Behavioural Epidemiology and Interventions in Young People
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Cambridge
Department Name: UNLISTED
Abstract
Physical activity is important for young people’s current and future health. However, it appears that many young people are not active enough to enjoy these health benefits. We also know that children do less physical activity when they become older, particularly during teenage years. Identifying ways to maintain and promote young people’s levels of physical activity is therefore important for public health. Physical activity behaviour is complex, not just consisting of sports activities but including behaviours such as walking the dog, cycling to school, playing in the playground and physical education lessons. How active young people are is influenced by many factors, such as their preference for physical activity, the provision of footpaths in the neighbourhood, weather and how much their parents support them in being physically active. How these factors work together in promoting physical activity and how to use this knowledge to promote increases in physical activity is still largely unknown. The Behavioural Epidemiology of Physical Activity Group therefore aims to improve the long-term health of young people by: - developing and evaluating interventions to increase physical activity in young people - increasing our understanding of where, when and how physical activity interventions in young people may be applied
Technical Summary
Physical activity during childhood is important for both contemporary and future health. Evidence suggests that young people’s levels of physical activity are insufficient for health. More importantly, physical activity on average declines with age. Identifying ways to maintain and, where applicable, promote physical activity in young people is therefore a key public health issue. Physical activity is a complex behaviour, influenced by a combination of factors from multiple ecological levels, including individual, socio-cultural, policy and environmental-level factors. The relative importance of these factors and how they interact is still largely unknown. Moreover, our current understanding is largely based on cross-sectional evidence, limiting our ability to draw conclusions about causality and inform intervention development. The two main aims of the Behavioural Epidemiology of Physical Activity Group are to: - develop and evaluate interventions to promote physical activity in young people - use observational research to further understand where, when and how physical activity interventions in young people may be targeted Intervention development and evaluation are a core part of the programme. Using a structured and iterative approach, we undertake explanatory trials to understand the feasibility and effectiveness of specific intervention strategies based on our previous observations. This approach allows for a greater understanding of the causal mechanisms behind behaviour change, and the potential effectiveness of specific components of future, more complex, interventions to be evaluated later. An example is the development and evaluation of a physical activity promotion intervention targeted at families, instead of the child alone. Here, we will use the intervention mapping approach to guide intervention development, and design a high quality evaluation including objective measurement of family-based physical activity. To inform future intervention development, we will continue to increase our understanding of physical activity behaviour, its influences and consequences throughout the different stages of childhood, with a predominant focus on prospective data. An example dataset we will use for this is the International Children’s Activity Database (ICAD). ICAD is an open-access dataset which aims to overcome comparability issues of single studies and currently holds data for over 30 000 children world-wide. We will both utilize the existing ICAD dataset as well as strengthen it by adding additional data to increase its utility for longitudinal analyses and the identification of influences on behaviour. In summary, this programme aims to develop and evaluate interventions to change young people’s activity behaviour through a thorough understanding of the patterns, consequences, correlates and determinants of the behaviour of interest. The work will lead to the evaluation of comprehensive physical activity promotion interventions at different stages of childhood with the aim of improving the long-term health of young people.
Organisations
- University of Cambridge (Lead Research Organisation)
- Deakin University (Collaboration)
- Cardiff University (Collaboration)
- LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- University of the Witwatersrand (Collaboration)
- University of East Anglia (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE (Collaboration)
- IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF EXETER (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
Esther Van Sluijs (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Klingberg S
(2020)
"The thing is, kids don't grow the same": Parent perspectives on preschoolers' weight and size in Soweto, South Africa.
in PloS one
Collins S
(2023)
A longitudinal study of lifestyle behaviours in emerging adulthood and risk for symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress.
in Journal of affective disorders
Corder K
(2021)
A school-based, peer-led programme to increase physical activity among 13- to 14-year-old adolescents: the GoActive cluster RCT
in Public Health Research
Guagliano JM
(2020)
A whole family-based physical activity promotion intervention: findings from the families reporting every step to health (FRESH) pilot randomised controlled trial.
in The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity
Hesketh K
(2023)
Activity Behaviors Before and During Pregnancy Are Associated With Women's Device-Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Time in Later Parenthood: A Longitudinal Cohort Analysis
in Journal of Physical Activity and Health
Hesketh KR
(2022)
Activity Behaviors in British 6-Year-Olds: Cross-Sectional Associations and Longitudinal Change During the School Transition.
