Help us understand what matters when creating digital tools to support young people’s wellbeing

We need students (aged 14-18), parents, and secondary school staff to help us design school-delivered digital tools to reduce mental health risks in teenagers.

The use of digital tools has been shown to be an effective and acceptable approach for helping to reduce mental health risks (such as disordered eating) in young people.

But general understanding of how to maximise the delivery and implementation of these quick self-guided tools in real-world school settings is lacking.

This study aims to gather views from students, parents, and school staff (and researchers) to help us enhance their design.

Take part in this research study

The deadline to apply is 5 June 2026.

What you’ll do

You’ll complete two or three separate online surveys. These will be spaced approximately two to three weeks apart, with each taking around 30 minutes to complete. These will ask you to:

Rate how important it is to include different wellbeing challenges that can build up into bigger mental health concerns (we’ll explain them), in these digital support tools
Rate how important it is to include different features (like additional support features) in these digital support tools
Rate how important you think different factors are for impacting whether teenagers use the digital support tools

What you’ll get

Your involvement will be greatly valued and will help shape a new set of digital tools to support teenagers, so they have the best chance of being helpful.

You will receive a small compensation for your time.

Eligibility

To take part in this research study, you must meet the below criteria.

Students

You are a student currently attending a UK school
You are aged 14 to 18
You are living in the UK

Parents

You are a parent of a child aged between 14 and 18 years of age (this can include if your child was this age in the last two years)
Your child is attending (or had previously attended) a UK school
You live in the UK

School staff

You are a member of secondary school staff who is either responsible for decision-making regarding the mental health strategy and/or delivering mental health initiatives within the (UK-based) school environment (for example, teachers, teaching assistants, special educational needs coordinators, members of senior leadership teams, support staff, school governors and school-based mental health practitioners)
You have at least one year of experience working in a UK secondary school staff role

Your data

All data will be treated as confidential. Nobody outside the research team will be able to see any of your identifiable information (such as contact details) and this will not be linked with your survey data. We'll keep all information about you safe and secure.

Your data (in combination with other participant data) may be shared in a research journal or presentation. If so, this will be written in a way that does not identify you.