SHEUNews March 2014

SHEU - Schools and Students Health Education Unit - 3 Manaton Court, Matford, Exeter, EX2 8PFTel.01392 667272 [email protected] http://sheu.org.uk

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SHEU SURVEYSYOUR YOUNG PEOPLE

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support Local Authorities who are facedwith difficult decisions to achieve effectivepublic health spending for their youngpeople.The SHEU surveys, which are wideranging and take in the views ofthousands of children and young people,cover topics such as attitudes towardslearning, bullying, sexual health and sexeducation and online safety.They give the local authority, schools andother partners, a wealth of invaluableinformation to improve services for youngpeople, particularly vulnerable groups.

THE SHEU WEBSITEhttp://sheu.org.uk

Free resources for those involved with the health and wellbeing of young people"I know of no other similar way of quickly accessing research about young people across disciplines and sectors."

Please contact Angela Balding for more details.Telephone 01392 667272 or email: [email protected]

“As a Deputy Head in a large second-ary school I was involved in taking part in acity wide health and wellbeing survey over aperiod of six years. Completing the surveyevery two years grew in importance year onyear, with the final cycle having a majorimpact on our SDP, PHSE curriculum, Ofstedoutcomes and governor understanding. Thesurveys helped Governors make a positiveinformed decision to allow Brook AdvisoryClinic nurses on site to support students. As aresult of taking part and using the evidenceprovided we were able to offer more supportfor students which had a direct impact onimproved attendance and outcomes.”Deputy Head Secondary School

SHEU, with 37 years experience,

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Obesity SMOKING Running eating crispsDRINKING WATER problems with friendsworried about the WAY YOU LOOKHomework DRUGS 2-3 going for a walkRUGBY When you cycle out of breathNever Hardly Ever Sometimes 1-2 pintsPicked on BETTER WORSE violence betweenCHIPS money problems feel sad at schoolI smoke and I would like to give up 4-5About a litre ANY SPORTS AT ALL fighting

THE SHEU WEBSITEhttp://sheu.org.uk

Free resources for those involved with the health and wellbeing of young people"I know of no other similar way of quickly accessing research about young people across disciplines and sectors."

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Authorities we work with include: BaNES, Bristol,Cambridgeshire, Cornwall, Croydon, Devon, Dudley,Ealing, Essex, Gateshead, Greenwich, Guernsey,Haringey, Hertfordshire, Isle of Wight, Kingston,Knowsley, Lambeth, Lewisham, Newcastle, NorthYorkshire, Oldham, Plymouth, Richmond, Rochdale,Somerset, Southwark, Stoke, Sunderland, Suffolk,Swindon, Warrington, Wiltshire and Wolverhampton.

PUPIL PREMIUM ALLOCATIONWe have responded to requests from teachers toprovide evidence, from the Health Related BehaviourQuestionnaire, to support spending their ‘PupilPremium’ allocations. We are sure many schoolsshare our belief that the wellbeing of pupils isstrongly linked to their academic progress. You canexamine the wellbeing and lifestyle of Pupil Premiumstudents through a special analysis using ourstandard questionnaire (follow the link).http://sheu.org.uk/content/page/pupil-premium-and-better-outcomes

SHEU DATA : Children exposed to smoke in carsRecent attention was drawn to plans to ban smokingin cars and was discussed in the House of Lords.James Cant, head of the British Lung FoundationScotland, was quoted, by the BBC, referring to a2010 NHS study in England which found that about18% of children aged 11 to 15 were exposed tosmoke in cars.We thought we'd check of our own statistics on thisissue and found a question used in four localauthority studies in 2012 with over 12,000 pupilsfrom Eastern Region, the West Midlands and theNorth East.

Does anyone smoke in a car when you are in it too?

Exactly 20% of all pupils inYears 8 and 10 answered yes.

It was interesting to note that thefigures for boys were lower than givenby girls. Year 8 figures were lower thanfor Year 10s, so that the figure forYear 10 girls was 24%.

Please contact Angela Balding for more details -email: [email protected]

SHEU STAFFWe get asked about our staff atvarious times, including whennew surveys begin and whenrepeat surveys occur so here issome information, about currentmembers.Caroline and Jim head–up thedata preparation part of the Unit.Among their tasks, they makesure that paper questionnairesare efficiently entered into theSHEU system to enable the teamto sort through each answer andprepare the data for analysis.The data-prep team: Jane, Marta,Val and Jon, provide a uniquecoding and punching service thathas enabled SHEU to work withlocal authorites since 1977.Nigel designs the online surveyservice to make sure it meetsyour needs. Nick works on thepaper and online questionnairesso that everything fits into ourelectronic system. This ensuresthat you get the questionnairesyou want and once youryoungsters have filled them in,our system can analyse theanswers and produce reports foryour schools and authority. Jonhelps Nick to keep everything on-time and up-to-date.Charleigh administers everythingfor the Unit and is often yourinitial point of contact. David M.keeps those, concerned withyoung people’s health andwellbeing, informed about SHEU’swork, research and services.Angela and David R. direct theUnit and manage the surveys andresearch. They deal directly withlocal authorities and schools. Dataanalysis and report writing is partof their work and when they arenot in Exeter that can be foundtalking to health and educationstaff and young people all overthe country.To contact us please telephone01392 667272 email:[email protected] and visit ourwebsite http://sheu.org.uk

