Tain Royal Academy pupils urged to take part in Covid-19 wellbeing survey; SHINE network aims to boost health and wellbeing of adolescent students
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PUPILS at an Easter Ross secondary are being asked to share their experience of how the Covid-19 epidemic has affected their lives.
Tain Royal Academy is flagging a survey being carried out by a group called the SHINE network (Scottish Schools Health and Wellbeing Improvement Research Network) aimed at children aged between 12 and 17.
SHINE was established by researchers from the University of Glasgow and University of St Andrews.
It's key driver is that health and academic attainment are intertwined and that healthier pupils have higher attainment. It says adolescence is a critical period for young people’s health and wellbeing and that while around three-quarters of all psychiatric disorders begin before age 18, mental health research during childhood and adolescence has been "relatively neglected" compared to research within older age groups.
The aim of SHINE is to support improvements in health and wellbeing amongst school-aged children by building a collaboration between schools, researchers and policy-makers.
The Tain secondary school said: "As a community we are acutely aware that the coronavirus pandemic is having a significant impact on our lives and both our physical and mental health. We are proud to be working with the SHINE project and the University of Edinburgh, sharing research and experiences to improve schools mental health provision across Scotland."
The network says it wants to empower young people to have their say about the impact of Covid-19 and to get the right support in place for them. It also wants to play a role working together to reopen schools safely in a supportive, caring environment. It says the more pupils that complete the survey, the better understanding the schools will have of what young people’s concerns are and how to help.
The school said: "The more TRA students that complete the survey, the more information we will have as a school to put strategies and measures in place to support the members of our school community."
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