in Journal of physical activity & health
Related Projects
Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Award Value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MC_UU_00006/1 | 01/04/2020 | 31/03/2025 | £6,002,000 | ||
MC_UU_00006/2 | Transfer | MC_UU_00006/1 | 01/04/2020 | 31/03/2025 | £4,022,000 |
MC_UU_00006/3 | Transfer | MC_UU_00006/2 | 01/04/2020 | 31/03/2025 | £3,576,000 |
MC_UU_00006/4 | Transfer | MC_UU_00006/3 | 01/04/2020 | 31/03/2025 | £3,394,000 |
MC_UU_00006/5 | Transfer | MC_UU_00006/4 | 01/04/2020 | 31/03/2025 | £2,987,000 |
MC_UU_00006/6 | Transfer | MC_UU_00006/5 | 01/04/2020 | 31/03/2025 | £3,455,000 |
MC_UU_00006/7 | Transfer | MC_UU_00006/6 | 01/04/2020 | 31/03/2025 | £3,715,000 |
Description | Choosing active role models to inspire girls (CHARMING): cluster randomised feasibility study of a school-based community-linked programme to increase physical activity levels in 9-11 year old girls |
Amount | £21,174,600 (GBP) |
Organisation | Health and Care Research Wales |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2021 |
End | 04/2022 |
Description | Early adulthood education/employment transitions and the development of inequalities in diet quality and cardiovascular health |
Amount | £1,096,469 (GBP) |
Funding ID | MR/T010576/1 |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2020 |
End | 03/2025 |
Description | Deakin University |
Organisation | Deakin University |
Country | Australia |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Hosted visitor for joint analyses and paper on FRESH data for the project 'Family physical activity'. |
Collaborator Contribution | Hosted visitor for joint analyses and paper on FRESH data for the project 'Family physical activity'. |
Impact | Yet to be determined |
Start Year | 2022 |
Description | Evaluating 24-hr guidelines dissemination (with University of Witswaterrand, Johannesburgh, SA) |
Organisation | University of the Witwatersrand |
Country | South Africa |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Collaborative funding from ALBORADA Cambridge-Africa fund to evaluate implementation/dissemination of 24-h movement guidelines for early years in South Africa. My contribution focusses on providing guidance and advice throughout the research process. |
Collaborator Contribution | Dr Catherine Draper (University of Witswaterrand) has led on the project and managed a team of researchers collecting the data. |
Impact | DOI: 10.1123/jpah.2021-0483; DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18063071 |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Faculty of Education (UCam) |
Organisation | University of Cambridge |
Department | Faculty of Education |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Expertise in children's health and health behaviours, intervention development and evaluation |
Collaborator Contribution | Expertise in school-based trials, measurement and analysis of education-related outcomes |
Impact | None yet, research ongoing and multiple research grants under consideration. |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge |
Organisation | University of Cambridge |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Joint studentship between MRC Epidemiology Unit (Kirsten Corder) and Faculty of Education (Riika Hofmann) |
Collaborator Contribution | Implementation of health promotion programmes into schools |
Impact | To be determined |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | ICAD |
Organisation | Loughborough University |
Department | School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The International Children's Accelerometry Database is a pooled dataset of accelerometry data from children across the world. In collaboration with the MRC Epidemiology Unit's Physical Activity Epidemiology Programme, we lead on managing the database and a current expansion project in which we add additional data from the 20+ studies. |
Collaborator Contribution | Member of Steering Group and Working Group, lead on communication with providers and users of data. |
Impact | 26377803 25747468 25341643 25241193 22676230 22337681 21693008 |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Imperial College London |
Organisation | Imperial College London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Joint grant to follow-up SCAMP cohort including PA data collection |
Collaborator Contribution | Joint grant to follow-up SCAMP cohort |
Impact | Yet to be seen. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | UEA - FRESH collaboration |
Organisation | University of East Anglia |
Department | Norwich Medical School |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Collaboration on NIHR-PHR funded FRESH project, assessing the feasibility and acceptability of the family-based FRESH intervention. Our collaboration with Prof Andy Jones and Dr Emma Coombes at UEA focusses on the device-based assessment of family-based physical activity. |
Collaborator Contribution | Collaborators at UEA have developed a method to assess family-based physical activity: time when at least two family members are active together. This has been assessed using simultaneously collected accelerometry and GPS data (all family members), and our collaborators have developed a method to process and interpret this data. |
Impact | Health Geography |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | University of Cardiff |
Organisation | Cardiff University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Collaborative research project - CHARMING Pilot study |
Collaborator Contribution | A formative study led by Dr Kelly Morgan adopted a participative community approach involving the target audience and stakeholders to design and pilot a school-based role model intervention. Funded by Cancer Research UK, the intervention was developed and refined over 12 months and included interviews, focus groups and surveys (involving school staff, parents and children across two primary schools) and multiple stakeholder consultations (involving Sport Wales, Youth Sport Trust and Healthy School Coordinators). |
Impact | Not yet seen. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | University of Exeter |
