A school-based cross-sectional study to understand the public health measures needed to improve the emotional and mental wellbeing of young carers aged 12 to 14 years

IF 1.1 3区社会学 Q3 FAMILY STUDIES

Families Relationships and Societies Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI:10.1332/204674321x16375716648890

R. Sharpe, Natalie Russell, Rebecca Andrews, Whitney B Curry, A. Williams

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Abstract

The emotional and mental wellbeing of young carers is known to be poorer than their peers. Data from a large cross-sectional school survey of 7,477 12 to 14 year olds (72 per cent response rate) living in Cornwall, South West of England, were analysed to assess whether existing school-based interventions support the wellbeing of young carers. Outcome measures were derived from the Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. Young carers experienced greater emotional and mental wellbeing problems than their peers. Being eligible for free school meals did not attenuate these higher needs, indicating that broader support other than financial measures are needed, such as education, health and care plans which were associated with higher mental wellbeing among young carers. Early community and school-based interventions that consider the complex needs of young carers, especially emotional wellbeing, are needed.

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一项以学校为基础的横断面研究，旨在了解改善12至14岁年轻照顾者情绪和心理健康所需的公共卫生措施

众所周知，年轻护工的情绪和心理健康状况比同龄人差。对生活在英格兰西南部康沃尔的7,477名12至14岁儿童(72%的回复率)进行的一项大型横向学校调查的数据进行了分析，以评估现有的以学校为基础的干预措施是否支持年轻照顾者的福祉。结果测量来源于短沃里克-爱丁堡心理健康量表和优势与困难问卷。与同龄人相比，年轻的护工经历了更多的情感和心理健康问题。有资格获得免费校餐并没有减少这些更高的需求，这表明需要财政措施以外的更广泛的支持，例如教育、保健和护理计划，这些都与年轻照顾者的更高心理健康有关。早期社区和学校干预需要考虑到年轻照顾者的复杂需求，特别是情感健康。

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Families Relationships and Societies FAMILY STUDIES-

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期刊介绍： Families, Relationships and Societies (FRS) is a vibrant social science journal advancing scholarship and debates in the field of families and relationships. It explores family life, relationships and generational issues across the life course. Bringing together a range of social science perspectives, with a strong policy and practice focus, it is also strongly informed by sociological theory and the latest methodological approaches. The title ''Families, Relationships and Societies'' encompasses the fluidity, complexity and diversity of contemporary social and personal relationships and their need to be understood in the context of different societies and cultures. International and comprehensive in scope, FRS covers a range of theoretical, methodological and substantive issues, from large scale trends, processes of social change and social inequality to the intricacies of family practices. It welcomes scholarship based on theoretical, qualitative or quantitative analysis. High quality research and scholarship is accepted across a wide range of issues. Examples include family policy, changing relationships between personal life, work and employment, shifting meanings of parenting, issues of care and intimacy, the emergence of digital friendship, shifts in transnational sexual relationships, effects of globalising and individualising forces and the expansion of alternative ways of doing family. Encouraging methodological innovation, and seeking to present work on all stages of the life course, the journal welcomes explorations of relationships and families in all their different guises and across different societies.