Built Environments And Child Health in WalEs and AuStralia (BEACHES)

Lead Research Organisation: Swansea University
Department Name: College of Engineering

Abstract

A better understanding of how the built environment drives obesity in children will inform evidence-based planning policy and practice strategies to prevent the rise in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in future generations. We will bring together five large UK and Australian cohort studies to understand how complex and interacting built environment factors influence modifiable risk factors (physical inactivity, sedentary time, unhealthy diet) for NCD's across childhood.

Technical Summary

We will identify and understand how complex and interacting factors in the built environment (BE) influence modifiable risk factors (physical inactivity, sedentary time, unhealthy diet, overweight/obesity) for non-communicable dieases (NCD) across childhood. A better understanding of how the BE drives overweight/obesity by either promoting or inhibiting modifiable risk factors will inform evidence-based planning policy and practice strategies to prevent the rise in NCD's in future generations. Building on previous collaborative research between University of Western Australia, Queensland University of Technology, Monash and Swansea University, our programme of work will bring together five large cohort studies that have detailed anthropometric, physical activity, and contextual data on more than 1 million UK and Australian children. We will use highly resolved spatial data and cutting edge geospatial techniques to construct a harmonized set of metrics that characterise the BEs each child inhabits across their life course. Finally, we will use these components in a multi-level modelling framework to quantify the influence that different BE characteristics have had on the weight status of these children, and the respective roles of physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and diet in this relationship. Harmonizing both child and BE indicators across five large-scale studies will enable us to conduct analyses across a broader set of age-ranges and leverage greater heterogeneity in BEs. This will provide a unique opportunity to identify impacts of the BE that are common across settings, but also explore how the contrasting physical, cultural and policy environments may act to mediate those effects.

This research will inform evidence-based planning policy and practice strategies to prevent the rise in NCD's in future generations. We will develop a set of guidelines focused on principles of best practice for liveable, family-friendly BEs that promote healthy beginnings

Planned Impact

The main beneficiaries of this research are:

1. Children

Childhood obesity and physical inactivity are two of the most significant modifiable risk factors for the prevention of non-communicable diseases, yet a third are children in Wales and Australia are overweight or obese, and only 20% of UK and Australian children are sufficiently active. The overarching impact of this research project is to improve health and life-course outcomes for the current and future generations of children. They should benefit from, and be recipients of, improved / tailored planning policies and interventions - informed by our findings. Secondly, by engaging directly with children, their families and schools, we will help them to understand that where they live has an impact on their health and how they can live a healthy life.


2. National Policy Makers

Communicating our research results clearly to national policy makers from the Welsh and Australian state and federal Governments will be crucial in order to get evidence translated into policy and practice and achieve real impact. We will provide international, national, regional and local findings so that policy makers can understand how complex and interacting factors in the BE impacts on modifiable risk factors for non-communicable diseases across childhood, and the implications of this for planning policy and practice strategies.

3. Local Government Planners

Working with urban planners from across Wales and Australia, will provide insight to which aspects of the BE support health and well-being and which aspects of the BE to prioritise for children living in new and existing neighbourhood developments. Aggregated maps will be used to communicate with local government and planners about key areas for priority and intervention. By adopting our results, urban planners will be able to implement changes that have the opportunity to bring about large-scale health benefits and reduce health inequalities.

4. The NHS and Australian Health Services

Reducing the impact of obesity and NCD on current and future generations will result in improved sustainability and productivity of the NHS and Australian Health Services through reduced demand, freeing resources to be used for
anticipatory and elective care and the ability to cope better with surges in demand (e.g. influenza).
 
Description QUENCH Network - Academic Mentor
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
URL https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/lec/about-us/engagement/quench-network/
 
Description Maternal And preGnancy hEalth aNd elevaTed heAt (MAGENTA): novel data-linkages to understand how temperature impacts pregnancy outcomes for people living in deprived communities in Wales and London
Amount £2,202,473 (GBP)
Funding ID 228009/Z/23/Z 
Organisation Wellcome Trust 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2024 
End 12/2026
 
Title SAIL Child BMI Cohort 
Description An algorithm to a cohort of children with BMI recording in the child measurement programme and follow up data in GP records 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact This will be used to support the main outcomes from the grant and will be made available as reproducible analytical pipeline at the end of the grant for other SAIL users. 
URL http://www.saildatabank.com
 
Description Appreciative Inquiry for Childhood Obesity and the Built Environment-Project Perfect 
Organisation Macmillan Cancer Support
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Dr Dora Pouliou (PDRA, ADRN), Cathrin Richards Impact Manager ADRN) Harriet Barker (PhD candidate) Assoc Profs Richard Fry, Lucy Griffiths and Professor Gareth Stratton led and appreciative inquiry and policy for children physical activity and the built environment in Wales. 2 workshops (Sept 2022, February 2023) were delivered involving children from schools across South Wales and stakeholders from all the key organisations influential in this area. These were Swansea Bay University Health Board, Obesity management team, dietician team, public health team. Play Wales Policy and Advocacy, Sustrans Architectural Design and Planning, Swansea Council Planning, Natural Resources Wales, Planning and Sustainability, Sustainability and Built Environment Architect, Parent, Macmillan Cancer Care, Sport Wales Education, Cardiff Planning and Public Health, HAPPEN Primary Schools Health Research Network, Wales Centre for Physical Literacy, Physical Education Teacher Training University of Wales Trinity St David.
Collaborator Contribution SBUHB professionals working in the area of childhood obesity treatment contributed towards our work package 1 appreciative inquiry and policy for children physical activity and the built environment in Wales. Paediatric physiotherapists and dieticians contributed towards 2 workshops on obesity nd the built environment, offering their professional skillset and knowledge.
Impact The outcomes are 2 sets of evidence from both children and stakeholders that will be drawn to gather to produce a "dream policy" for childhood obesity and the built environment.
Start Year 2022
 
Description Appreciative Inquiry for Childhood Obesity and the Built Environment-Project Perfect 
Organisation Natural Resources Wales
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Dr Dora Pouliou (PDRA, ADRN), Cathrin Richards Impact Manager ADRN) Harriet Barker (PhD candidate) Assoc Profs Richard Fry, Lucy Griffiths and Professor Gareth Stratton led and appreciative inquiry and policy for children physical activity and the built environment in Wales. 2 workshops (Sept 2022, February 2023) were delivered involving children from schools across South Wales and stakeholders from all the key organisations influential in this area. These were Swansea Bay University Health Board, Obesity management team, dietician team, public health team. Play Wales Policy and Advocacy, Sustrans Architectural Design and Planning, Swansea Council Planning, Natural Resources Wales, Planning and Sustainability, Sustainability and Built Environment Architect, Parent, Macmillan Cancer Care, Sport Wales Education, Cardiff Planning and Public Health, HAPPEN Primary Schools Health Research Network, Wales Centre for Physical Literacy, Physical Education Teacher Training University of Wales Trinity St David.
Collaborator Contribution SBUHB professionals working in the area of childhood obesity treatment contributed towards our work package 1 appreciative inquiry and policy for children physical activity and the built environment in Wales. Paediatric physiotherapists and dieticians contributed towards 2 workshops on obesity nd the built environment, offering their professional skillset and knowledge.
Impact The outcomes are 2 sets of evidence from both children and stakeholders that will be drawn to gather to produce a "dream policy" for childhood obesity and the built environment.
Start Year 2022
 
Description Appreciative Inquiry for Childhood Obesity and the Built Environment-Project Perfect 
Organisation SPECIFIC
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Dr Dora Pouliou (PDRA, ADRN), Cathrin Richards Impact Manager ADRN) Harriet Barker (PhD candidate) Assoc Profs Richard Fry, Lucy Griffiths and Professor Gareth Stratton led and appreciative inquiry and policy for children physical activity and the built environment in Wales. 2 workshops (Sept 2022, February 2023) were delivered involving children from schools across South Wales and stakeholders from all the key organisations influential in this area. These were Swansea Bay University Health Board, Obesity management team, dietician team, public health team. Play Wales Policy and Advocacy, Sustrans Architectural Design and Planning, Swansea Council Planning, Natural Resources Wales, Planning and Sustainability, Sustainability and Built Environment Architect, Parent, Macmillan Cancer Care, Sport Wales Education, Cardiff Planning and Public Health, HAPPEN Primary Schools Health Research Network, Wales Centre for Physical Literacy, Physical Education Teacher Training University of Wales Trinity St David.
Collaborator Contribution SBUHB professionals working in the area of childhood obesity treatment contributed towards our work package 1 appreciative inquiry and policy for children physical activity and the built environment in Wales. Paediatric physiotherapists and dieticians contributed towards 2 workshops on obesity nd the built environment, offering their professional skillset and knowledge.
Impact The outcomes are 2 sets of evidence from both children and stakeholders that will be drawn to gather to produce a "dream policy" for childhood obesity and the built environment.
Start Year 2022
 
