The Impact of New Health Imperatives on Schools
Lead Research Organisation:
Loughborough University
Department Name: Sch of Sport Exercise & Health Sciences
Abstract
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People |
ORCID iD |
| Emma Rich (Principal Investigator) | |
| John Evans (Co-Investigator) |
Publications
Apple, Michael W.; Ball, Stephen J.; Gandin, Luis Armando
(2009)
The Routledge International Handbook of the Sociology of Education
Burrows, Lisette.
(2008)
Researching the new health imperatives in schools: stories from the field
De Pian, Laura.
(2014)
Health Education: Critical Perspectives
Emma Rich (author)
(2009)
Local landscapes, media healthscapes and schooling
Evans J
(2011)
Body policies and body pedagogies: every child matters in totally pedagogised schools?
in Journal of Education Policy
Evans J
(2012)
Understanding policy: why health education policy is important and why it does not appear to work
in British Educational Research Journal
Evans J
(2011)
Health Imperatives, Policy and the Corporeal Device: Schools, Subjectivity and Children's Health
in Policy Futures in Education
Evans J
(2009)
The body made flesh: embodied learning and the corporeal device
in British Journal of Sociology of Education
Evans John
(2008)
Education, Disordered Eating and Obesity Discourse: Fat Fabrications
Evans, John.
(2008)
Health education of weight management in schools
in Physical Education Matters
| Title | Body Culture Art exhibition |
| Description | Body Culture was a public exhibition produced as part of the ESRC grant to raise public awareness of some of the findings. Curated by Kerrie O Connell, thirteen artists produced a variety of artefacts as part of the exhibition. |
| Type Of Art | Artwork |
| Year Produced | 2011 |
| Impact | This exhibition raised critical questions about the measurement and surveillance of young people's diets, size, shape and weight, and the negative impact this can have on the relationship with their bodies, food and sense of self |
| URL | http://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/Exhibition-weighs-view-bodies/story-13494338-detail/story.html#ixzz42... |
| Description | Citation in American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology Committee Opinion on 'ethical issues in the care of the obese woman' |
| Geographic Reach | North America |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in clinical reviews |
| Description | House of Representatives Inquiry into Obesity in Australia. |
| Geographic Reach | Australia |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Description | Invited key speaker: Public policy exchange; Mental health and body image: 'mental health and young people: promoting a positive and health body image' |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | government gender and representation summit led by the Government equalities office. |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | International Collaboration with research partners in Australia and News Zealand |
| Organisation | University of Otago |
| Department | School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Award, $145,795 (£80,733.61) Co-Investigator. PI: Professor Jan Wright. Co-Investigators: Dr Valerie Harwood, Professor John Evans, Professor Lisette Burrows Discovery linkage grant extending the ESRC project above into an International collaborative project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Ci/Pi on the above grant. This also led to a special issue of an academic journal dedicated to papers from this international collaboration - The journal was Discourse |
| Impact | The collaboration and studies were reported in this Special Issue of Discourse (volume 33, Issue 5, 2012) on 'the impact of the new health imperatives on educational policy and schooling |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | International Collaboration with research partners in Australia and News Zealand |
| Organisation | University of Wollongong |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Award, $145,795 (£80,733.61) Co-Investigator. PI: Professor Jan Wright. Co-Investigators: Dr Valerie Harwood, Professor John Evans, Professor Lisette Burrows Discovery linkage grant extending the ESRC project above into an International collaborative project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Ci/Pi on the above grant. This also led to a special issue of an academic journal dedicated to papers from this international collaboration - The journal was Discourse |
| Impact | The collaboration and studies were reported in this Special Issue of Discourse (volume 33, Issue 5, 2012) on 'the impact of the new health imperatives on educational policy and schooling |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | Interviewed for BBC National documentary: The men who made us thin |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The research was included in a BBC documentary 'the men who made us thin'. This is a four part documentary series includes an interview with myself and a number of other critical weight scholars/activists. "Jacques Peretti investigates the connections between obesity and weight loss, confronting some of the men making a fortune from our desire to become thin" (BBC) Over 1.5 million viewers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015 |
| Description | Learning to be a healthy young woman : body burdens and consumer culture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Presented at 'Sexuality, the body and consumer culture', seminar one of the ESRC seminar series entitled 'Young women in movement : sexualities, vulnerabilities, needs and norms'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| URL | http://www.uel.ac.uk/ihhd/documents/Goldsmithsseminar.doc |
| Description | Public Art Exhibition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 'Body culture' was an interdisciplinary contemporary art exhibition exploring young people's relationship with their bodies within a culture of increased surveillance and body perfection representing the research. Thirteen artists have translated research findings of work by Dr Emma Rich, The University of Bath and colleagues from Loughborough University (Laura De-Pian, John Evans, Rachel Allwood) into forms of performance art, conceptual sculptures and photography. Amidst growing concerns about the rise in disordered eating and body dissatisfaction, the exhibition uses these various art forms to explore the impact of an increased focus on weighing, measuring and the surveillance on young people's bodies. The exhibition was held at BRSLI (Bath Royal Scientific and Literary Institute) over two weeks, attracting the general public. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | School workshops: Developing body confidence |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Alongside the body culture art exhibition we hosted a workshop for young people on health imperatives in school. This sparked questions and discussion, interactive workshop activities and many reported a change in understanding health and the body. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | The Big Questions - National Talk Show - Feature on obesity debate |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 15/03/2009 - Interviewed on the Big Questions - National Talk show. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| Description | Young people, class, schooling cultures and anti-obesity education |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presented at the 'Abject embodiment : uneven targets of fat discrimination' seminar at Durham University. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| URL | http://www.dur.ac.uk/geography/research/researchprojects/fat_studies_and_health_at_every_size/semina... |
| Description | public art exhibition: Fringe Arts Bath Festival. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Art produced as part of the ESRC research was included in a Research Matters exhibition curated by the public engagement unit, University of bath as part of the Bath Arts Fringe festival. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |