Project team: Prof Angela Harden (co -PI) (UEL), Dr. Chris Bonell (co-PI) (LSHTM), Dr. James Thomas (Co-investigator) (IOE), Prof Mark Petticrew (Co-investigator) (LSHTM), Prof Margaret Whitehead (Co-investigator) (University of Liverpool), Prof Rona Campbell (Co-investigator) (University of Bristol), Prof Laurence Moore (Co-investigator) (University of Cardiff), Dr. Simon Murphy (Co-investigator) (University of Cardiff), Dr. Adam Fletcher (Co-investigator) (LSHTM), Ian Shemlit (Health Economist) (University of East Anglia), Val Hamilton (Information scientist), Farah Jamal (Research Fellow) (UEL), Helene Wells (Research Fellow) (LSHTM)
Start date: June 2010
End date: November 2011
Project funder: NIHR
Project partner(s): LSHTM, IOE, University of Bristol, University of Cardiff, University of Liverpool
Background
Research indicates that UK young people have among the worst health in Europe and there are marked inequalities in health across the social scale with considerable implications for later health problems and economic costs. The effects of curriculum based interventions on health, where most efforts have been focused, show mixed results. Another approach has been to change the school environment (SE) to promote health. This approach treats schools as settings which can influence health by aiming to change the physical, social or cultural environment within schools. The school environment approach has been influenced by the World Health Organisation (WHO) framework for ‘Healthy Promoting Schools’, which addresses school ‘ethos’ (values and priorities), family/community involvement and curriculum.
There are significant gaps in the evidence concerning the effectiveness and other key issues of SE interventions. This study addresses these gaps by examining the effects of school environment interventions and of school-level influences on the health and well-being of students, staff, parents and the local community, and how this can inform the development and implementation of future interventions.
Aims
Methods
For further information please contact: Angela Harden
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