Description Appreciative Inquiry for Childhood Obesity and the Built Environment-Project Perfect 
Organisation Sport Wales
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Dr Dora Pouliou (PDRA, ADRN), Cathrin Richards Impact Manager ADRN) Harriet Barker (PhD candidate) Assoc Profs Richard Fry, Lucy Griffiths and Professor Gareth Stratton led and appreciative inquiry and policy for children physical activity and the built environment in Wales. 2 workshops (Sept 2022, February 2023) were delivered involving children from schools across South Wales and stakeholders from all the key organisations influential in this area. These were Swansea Bay University Health Board, Obesity management team, dietician team, public health team. Play Wales Policy and Advocacy, Sustrans Architectural Design and Planning, Swansea Council Planning, Natural Resources Wales, Planning and Sustainability, Sustainability and Built Environment Architect, Parent, Macmillan Cancer Care, Sport Wales Education, Cardiff Planning and Public Health, HAPPEN Primary Schools Health Research Network, Wales Centre for Physical Literacy, Physical Education Teacher Training University of Wales Trinity St David.
Collaborator Contribution SBUHB professionals working in the area of childhood obesity treatment contributed towards our work package 1 appreciative inquiry and policy for children physical activity and the built environment in Wales. Paediatric physiotherapists and dieticians contributed towards 2 workshops on obesity nd the built environment, offering their professional skillset and knowledge.
Impact The outcomes are 2 sets of evidence from both children and stakeholders that will be drawn to gather to produce a "dream policy" for childhood obesity and the built environment.
Start Year 2022
 
Description Appreciative Inquiry for Childhood Obesity and the Built Environment-Project Perfect 
Organisation St Thomas RC Primary School
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Dr Dora Pouliou (PDRA, ADRN), Cathrin Richards Impact Manager ADRN) Harriet Barker (PhD candidate) Assoc Profs Richard Fry, Lucy Griffiths and Professor Gareth Stratton led and appreciative inquiry and policy for children physical activity and the built environment in Wales. 2 workshops (Sept 2022, February 2023) were delivered involving children from schools across South Wales and stakeholders from all the key organisations influential in this area. These were Swansea Bay University Health Board, Obesity management team, dietician team, public health team. Play Wales Policy and Advocacy, Sustrans Architectural Design and Planning, Swansea Council Planning, Natural Resources Wales, Planning and Sustainability, Sustainability and Built Environment Architect, Parent, Macmillan Cancer Care, Sport Wales Education, Cardiff Planning and Public Health, HAPPEN Primary Schools Health Research Network, Wales Centre for Physical Literacy, Physical Education Teacher Training University of Wales Trinity St David.
Collaborator Contribution SBUHB professionals working in the area of childhood obesity treatment contributed towards our work package 1 appreciative inquiry and policy for children physical activity and the built environment in Wales. Paediatric physiotherapists and dieticians contributed towards 2 workshops on obesity nd the built environment, offering their professional skillset and knowledge.
Impact The outcomes are 2 sets of evidence from both children and stakeholders that will be drawn to gather to produce a "dream policy" for childhood obesity and the built environment.
Start Year 2022
 
Description Appreciative Inquiry for Childhood Obesity and the Built Environment-Project Perfect 
Organisation Sustrans
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Dr Dora Pouliou (PDRA, ADRN), Cathrin Richards Impact Manager ADRN) Harriet Barker (PhD candidate) Assoc Profs Richard Fry, Lucy Griffiths and Professor Gareth Stratton led and appreciative inquiry and policy for children physical activity and the built environment in Wales. 2 workshops (Sept 2022, February 2023) were delivered involving children from schools across South Wales and stakeholders from all the key organisations influential in this area. These were Swansea Bay University Health Board, Obesity management team, dietician team, public health team. Play Wales Policy and Advocacy, Sustrans Architectural Design and Planning, Swansea Council Planning, Natural Resources Wales, Planning and Sustainability, Sustainability and Built Environment Architect, Parent, Macmillan Cancer Care, Sport Wales Education, Cardiff Planning and Public Health, HAPPEN Primary Schools Health Research Network, Wales Centre for Physical Literacy, Physical Education Teacher Training University of Wales Trinity St David.
Collaborator Contribution SBUHB professionals working in the area of childhood obesity treatment contributed towards our work package 1 appreciative inquiry and policy for children physical activity and the built environment in Wales. Paediatric physiotherapists and dieticians contributed towards 2 workshops on obesity nd the built environment, offering their professional skillset and knowledge.
Impact The outcomes are 2 sets of evidence from both children and stakeholders that will be drawn to gather to produce a "dream policy" for childhood obesity and the built environment.
Start Year 2022
 
