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Well London: results of a community engagement approach to improving health among adolescents from areas of deprivation in London

Well London: results of a community engagement approach to improving health among adolescents from areas of deprivation in London

Frostick, Caroline, Watts, Paul, Netuveli, Gopalakrishnan, Renton, Adrian and Moore, Derek (2017) Well London: results of a community engagement approach to improving health among adolescents from areas of deprivation in London. Journal of Community Practice, 25 (2). pp. 235-252. ISSN 1070-5422 (Print), 1543-3706 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2017.1309611)

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Abstract

This article reports findings among adolescents of the impact of Well London, a program of wellbeing interventions delivered across 20 deprived neighbourhoods of London using a community engagement model. Twelve hundred and fifty-four adolescents were surveyed from matched intervention and control areas. There was no significant intervention effect on the main outcome measures: unhealthy eating, physical activity, and mental health. Factors influencing the results may include the possibility that the communities defined by the cluster randomized controlled trial (CRCT) were not an accurate reflection of the adolescent’s natural community, and interactions within the school environment in particular could have led to a dilution of effect.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: adolescents, deprivation, wellbeing, co-production
Subjects: R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group: Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences
Last Modified: 22 Oct 2019 11:07
URI: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/25655

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