This study was funded by the National Institute for Health Research Public Health Research programme (13/164/06). We are very grateful for the intervention costs being covered by Public Health England, Public Health Wales and Bristol City Council. The work was also undertaken with the support of DECIPHer, a UK Clinical Research Collaboration Public Health Research Centre of Excellence. This study was designed and delivered in collaboration with the Bristol Randomised Trials Collaboration, a UK Clinical Research Collaboration Registered Clinical Trials Unit in receipt of National Institute for Health Research Clinical Trials Unit support funding. In addition, we gratefully acknowledge support from Jodi Taylor in providing ongoing trials advice.
We would like to thank our Trial Steering Committee members [Professor Laurence Moore (chairperson), University of Glasgow; Professor Paul Stallard, University of Bath; Professor Karla Hemming, University of Birmingham; Dr Ann Lendrum, University of Manchester; and Sandra Taylor, Education Support] for their invaluable support and advice throughout the study. We also extend our thanks to the Schools Health Research Network in Wales and local public health partners in England [Steve Spiers and Sarah Godsell, South Gloucestershire; Julie Coulthard, Bristol; Judy Allies, Bath and North East Somerset; Shaun Cheesman, North Somerset; and Teresa Day, Somerset] for their support in recruiting schools. We gratefully acknowledge the invaluable contribution of Hannah Baber as trial manager from 2018 to the study end and the excellent support from study administrators Odell Harriss and Camilla Sapsworth (University of Bristol) and Alison Evans, Danielle Couturiaux, Amy Bond and Amy Edwards (Cardiff University). We thank Aideen Ahern for contributing to the design and conduct of the economic analysis, Dr Mari-Rose Kennedy for support with data analysis and report formatting, and Professor Kate Tilling for early advice regarding study design and statistical analysis plan.
Finally, our thanks go to all the staff and student participants of the study, and the MHFA trainers and HSCs for their contributions to intervention delivery.
Contributions of authors
Judi Kidger (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1054-6758) (Lecturer, Public Health) was the principal investigator of the study, conceived the study, oversaw all aspects of study delivery, data collection and analysis, and wrote the report.
Rhiannon Evans (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0239-6331) (Senior Lecturer, Social Sciences) was a co-applicant, led the process evaluation, led study delivery at the Welsh site and contributed to writing the report.
Sarah Bell (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1181-9591) (Senior Research Associate, Public Health) assisted with study delivery at the English site, contributed to all data collection and analysis, and contributed to writing the report.
Harriet Fisher (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5639-0955) (Senior Research Associate, Public Health) led analysis of implementation data, contributed to all other data analysis and contributed to writing the report.
Nicholas Turner (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1591-6997) (Research Fellow, Statistics) wrote the statistical analysis plan, conducted the statistical analysis and contributed to writing the report.
William Hollingworth (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0840-6254) (Professor, Health Economics) was a co-applicant, planned and oversaw the economic evaluation, and contributed to economic analysis and to writing the report.
Sarah Harding (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9385-6307) (Research Associate, Public Health) assisted with all aspects of study delivery, and contributed to data collection and analysis.
Jillian Powell (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1538-9405) (Research Associate, Social Sciences) assisted with study delivery at the Welsh site, and contributed to all data collection and analysis.
Rowan Brockman (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0342-2124) (Senior Research Associate, Public Health) assisted with study delivery at the English site, and contributed to data collection and analysis.
Lauren Copeland (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0387-9607) (Research Associate, Social Sciences) contributed to data analysis and to writing the report.
Ricardo Araya (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0420-5148) (Professor, Global Mental Health) was a co-applicant, contributed to study design and oversight, and to the interpretation of findings.
Rona Campbell (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1099-9319) (Professor, Public Health) was a co-applicant, contributed to study design and oversight, and to the interpretation of findings.
Tamsin Ford (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5295-4904) (Professor, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) was a co-applicant, contributed to study design and oversight, and to the interpretation of findings.
David Gunnell (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0829-6470) (Professor, Epidemiology) was a co-applicant, contributed to study design and oversight, and to the interpretation of findings.
Richard Morris (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7240-4563) (Professor, Statistics) oversaw the statistical plan and analysis, and contributed to the interpretation of findings.
Simon Murphy (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3589-3681) (Professor, Social Interventions and Health) was a co-applicant, oversaw the Welsh site, and contributed to study design and to the interpretation of findings.
All authors made critical comments on drafts of the monograph and approved the final submission.
Publications
Kidger J, Evans R, Tilling K, Hollingworth W, Campbell R, Ford T, et al. Protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial of an intervention to improve the mental health support and training available to secondary school teachers – the WISE (Wellbeing in Secondary Education) study. BMC Public Health 2016;16:1089.
Evans R, Brockman R, Grey J, Bell S, Harding S, Campbell R, et al. A cluster randomised controlled trial of the Wellbeing in Secondary Education (WISE) project – an intervention to improve the mental health support and training available to secondary school teachers: protocol for an integrated process evaluation. Trials 2018;19:270.
Harding S, Evans R, Morris R, Gunnell D, Ford T, Hollingworth W, et al. Is teachers’ mental health and wellbeing associated with students’ mental health and wellbeing? J Affect Disord 2018;242:180–7.
Kidger J, Turner N, Hollingworth W, Evans R, Bell S, Brockman R, et al. An intervention to improve teacher well-being support and training to support students in UK high schools (the WISE study): a cluster randomised controlled trial. PLoS Med 2021;18:e1003847.
Data-sharing statement
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Disclaimers
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