Organisation | University of Exeter |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Under the project title 'Engaging adolescents in health research', the Behavioural Epidemiology programme is working in collaboration with the University of Exeter for the joint supervision of an MRC Epidemiology Unit-based student. |
Collaborator Contribution | Under the project title 'Engaging adolescents in health research', the Behavioural Epidemiology programme is working in collaboration with the University of Exeter for the joint supervision of an MRC Epidemiology Unit-based student. |
Impact | Yet to be determined |
Start Year | 2022 |
Description | Active Families |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | PI met with staff at Active Norfolk to discuss the results of the FRESH project as well as the research team's experiences with recruiting and working with families around physical activity promotion. This will feed into the development of Active Norfolk's Active Families programme, due to launch in 2021. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Blog post - What makes an effective staff training programme for school-based physical activity promotion? (EvS/MR) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Unit blog post 'What makes an effective staff training programme for school-based physical activity promotion?' for IJBNPA paper 'Features of effective staff training programmes within school-based interventions targeting student activity behaviour: a systematic review and meta-analysis.' Shared on Unit Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn accounts. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/blog/2022/10/04/effective-staff-training-programme-school-based-physi... |
Description | CEDAR Evidence Brief 21 - Are you sitting actively (EvS) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Esther van Sluijs helped prepare the evidence brief and video for the CEDAR Evidence Brief 21 - Are you sitting actively published https://www.cedar.iph.cam.ac.uk/resources/evidence/eb-21-are-you-sitting-actively/. Short video shared on Unit Instagram Reels, Twitter and Facebook. The Instagram Reel was played 176 times. Video retweeted 5 times and viewed 112 times. Facebook post reach 38. Evidence Brief on CEDAR website had 10 unique views (as of 26/05/2022). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.cedar.iph.cam.ac.uk/resources/evidence/eb-21-are-you-sitting-actively/ |
Description | Cambridge Festival - Dinner Diaries - food, feelings and futures (MR) |
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 | Cambridge Festival 'Dinner Diaries - food, feelings and futures' activity asked attendees questions that examined our relationship with food. Which foods brings back fond memories from their past? Is there a weeknight meal that fuels their week? What kind of diet would they wish for the next generation? NE commissioned installation for gazebo/stall from Cambridge workshop, funded by Unit Communications budget, and also prepared posters and other materials. The activity was delivered in a Gazebo outdoors on the New Museums site in Cambridge, between 11 AM and 4 PM. About 30 Cambridge Festival participants attended and contributed to the installation and discussed the work with researchers. This included Food systems researchers from Queen Mary, UoL who visited the stall having seen the advert. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.festival.cam.ac.uk/events/dinner-diaries-food-feelings-futures |
Description | Childhood Obesity: An inter-disciplinary approach to prevention and treatment (AS/EvS) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Dr Andrea Smith and Dr Esther van Sluijs presented at the PhD & Postdoc course on Childhood Obesity: An inter-disciplinary approach to prevention and treatment, held online and organised with colleagues from Cambridge, UK and Denmark. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.danishdiabetesacademy.dk/events/cmn-dda-phd-and-postdoc-course-childhood-obesity-interdi... |
Description | Daily Mail - Screen-time children lockdown (EvS) |
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 | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Dr Esther van Sluijs recorded an interview with Daily Mail producer Joanna Cowey on screen-time and school age children at home during lockdown, to be used as part of a 3-4minute video piece which will go onto the MailPlus app. It was broadcast on the MailPlus app on 16/02/2021. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.mailplus.co.uk/tv/good-health/52488 |
Description | External seminar series - MRC Epidemiology Unit (EI) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Erika Ikeda recruited speakers and managed online events using Zoom for 12 external seminars in 2020. The seminars were advertised by email to subscribers to the Unit events email list, on the Unit website, and through the Unit Twitter and Facebook accounts. Registration was required, but all were welcome to register. The audience for these seminars varied according to the topic being discussed, but usually consists of researchers & academics, policy makers and third sector organisations. Most seminars were attended by 50-100 participants. An online survey of participants conducted in autumn 2020 indicated that about two thirds were from outside the MRC Epidemiology Unit/CEDAR, and that a quarter were from institutions located outside the UK. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/events/ |
Description | Guardian - Parliament DCMS Committee - local sport funding (EvS) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Dr Esther van Sluijs was quoted in Guardian article" Conservatives accused of cutting local sport funding by nearly half since 2010" following appearance at UK Parliament Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jul/31/conservatives-accused-of-cutting-local-sport-funding-b... |