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E&H EDUCATION&HEALTH

NEW SHOOTSA new crop of surveys this Spring has allowed us to renew ourrelationships with several local authorities who we haven't workedwith for a while. It has also led us once more to review and refreshthe questionnaire content in each area. New and recent itemsinclude questions about:e-cigarettesself-harmcaffeinated ('energy') drinkssocial normse-safetybullying by boyfriend/girlfriendsecond-hand smoke in carsbarriers to participationpersistence andresilience.We have also tweaked the combination of items now needed toidentify Pupil Premium candidates. If you are interested in seeinghow these new items might fit into a survey for your area, do get intouch with [email protected]

Published since1983, Education andHealth (E&H) is nowavailable as an openaccess onlinejournal.http://sheu.org.uk/eh

Recent articles:

An evaluation in UK schoolsof a classroom-basedphysical activity programme- TAKE 10! ®: A qualitativeanalysis of the teachers'perspective

SHAHRP: School Health andAlcohol Harm ReductionProject – Developments inAustralia and the UK

Adolescent gambling viasocial networking sites: Abrief overview

Charlton Manor’s FoodJourney

Teaching cooking at AshtonVale Primary

SRE - Not yet good enough:Can scripts bridge thetraining gap?

E&H regularly attractscontributions fromaround the world and wewelcome newcontributors.

To submit an article, upto 3000 words, pleaseemail the Editor:[email protected]

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We've been looking again at children in care, using a combinedonline and paper survey. We like our questionnaires to beanonymous, but we would like to be able to follow up known non-responders and see if we can get them to respond after all. Howcan we square that circle?The answer is a cunning FreePost postcard: a mini-survey whichdiscovers if a young person is worth chasing for completion.

Dear SHEUI have now completed this questionnaireI am not going to complete the survey, so please don'tcontact me again about this

If a postcard seems rather too twentieth-century, the young peoplecan use an email or a free text (SMS) service to let us know.

ENHANCE YOUR ONLINE EXPERIENCESince a bit of EU ruling, websites here are supposed to let you knowthat they are setting 'cookies' (little files with information) on yourcomputer and you consent to this because it will "enhance youronline experience" or some such phrase. I suspect that cookies areusually of little benefit to me, but help the website owner discovermore about what adverts to show me... However, SHEU genuinelydo use cookies to benefit the website user.

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Some pupils get on fine with a standard website design, but somefind black-text-on-white-background on a bright screen altogethertoo glaring to read comfortably. So, if a school requests it, we canoffer each pupil the option to choose a text size and a backgroundcolour that they prefer to use – for example, big letters on a softgreen ground. Every pupil could have a different colour if theywished, and once chosen for the first page, the computer will keepthose choices for the whole survey. And it knows what you prefer,because it sets a 'cookie'.

SHEU - Schools and Students Health Education Unit - 3 Manaton Court, Matford, Exeter, EX2 8PFTel.01392 667272 [email protected] http://sheu.org.uk

SHEU surveys support schools and colleges promoting health and wellbeing through behaviour changeFor more information about our work go to http://sheu.org.uk/

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School report : Spine chartSpine charts have been produced comparing each school with the wider Authority data tolook for positive and negative indicators:InterpretationThe position of the diamond along the grey scale indicates your school’s figure. The whitespace along the grey scale indicates the range for all Authority schools. The 'inter-quartilerange' is also shown in lighter tone.

� Good news � Neutral � Negative – needs attention � Negative – needs urgent attention

Top Positive Indicators 0% 25% 50% 75% 100%School District

Top Negative (or less positive) Indicators 0% 25% 50% 75% 100%School District

� Good news � Neutral � Negative – needs attention � Negative – needs urgent attention

Pupils responded that they ‘usually’ or ‘always’feel safe at school.

Pupils responded that they would like to stay infull-time education after the end of Year 11.

Pupils responded that they think their schooldeals with bullying ‘badly’.

Pupils responded that they know where theycan get condoms free of charge.

78% 89%

52% 66%

16% 09%

38% 49%

Pupils responded that they worry about at leastone of the issues listed ‘quite’ or ‘very’ often.

Pupils responded that they walked to school onthe day of the survey.

Year 10 pupils said their parents ‘always’ knowif they drink alcohol at home.

Pupils responded that they are ‘quite’ or ‘very’happy with their life as a whole.

56% 73%

64% 51%

41% 29%

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