“Next Steps”

Somerset Children & Young People Health and Wellbeing

Survey Seminar

Timetable

Activity

Exploring the survey data

Health Improvement Award – Foundation Level

Audit exercise

Coffee/comfort break

Survey – emergent themes

Health Improvement Award – Enhanced Level

Emotional Health and Wellbeing - EHCAP

Survey data

• Participating schools - own data & report• Website – themes & districts• Additional reports can be created (e.g. Young

Carers, CLA)• Need a school/NHS log-in (contact us if you

would like to be given access)

• Dedicated page on the website

Survey data exercise

• On your table you will find a district level report exploring themes and vulnerable groups

• Examine the data and prepare a report of key findings– Findings to look for: significant differences, the

unexpected, the predictable, the concerning….?• Prepare to feedback to the larger group

Health Improvement Award

• Enables schools, colleges and other settings to assess their capability to:– provide a healthy environment (Foundation Level)– to identify areas of need in relation to health and

wellbeing (SCYPS)– to develop appropriate mechanisms for

addressing those needs (Enhanced Level)

Foundation Level

• Biennial Health Audit– self-assessment checklist– identifies and celebrates the positive– identifies any areas where you may need to take

action or develop further work– simple to complete– on-line - report is downloadable/printable

On-line tools

• How to achieve Foundation Level

• How to achieve Enhanced Level

www.cypsomersethealth.org

Audit Exercise

• In groups, evaluate your own setting and discuss how it does or does not achieve the items in this section of the audit– Award ‘green’, ‘amber’ or ‘red’– For any items that are amber or red, consider

ways in which to move into the green

Enhanced Level

Targeted Intervention Model– Phase One - Plan

• 1.1 Establish a working group• 1.2 Select a priority area• 1.3 Choose a targeted outcome• 1.4 Your target group

– Phase Two - Do• 2.1 Your activities and interventions• 2.2 Record your baseline

– Phase Three - Evaluate• 3.1 Outcome statements• 3.2 Evaluate outcomes

Survey Findings

• Primary age– High self-esteem: 29% v 38%– Talk to a friend: 42% v 53%– Views/opinions asked for in school: 33% v 53%– School takes bullying seriously: 62% v 76%– Internet use: 81% v 95%

Survey Findings

• Secondary age– High self-esteem: boys 46% v girls 23%– Worry quite a lot: 76%– Main concern:• Girls: the way they look – 56%• Boys: exams and tests – 34%

– 21% boy/girlfriend angry or jealous– 14% checking their phone– 15% Year 10 girls experience pressure to have

sex/do sexual things

Rural v non-rural

• ↓ aspiration (particularly boys – no plan to continue education)

• ↓ fresh fruit & veg• ↓ exercise• ↑ parental smoking• ↑ worry about school• ↑ afraid or experience bullying• ↓ access to the internet

High self-esteem

Year 6 Year 8 Year 100%

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BoysGirls

Associations with high self-esteem

Eat sweets on most days -0.04Ever tried smoking -0.09Drank last week -0.04Ever taken drugs -0.05Bullied at school last year -0.28Worry about money -0.21Sexually active -0.117+ hours exercise/week 0.09Eat 5-a-day 0.08Can find free condoms 0.03Enjoy most school lessons 0.16Listened to at school 0.09Intend FTE after Y11 0.02In this school people with different backgrounds are valued 0.09I know my own targets and I am helped to meet them 0.08The school cares whether I am happy or not 0.16Have an adult confidant 0.2

Self-esteem Year 10

Eat sweets

on most days

Ever tried smoking

Drank last week

Ever taken drugs

Bullied at school

last year

Worry about money

Sexually active

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80

Boys HiBoys LoGirls HiGirls Lo

Other Programmes

• Healthy LIFESTYLE• Year 10 Girls Project • Field to Fork• Making Schools Meals Count• ASSIST• Brief Intervention Training• InterAct