Description | Healthy Weight Health Nutrition Dorset Webinar for Health Visitors & School Nurses (EvS/KH) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | On 14th December 2022, Dr Esther van Sluijs and Dr Kathryn Hesketh gave a webinar presentation to Health Visitors & School Nurses for 'Healthy Weight Health Nutrition Dorset'. The webinar was well received and prompted interesting discussion. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Heart health: design cities differently and it can help us live longer (The Conversation article) (RM) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | PhD student Rizka Maulida, with Dr Tolu Oni, wrote an article for The Conversation titled "Heart health: design cities differently and it can help us live longer." It was republished on Yahoo Life https://uk.style.yahoo.com/heart-health-design-cities-differently-143625834.html |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://theconversation.com/heart-health-design-cities-differently-and-it-can-help-us-live-longer-16... |
Description | Interview Daily Mail App |
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 | Interviewed by journalist of Daily Mail app about increase in young people's screentime during Covid-19 lockdown and advise for parents. Part of 5-minute video on Daily mail app |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Lancet 2021 series on physical activity |
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 | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Lancet Press Release for The Lancet 2021 series on physical activity. Included paper by Esther van Sluijs et al. "Physical activity behaviours in adolescence: current evidence and opportunities for intervention." https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01259-9. Also included comment article "Scaling up urban infrastructure for physical activity in the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond." by authors including Jenna Panter. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01599-3. Accompanied by Lancet webinar at which Esther van Sluijs presented and which was attended by 672 attendees from 79 countries. Research news reports published on CEDAR and Unit blogs, and also shared and re-shared on CEDAR and Unit social media channels. Esther van Sluijs was interviewed on BBC Newsround https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/57921598 and Newstalk (Ireland) https://www.newstalk.com/news/failure-to-act-on-exercise-will-leave-irelands-children-facing-chronic-diseases-earlier-1228924, and quoted in at least 10 national and international news reports, including articles in the Times, Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/health/half-of-teens-watch-more-than-twohours-of-tv-a-day-study-shows-40678298.html, Metro https://metro.co.uk/2021/07/22/teenage-physical-activity-hasnt-progressed-in-almost-a-decade-14971831/. Paper by Esther van Sluijs et al was tweeted by more than 160 twitter users https://www.altmetric.com/details/110136588/twitter . The commentary by Jenna Panter and colleagues was tweeted by 160 twitter users https://www.altmetric.com/details/110161807/twitter. Item in University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine newsletter on 20 August. Lancet webinar at which Esther van Sluijs presented was attended by 672 attendees from 79 countries. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.thelancet.com/series/physical-activity-2021 |
Description | Lancet webinar - Physical activity (EvS) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Dr Esther van Sluijs presented at the Lancet webinar for launch of the The Lancet 2021 series on physical activity https://www.thelancet.com/series/physical-activity-2021. The webinar was attended by 672 attendees from 79 countries. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/3301593/8D48EBFEF23616F786C481AF0ECE9F48?partnerref=hub |
Description | Meeting Deputy Headteacher University of Cambridge primary school re: developing active schools |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Esther van Sluijs attended a Meeting with the Deputy Headteacher University of Cambridge primary school to discuss developing active schools. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Naked Scientist radio and podcast (AS) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Dr Andrea Smith was interviewed for the Naked Scientists podcast to discuss children's physical activity and their physical and mental health, factors influencing the decrease in children's physical activity (screen time, COVID, transport, infrastructure) and the importance of risky play. This was broadcast on 16 /08/2022 at https://www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/naked-scientists-podcast/childs-play-curtailing-health-crisis https://open.spotify.com/episode/1rK9MKknz58M9K1HJSuG4g?si=99b068925eb44938 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/naked-scientists-podcast/childs-play-curtailing-health-c... |
Description | PPI with Pregnant and Postpartum Women (KH) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Dr Kathryn Hesketh used Borysiewicz Interdisciplinary Fellowship funding to help fund and arrange the Patient Participant and Engagement group comprising of Pregnant and Postpartum Women at Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Press release: Becoming less active and gaining weight: downsides of becoming an adult revealed in scientific reviews |
