Division of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London (KCL), London SE5 8AF, UK.
Health Educ Res. 2013 Dec;28(6):1004-13. doi: 10.1093/her/cyt080. Epub 2013 Aug 22.
Eating disorders have a high rate of onset in school-aged children. School staff are in an excellent position to spot the early warning signs and offer support during recovery. This article explores the findings from focus groups conducted with 63 members of staff from 29 UK schools with the aims of (i) understanding whether they are in a good position to support students with eating disorders and (ii) to generate recommendations regarding school staff's training needs for spotting and supporting eating disorders. Participants took part in semi-structured focus groups. These were transcribed and analysed using content analysis principles. Five key themes emerged: (i) many staff do not have a basic understanding of eating disorders, (ii) eating disorders are taboo in the staffroom, (iii) staff do not feel comfortable talking to students about eating disorders, (iv) support is needed to ensure the teacher-parent relationship is a positive one and (v) school staff would welcome practical ideas for how they can best support students during the recovery period. The findings show that school staff currently feel ill-equipped to support students with eating disorders and endorse a need for focused training for school staff to better enable them to support students with eating disorders.
饮食失调在学龄儿童中的发病率很高。学校工作人员处于发现早期预警信号并在康复期间提供支持的绝佳位置。本文探讨了对来自英国 29 所学校的 63 名工作人员进行焦点小组讨论的结果，目的是：(i) 了解他们是否有能力支持患有饮食失调症的学生；(ii) 针对学校工作人员发现和支持饮食失调症的培训需求提出建议。参与者参加了半结构化焦点小组讨论。使用内容分析原则对这些讨论进行了转录和分析。出现了五个关键主题：(i) 许多工作人员对饮食失调症没有基本的了解；(ii) 饮食失调症在员工休息室是禁忌话题；(iii) 工作人员与学生谈论饮食失调症时感到不自在；(iv) 需要支持以确保教师与家长的关系是积极的；(v) 学校工作人员欢迎有关如何在康复期间最好地支持学生的实用想法。研究结果表明，学校工作人员目前觉得自己没有能力支持患有饮食失调症的学生，他们支持对学校工作人员进行有针对性的培训，以更好地使他们能够支持患有饮食失调症的学生。
