Can a volunteering intervention (Team Social Action) improve teenagers' well-being?
- Conditions
- Wellbeing, peer relationships, and school connectednessNot Applicable
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN18086362
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Manchester
- Brief Summary
2019 funder report in https://www.ucl.ac.uk/evidence-based-practice-unit/sites/evidence-based-practice-unit/files/headstart_evidence_briefing_4.pdf (added 07/05/2021)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 300
1. Young people attending secondary schools in Newham that implement the TSA intervention
2. Young people in Years 8 and 9
3. Young people with an emerging mental health difficulty as identified by a professional (such as a teacher) or them self. 1:1 screening between young person and youth practitioner to determine level of difficultly and willingness to take part in TSA
1. Young people from schools that do not implement the TSA intervention
2. Young people from Years 7, 10, 11, 12
3. Young people that have returned a parental opt-out
4. Young people currently under care of CAMHS
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Wellbeing, measured using the Short Warwick Edinburgh Measure of Wellbeing (SWEMWBS) after the intervention group complete TSA but before the waitlist control group begin their participation (February-March 2018)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Peer relationships and school connectedness, measured using the Student Resilience Survey (SRS) after the intervention group complete TSA but before the waitlist control group begin their participation (February-March 2018)