Journal article
How can the education sector support children’s mental health? Views of Australian healthcare clinicians
K Paton, L Gillam, H Warren, M Mulraney, D Coghill, D Efron, M Sawyer, H Hiscock
Plos One | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2022
Abstract
Objectives Policy makers in developed countries have long considered the education system an avenue for supporting mental health care for children. Whilst educators have identified many challenges to providing this support (e.g. non-core role, stigma, overcrowded curriculum), understanding clinicians’ views on the role of educators and schools and how clinicians and schools could work together to achieve good mental health outcomes are important questions. However, clinician voices in how schools and health should work together for children’s mental health care are frequently missing from the debate. We aimed to report clinicians’ views about how the education system could support student’s ..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Awarded by NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship Award
Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia
Funding Acknowledgements
This research project was completed as part of the `Towards an evidence-based and equitable mental health system for children in Australian project'. The project was funded by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Grant No. 1129957. HH is supported by NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship Award 1136222. DE is funded by a Clinician Scientist Fellowship from MCRI. The Murdoch Children's Research Institute administered the grants and provided infrastructural support to its staff but played no role in the conduct or analysis of the research. The Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program support research at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.