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The impact of the newly developed school-based 'Digital Health Contact'-Evaluating a health and wellbeing screening tool for adolescents in England.

Alice PorterKatrina d'ApicePatricia N AlbersNicholas WoodrowHannah FairbrotherKatie BrehenyClare MillsSarah TebbettFrank De Vocht
Published in: PloS one (2024)
The DHC, and similar screening tools, have the potential to raise awareness of the health and wellbeing support in schools and provide an additional pathway of referral to this support for pupils with unmet health needs, without replacing the traditional pathway where pupils refer themselves or are referred by teachers.
Keyphrases
  • public health
  • healthcare
  • mental health
  • health information
  • primary care
  • young adults
  • human health
  • physical activity
  • climate change