Engaging low-income families in school-based health interventions: A case study of Food and Fun Clubs in Wales
Lead Research Organisation:
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
Department Name: Sch of Social Sciences
Abstract
The project focuses on low-income families' engagement in school-based health interventions (through the Welsh Government's Food and Fun: School Holiday Enrichment Programme. Key objectives are to:
Examine variation in levels of, and socioeconomic patterning in, parental engagement in school-based health intervention in Welsh schools and local authorities;
Understand the methods/processes adopted to engage parents in school-based health interventions in schools with high, medium and low levels of engagement;
Investigate teachers', parents' and children's perspectives on school-based health improvement and their impact on: i) parental engagement in children's schooling ii) children's connectedness to school and iii) children's health, wellbeing and educational performance.
Examine variation in levels of, and socioeconomic patterning in, parental engagement in school-based health intervention in Welsh schools and local authorities;
Understand the methods/processes adopted to engage parents in school-based health interventions in schools with high, medium and low levels of engagement;
Investigate teachers', parents' and children's perspectives on school-based health improvement and their impact on: i) parental engagement in children's schooling ii) children's connectedness to school and iii) children's health, wellbeing and educational performance.
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
Graham Moore (Primary Supervisor) | |
Amy Simpson (Student) |
Studentship Projects
Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Student Name |
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ES/P00069X/1 | 30/09/2017 | 29/09/2027 | |||
1946494 | Studentship | ES/P00069X/1 | 30/09/2017 | 30/03/2022 | Amy Simpson |