‘Shall We Send a Panda?’ A Practical Guide to Engaging Schools in Research: Learning from Large-Scale Mental Health Intervention Trials
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Schools as a Site for Health and Prevention Research
1.2. The Complexity of Schools
1.3. The Importance of Staff Engagement
1.4. Competing Priorities
1.5. The Education for Wellbeing Programme
2. Key Learning
2.1. General Challenges
2.1.1. Recruitment
2.1.2. School Attrition
2.1.3. Understanding the Specific Challenges of Your Research
2.2. Staff Engagement
2.3. Communicating with School Staff
2.3.1. Emails
2.3.2. Phone Calls
2.3.3. Contacting the Right People
2.3.4. Staff Turnover
2.3.5. Large Research Projects
2.4. Quantitative Research
2.5. Qualitative Research
3. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data availability
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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March, A.; Ashworth, E.; Mason, C.; Santos, J.; Mansfield, R.; Stapley, E.; Deighton, J.; Humphrey, N.; Tait, N.; Hayes, D. ‘Shall We Send a Panda?’ A Practical Guide to Engaging Schools in Research: Learning from Large-Scale Mental Health Intervention Trials. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 3367. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063367
March A, Ashworth E, Mason C, Santos J, Mansfield R, Stapley E, Deighton J, Humphrey N, Tait N, Hayes D. ‘Shall We Send a Panda?’ A Practical Guide to Engaging Schools in Research: Learning from Large-Scale Mental Health Intervention Trials. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(6):3367. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063367
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarch, Anna, Emma Ashworth, Carla Mason, Joao Santos, Rosie Mansfield, Emily Stapley, Jessica Deighton, Neil Humphrey, Nick Tait, and Daniel Hayes. 2022. "‘Shall We Send a Panda?’ A Practical Guide to Engaging Schools in Research: Learning from Large-Scale Mental Health Intervention Trials" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 6: 3367. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063367