The Good Childhood Report 2018

Posted by Kristina Freeman
On 30th June 2019

The Good Childhood Report 2018 This year’s report, conducted by The Children’s Society in partnership with the University of York, has found a decrease of children’s happiness in the UK and has questioned the role school life can play in this. Their study of wellbeing is based on children’s own subjective definitions, including psychological factors […]

Responding to the changing burden of disease for children and adolescents in modern Britain: the RCPCH State of Child Health Report 2017

Posted by Kristina Freeman
On 19th June 2019

Responding to the changing burden of disease for children and adolescents in modern Britain: the RCPCH State of Child Health Report 2017 The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) looked at 25 different health indicators across 20 years in the UK. From this they were able to study shifts in the causes of […]

Socioeconomic Inequalities in Body Mass Index across Adulthood: Coordinated Analyses of Individual Participant Data from Three British Birth Cohort Studies Initiated in 1946, 1958 and 1970

Posted by Kristina Freeman
On 8th March 2019

Socioeconomic Inequalities in Body Mass Index across Adulthood: Coordinated Analyses of Individual Participant Data from Three British Birth Cohort Studies Initiated in 1946, 1958 and 1970 In this report, researchers from across the UK used longitudinal studies to analyse the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and socioeconomic position (SEP) across three birth cohorts. To […]

Improving the public’s health: A resource for local authorities

Posted by Kristina Freeman
On 17th December 2018

Improving the public’s health: A resource for local authorities A study by The King’s Fund looks into ways public health can be improved through functions of local authorities, in line with the belief that these interventions should be based on evidence not ideology. Partnerships to help authorities develop health programmes should be formed using a […]

Poorer children’s educational attainment: how important are attitudes and behaviour?

Posted by Kristina Freeman
On 15th February 2018

Poorer children’s educational attainment: how important are attitudes and behaviour? The Joseph Rowntree Foundation utilised longitudinal studies, including the British Cohort Study, to look at the impact of poverty on attainment. By measuring parental socioeconomic position against children’s test scores, researchers found gaps in cognitive development from an early age between better and worse off […]

Childhood forecasting of a small segment of the population with large economic burden

Posted by Kristina Freeman
On 12th February 2018

Childhood forecasting of a small segment of the population with large economic burden The Dunedin Study followed the lives and progress of 1000 children from birth to midlife, and analysed government and medical records, and found that there is a small percentage of people who account for the majority of societal economic burden. Researchers also […]

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) linked to leading causes of death

Posted by Kristina Freeman
On 12th February 2018

Relationship of Childhood Abuse and Household Dysfunction to Many of the Leading Causes of Death in Adults: The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study used 9058 questionnaire responses, to look at the experiences of young people and how adverse experiences are linked to many of the leading causes of death […]

Effectiveness of a childhood obesity prevention programme delivered through schools

Posted by Kristina Freeman
On 9th February 2018

Effectiveness of a childhood obesity prevention programme delivered through schools, targeting 6 and 7 year olds: cluster randomised controlled trial (WAVES study) The WAVES (West Midlands ActiVe lifestyle and healthy Eating in School children) study assessed the use of a school and family based healthy lifestyle programme in over 50 primary schools across the West […]

An evaluation of the impact of a Tagtiv8 maths lesson on physical activity, executive function and maths attainment in primary school children in Key Stages 1 and 2

Posted by Kristina Freeman
On 30th November 2017

An evaluation of the impact of a Tagtiv8 maths lesson on physical activity, executive function and maths attainment in primary school children in Key Stages 1 and 2 Researchers from Leeds Beckett University conducted an evaluation of the use of Tagtiv8 in lessons and found that it was beneficial for learning. Their study was based […]

Successful Futures

Posted by admin
On 22nd August 2017

Successful Futures The recommendations of Professor Graham Donaldson’s independent review of curriculum and assessment arrangements in Wales, ‘Successful Futures’, makes health and wellbeing a priority area and points the way towards new possibilities for schools and their pupils. Reports show that current methods of evaluation and assessment are unsatisfactory, and there are also growing concerns […]