548 young people, aged 12-17, across Scotland took part in TeenCovidLife, an online survey about health and wellbeing that provided a voice for young people. The number of young people feeling lonely was three times higher during lockdown compared to pre-lockdown levels. Home-based schooling was a challenge for a large proportion of participants, with 46 per cent saying they found it difficult, in comparison 23 per cent found it easy. Lockdown was also found to have had an impact on the sleep of young people as 69 per cent of them said they were going to bed later during lockdown. Participating SHINE schools with a large number of respondents will receive a school-level report, which can be used to formulate specific response plans to the impact of lockdown on their pupils. Media coverage of the findings included The Daily Telegraph, The I, The Scotsman, The Herald, Scottish Daily Mail, Scottish Daily Express, Daily Record, Metro, Press and Journal and Evening Express. The findings were also featured in an interview on Reporting Scotland BBC One (https://mms.tveyes.com/MediaDownload.asp?MDID=13602929&MDS=2428), in a substantial interview with David Porteous on BBC Sounds Good Morning Scotland (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000lm4z) and covered on STV news. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/generation-scotland/what-have-we-found/latest-news/teencovidlife-one |
| Description | The 2018 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study in Scotland national report launch, 30th January 2020 at the Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dr Jo Inchley, International Coordinator of the HBSC study and Principal Investigator for the Scottish HBSC team launched the 2018 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study in Scotland national report. The full event in in Edinburgh sparked questions and discussion as well as considerable media coverage. Key findings from the report included that the majority (85%) of young people reported high levels of life satisfaction in 2018, while almost one in five adolescents rated their health as excellent. However, the report also revealed the lowest levels of adolescent confidence seen in 24 years, with only 51% of adolescents in Scotland reporting that they often or always feeling confident in themselves. Other findings from the report included mental health and wellbeing, sleep, social media and online communication, home and school life. There were two further presentations on translating evidence into action: using the HBSC data to support and health and wellbeing in schools through the Schools Health and Wellbeing Improvement Research Network (SHINE); using HBSC data to support national and international work on child and adolescent health. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://www.hbsc.org/news/index.aspx?ni |
| Description | The 2018 Mental Health and Wellbeing in Scotland's Schools conference: Sharing ideas, experiences and good practice |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The SHINE team exhibited at the 2018 Mental Health and Wellbeing in Scotland's Schools conference: Sharing ideas, experiences and good practice, on the 7th November 2018 (organised by Policy Hub Scotland). We had the opportunity to engage with teachers and key stakeholders from all over Scotland to introduce the SHINE pilot study, for them to ask questions and to join the network. We also provided SHINE and Health Behaviour in School-aged Children research briefings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://policyhubscotland.co.uk/events/2018-mental-health-in-schools-conference/ |
| Description | The SHINE monthly newsletter for all stakeholders |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Every month the Schools Health and Wellbeing Improvement Research Network (SHINE) sends a newsletter to all school members of the network (currently 542 schools), as well as contacts in the 32 Scottish local authorities, 6 Scottish Regional Improvement Collaboratives, Education Scotland, third sector organisations, health researchers and Scottish Government. The newsletters update the network with news of events, webinars and resources for schools to engage with health research, as well as promoting research projects that schools can participate in. The newsletter is circulated to over 650 people and is often forwarded on to other associated networks. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| URL | https://shine.sphsu.gla.ac.uk/shine-monthly-newsletters/ |
| Description | Third SHINE virtual national network conference, 18th November 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The SHINE 3rd annual national network conference took place virtually on the 18th November 2021. The theme of the event was 'Data into Action - transforming young people's health and wellbeing through data'. Over 100 teachers and education policy/practitioners attended the presentations and breakout room discussions. To set the context for the day's events and consider the national picture, the Scottish Government updated on the ongoing work of the Joint Delivery Board within the national mental health strategy for young people. To provide practical examples of evidence-based practice in schools, the Equally Safe at School team delivered an informative presentation about their work with schools using data evidence to support and educate young people about gender-based violence in order to prevent it. To consider the future of using health research effectively in schools there were inputs from health researchers, investigating a range of factors affecting young people's mental health. Delegates were invited to discuss their projects in relation to the school setting and get involved. To support school practice, researchers from the universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow introduced new resources for members to improve young people's understanding of and ability to interact with health data in the classroom. The initial findings from the 1st year of the SHINE mental health survey were presented allowing schools to compare the total findings to their school-level findings. To share good practice amongst practitioners, two SHINE schools and one Local Authority presented case study sessions to showcase their use and implementation of the SHINE mental health survey at school, cluster and Local authority level, taking questions from delegates and discussing the practicalities of their plans. To network around specific SHINE targets the three SHINE Development Officers shared their plans and progress and called for members to get involved. Changing Faces - the UK's leading charity supporting people with a visible difference gave the final presentation of the conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://shine.sphsu.gla.ac.uk/2021/12/01/shines-annual-national-network-conference-report/ |
| Description | Various media publications in newspapers and online following publication of the Rates and causes of mortality among children and young people with and without intellectual disabilities paper - 10th August 2020. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Various newspaper articles (The Scotsman, Aberdeen Evening Express) and online health and social care media publications as well as interaction on social media were generated from press activity related to the publication of paper on mortality findings for children and young people with learning disabilities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-scotsman/20200821/281702617085980 |
| Description | Visit to Craigmount High School on the 10th May 2019 to participate in the Health and Wellbeing Festival and gather opinion on the SHINE pupil friendly report |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | SHINE team members ran workshops at the Craigmount High School Health and Wellbeing Festival with small groups of pupils from S1 to S3. Using the "Best Start in Life" activity, the researchers supported the pupil discussion around the social and environmental factors which impact on young people as they are growing up. In addition, sections of the South East Collaborative Health and Wellbeing data in a Pupil friendly format of the report were shared with pupils and compared with the adult format. Pupils expressed a keen interest in the data and were able to identify uses of the data to improve health and wellbeing in the school community. The Pupil-friendly format was preferred to the adult format supporting further development of this resource. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://craigmounthighschool.co.uk/head-teacher-update-friday-10-may-2019/ |
| Description | West Lothian local authority health and wellbeing champions network meeting, 25th June 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The SHINE team were invited by the health and wellbeing (HWB) champions network leader to update the West Lothian HWB champions on SHINE. West Lothian established a network of HWB champions as part of their regional HWB improvement plan in response to the Scottish Government National Improvement Framework 2017. There are 150 champions in the HWB network representing all primary and secondary schools in the Local Authority, who meet to collaborate on the HWB improvement agenda as a shared responsibility. The presentation included: what is SHINE and who is involved; a look at the SHINE/HBSC health and wellbeing reports; 3 examples from schools who have used the HWB reports to make improvements in HWB; the SHINE case studies which involved the local authority HWB lead, one primary and one secondary schools; the SHINE pupil online mental health survey; SHINE affiliated research studies. The webinar was recorded and made available to those HWB champions unable to attend. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/media/28553/Summary-of-Improvement-Priorities-2018-19/pdf/Summary_of_... |