Description Appreciative Inquiry for Childhood Obesity and the Built Environment-Project Perfect 
Organisation Swansea Bay University Health Board
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Dr Dora Pouliou (PDRA, ADRN), Cathrin Richards Impact Manager ADRN) Harriet Barker (PhD candidate) Assoc Profs Richard Fry, Lucy Griffiths and Professor Gareth Stratton led and appreciative inquiry and policy for children physical activity and the built environment in Wales. 2 workshops (Sept 2022, February 2023) were delivered involving children from schools across South Wales and stakeholders from all the key organisations influential in this area. These were Swansea Bay University Health Board, Obesity management team, dietician team, public health team. Play Wales Policy and Advocacy, Sustrans Architectural Design and Planning, Swansea Council Planning, Natural Resources Wales, Planning and Sustainability, Sustainability and Built Environment Architect, Parent, Macmillan Cancer Care, Sport Wales Education, Cardiff Planning and Public Health, HAPPEN Primary Schools Health Research Network, Wales Centre for Physical Literacy, Physical Education Teacher Training University of Wales Trinity St David.
Collaborator Contribution SBUHB professionals working in the area of childhood obesity treatment contributed towards our work package 1 appreciative inquiry and policy for children physical activity and the built environment in Wales. Paediatric physiotherapists and dieticians contributed towards 2 workshops on obesity nd the built environment, offering their professional skillset and knowledge.
Impact The outcomes are 2 sets of evidence from both children and stakeholders that will be drawn to gather to produce a "dream policy" for childhood obesity and the built environment.
Start Year 2022
 
Description Appreciative Inquiry for Childhood Obesity and the Built Environment-Project Perfect 
Organisation Swansea University
Department Swansea University Medical School
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Dr Dora Pouliou (PDRA, ADRN), Cathrin Richards Impact Manager ADRN) Harriet Barker (PhD candidate) Assoc Profs Richard Fry, Lucy Griffiths and Professor Gareth Stratton led and appreciative inquiry and policy for children physical activity and the built environment in Wales. 2 workshops (Sept 2022, February 2023) were delivered involving children from schools across South Wales and stakeholders from all the key organisations influential in this area. These were Swansea Bay University Health Board, Obesity management team, dietician team, public health team. Play Wales Policy and Advocacy, Sustrans Architectural Design and Planning, Swansea Council Planning, Natural Resources Wales, Planning and Sustainability, Sustainability and Built Environment Architect, Parent, Macmillan Cancer Care, Sport Wales Education, Cardiff Planning and Public Health, HAPPEN Primary Schools Health Research Network, Wales Centre for Physical Literacy, Physical Education Teacher Training University of Wales Trinity St David.
Collaborator Contribution SBUHB professionals working in the area of childhood obesity treatment contributed towards our work package 1 appreciative inquiry and policy for children physical activity and the built environment in Wales. Paediatric physiotherapists and dieticians contributed towards 2 workshops on obesity nd the built environment, offering their professional skillset and knowledge.
Impact The outcomes are 2 sets of evidence from both children and stakeholders that will be drawn to gather to produce a "dream policy" for childhood obesity and the built environment.
Start Year 2022
 
