Family and Community (Page 12)
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Screen use, anxiety, and depression in teenagers: Are they linked?
Screen-based devices (smartphones, tablets, computers) are now an ever-present part of our lives. Young people in particular use them for many daily activities…
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Family and friends are big risk factors for child smoking
The good news is that smoking among children in the UK is declining, but the bad news is that lots of children do still smoke…
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My Creative Voice: Young people’s priorities for policy and practice
The recent ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) Festival of Social Science included the CASCADE Voices research advisory group ‘My Creative Voice: Young people’s priorities for research, policy and practice’…
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Putting local services information in the hands of frontline staff
The new App – ‘Health and Well-being Wales’ is available to registered users and provides access to service details and contact information for over…
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Educating AGENDA: embedding and evaluating AGENDA in schools
Since 2016 AGENDA has expanded into an interactive online resource for practitioners and young people with additional new case studies and activities from England and Wales…
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Using creative methods for health research
Creative methods include drawing, collage, sandboxing, emotion stickers, photo-elicitation, artefacts and plasticine modelling. These methods can be used to engage…
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Social media in social work: A research survey
This survey asks questions in relation to how professionals are using social media, and examines some of the ethical dilemmas social media creates…
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Supporting children and young people in making positive relationships matter
In 2018, the National Education Union supported the expansion of AGENDA: a young people’s guide to make positive relationships matter…
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Young people accessing the outdoors with TAF
Team Around the Family (TAF) is a support service for you and your family. It has been shown that it is best when families identify…
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Social media isn’t causing more eating disorders in young people
We know that rates of eating disorders are high. According to a large survey conducted in 2017, about four in every 1,000 young people have an eating disorder…
