Rowena Piers

Thesis title: How can technology support the mental health needs of young people in the UK?

Biography

Background

Rowena's PhD research focused on how technology can support young people's mental health needs, with a particular interest in how marginalised young people use technology as part of their mental health help-seeking.

 

Rowena is now an Early Career Researcher (ECR), working as a Research Associate and Site Coordinator for the Contextual Mental Health research group within the School of Health in Social Science. 

Research summary

Publications associated with Rowena's PhD research:

Piers, Williams & Sharpe (2023). "Can digital mental health interventions bridge the 'digital divide' for socioeconomically and digitally marginalised youth? A systematic review" published in Child and Adolescent Mental Health.

https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.12620

Current research interests

Digital mental health, developmental psychology, health equity, socioeconomic disadvantage, mental health literacy, intersectionality, social justice, coproduction

Past research interests

Widening access (widening participation), human rights, altruism, student mental health, climate change

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