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 | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | University of Cambridge press release "Becoming less active and gaining weight: downsides of becoming an adult revealed in scientific reviews". Research blog posts on University of Cambridge, MRC Epidemiology Unit and CEDAR websites http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/blog/downsides-of-becoming-an-adult/ for two Obesity Reviews papers https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.12962 and https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.12959. Promoted on Unit Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. The papers were reported in about 30 print and online news outlets, including the Daily Mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7905907/Women-pile-pounds-mothers-lifestyle-changes-research-reveals.html, Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2020/01/20/leaving-school-becoming-parent-bad-waistline/, Metro, Sky News, Hindustan Times, Medium, MedicalXpress and several other news outlets. Discussed on the Heart FM morning News programme on 20/01/2020. Discussed on the NHS 'Behind the Headlines' blog on 21/01/20 https://www.nhs.uk/news/lifestyle-and-exercise/becoming-parent-and-leaving-school-linked-weight-gain/. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Public Engagement event - North Cambridge Community Partnership (OA) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | PhD student Olivia Alliott participated in Public Engagement ativities at North Cambridge Community Partnership summer event at Nun's Way Recreation Ground, Cambridge. Event focused on families in local area, which has a higher deprevation index than most of Cambridge. The event was a joint event with the IMS-MRL, and activities delivered to which Unit members contributed included the Sugar Cub Challenge (cycle to 10kcal), Welcome to the Snackingtons booklet, and the Sweet Enough sugar taste test. About 75 families (200 people) attended the event. About 50 adults and children did the Sugar Cube Challenge (some children were too young), and about 80 Welcome to the Snackingtons leaflets were handed out. About 50 recruitment leaflets for the APAD-C study were handed out to members of the public attending the event, and another 50 to NCCP and North Cambridge Academy staff who were present for further distribution. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.nccp.org.uk/events/?event_id1=2188 |
Description | Select Committee - Impact of the Covid pandemic on physical activity levels |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Dr Esther van Sluijs was invited to participate in the submission to a UK Parliament Department of Culture Media and Sport Select Committee meeting on the impact of the Covid pandemic on physical activity levels https://committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence/1318/html/ Quoted in articles by the Daily Mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9006053/Physical-activity-plummeted-pandemic-60-gyms-sports-clubs-closed.html and Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2020/12/02/stark-cost-covid-19-activity-levels-revealed-grass-roots-sport/. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/c775fed9-1c01-4acd-8b4a-d3f2239e5874 |
Description | Society for Social Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting 2021 (EW) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dr Eleanor Winpenny was a session chair and presented a poster at the Society for Social Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting 2021 held online on 15 September 2021. Dr Winpenny also gave a presentation as SSM Mentoring Officer. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | University of Cambridge Press Release - Poor professional development failure to promote physical health in primary schools (EvS/MR) |
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 | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Faculty of Education Press Release 'Poor professional development may explain failure of push to promote physical health in primary schools' for IJBNPA paper 'Features of effective staff training programmes within school-based interventions targeting student activity behaviour: a systematic review and meta-analysis.' https://ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12966-022-01361-6. Shared on Unit Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn accounts and as an Instagram story. Picked up by Press Association and reported in The independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/schools-cambridge-university-england-united-states-australia-b2208609.html, Daily Mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-11344989/Poor-training-hampering-physical-activity-push-primary-schools--study.html, Evening Standard, https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/schools-cambridge-university-england-united-states-australia-b1034609.html and in more than 230 online regional, local and specialist news outlets. Unit news blog received 74 unique page views (07/12/2022) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://news.educ.cam.ac.uk/poor-professional-development-physical-health-primary-schools |
Description | University of Cambridge press release - Early adulthood experiences and cardiovascular health |
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 | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | University of Cambridge press release 'Early adulthood education and employment experiences play independent role in later life cardiovascular health' issued by Paul Browne for paper: Winpenny, E. et al. Early adulthood socioeconomic trajectories contribute to inequalities in adult cardiovascular health, independently of childhood and adulthood socioeconomic position. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2021; 6 Aug 2021; http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2021-216611. Eleanor Winpenny interviewed by FM104 (Ireland) on 10/08/21, and replied to email questions from CNBC reporter resulting in article https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/11/new-study-your-first-job-can-impact-your-hearts-health-later-in-life.html. Reported in at least 14 online news outlets, including Yahoo News https://ph.news.yahoo.com/first-job-influences-heart-health-095414452.html, MedicalXpress https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-08-early-adulthood-employment-independent-role.html, Health Europa https://www.healtheuropa.eu/early-education-and-employment-experiences-impact-cardiovascular-health/110338/, and FE News https://www.fenews.co.uk/press-releases/74003-early-adulthood-education-and-employment-experiences-play-independent-role-in-later-life-cardiovascular-health. MRC Epidemiology Unit blog post received 122 Unique views. Paper tweeted by 31 twitter users. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/blog/2021/08/06/early-adulthood-education-employment-independent-role... |