Table 5.

Barriers to adolescent self‐harm prevention and intervention^a

	Major barrier (%)	Minor barrier (%)	Not a barrier (%)
Lack of time in curriculum to deliver activities (n = 150)	47	31	21
Inadequate training for school staff (n = 151)	42	39	19
Lack of available resources (n = 150)	38	36	26
Fear of encouraging students (n = 150)	36	44	20
Lack of staff time to deliver activities (n = 150)	36	37	27
Other health topics given higher priority (n = 150)	11	47	41
Students fail to engage with the topic (n = 149)	3	23	74
Not seen as problem by teachers (n = 150)	3	19	78
Not seen as a problem by senior management (n = 150)	3	9	88
School not an appropriate place (n = 150)	1	15	83

^aTotals may not equal 100% due to rounding.