Description Appreciative Inquiry for Childhood Obesity and the Built Environment-Project Perfect 
Organisation University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Dr Dora Pouliou (PDRA, ADRN), Cathrin Richards Impact Manager ADRN) Harriet Barker (PhD candidate) Assoc Profs Richard Fry, Lucy Griffiths and Professor Gareth Stratton led and appreciative inquiry and policy for children physical activity and the built environment in Wales. 2 workshops (Sept 2022, February 2023) were delivered involving children from schools across South Wales and stakeholders from all the key organisations influential in this area. These were Swansea Bay University Health Board, Obesity management team, dietician team, public health team. Play Wales Policy and Advocacy, Sustrans Architectural Design and Planning, Swansea Council Planning, Natural Resources Wales, Planning and Sustainability, Sustainability and Built Environment Architect, Parent, Macmillan Cancer Care, Sport Wales Education, Cardiff Planning and Public Health, HAPPEN Primary Schools Health Research Network, Wales Centre for Physical Literacy, Physical Education Teacher Training University of Wales Trinity St David.
Collaborator Contribution SBUHB professionals working in the area of childhood obesity treatment contributed towards our work package 1 appreciative inquiry and policy for children physical activity and the built environment in Wales. Paediatric physiotherapists and dieticians contributed towards 2 workshops on obesity nd the built environment, offering their professional skillset and knowledge.
Impact The outcomes are 2 sets of evidence from both children and stakeholders that will be drawn to gather to produce a "dream policy" for childhood obesity and the built environment.
Start Year 2022
 
Description BEACHES Telethon Kids Institute WA Australia 
Organisation Telethon Kids Institute
Country Australia 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution TKI and UWA are key partners in the BEACHES project and bring their own relevant stakeholders that complement the Wales collaborative group
Collaborator Contribution Contributions to data acquisition, broader academic stakeholders in health geography
Impact Ongoing
Start Year 2020
 
Description Environment and Health Working Group 
Organisation Imperial College London
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The Environment and health working group is lead by Dr Rich Fry and Dr Gill Harper. The broad aim of the working group is to identify opportunities to deliver high quality research related to the Environment and Health under the Public Health theme led by Ronan Lyons. Within this working group there is scope to explore some of the methodological challenges we face in geography and health and how we might address them as part of the HDR network.
Collaborator Contribution The inagural meeting was held in London at the Wellcome trust on the 10th January where we discussed HDR UK priorities with time allocated so that each patner site could give an overview of the health data they work with and the types of research they conduct, or would like to conduct, in relation the environment and health. We agreed broad terms of reference and strategic goals.
Impact Bid to the NIHR on mulit-morbidity in which the E&H group led by Dr Rich Fry, contributed a work package (£750K).
Start Year 2019
 
Description Environment and Health Working Group 
Organisation Queen Mary University of London
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The Environment and health working group is lead by Dr Rich Fry and Dr Gill Harper. The broad aim of the working group is to identify opportunities to deliver high quality research related to the Environment and Health under the Public Health theme led by Ronan Lyons. Within this working group there is scope to explore some of the methodological challenges we face in geography and health and how we might address them as part of the HDR network.
Collaborator Contribution The inagural meeting was held in London at the Wellcome trust on the 10th January where we discussed HDR UK priorities with time allocated so that each patner site could give an overview of the health data they work with and the types of research they conduct, or would like to conduct, in relation the environment and health. We agreed broad terms of reference and strategic goals.
Impact Bid to the NIHR on mulit-morbidity in which the E&H group led by Dr Rich Fry, contributed a work package (£750K).
Start Year 2019
 
Description Environment and Health Working Group 
Organisation University of Cambridge
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The Environment and health working group is lead by Dr Rich Fry and Dr Gill Harper. The broad aim of the working group is to identify opportunities to deliver high quality research related to the Environment and Health under the Public Health theme led by Ronan Lyons. Within this working group there is scope to explore some of the methodological challenges we face in geography and health and how we might address them as part of the HDR network.
Collaborator Contribution The inagural meeting was held in London at the Wellcome trust on the 10th January where we discussed HDR UK priorities with time allocated so that each patner site could give an overview of the health data they work with and the types of research they conduct, or would like to conduct, in relation the environment and health. We agreed broad terms of reference and strategic goals.
Impact Bid to the NIHR on mulit-morbidity in which the E&H group led by Dr Rich Fry, contributed a work package (£750K).
Start Year 2019
 
Description Environment and Health Working Group 
Organisation University of Edinburgh
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The Environment and health working group is lead by Dr Rich Fry and Dr Gill Harper. The broad aim of the working group is to identify opportunities to deliver high quality research related to the Environment and Health under the Public Health theme led by Ronan Lyons. Within this working group there is scope to explore some of the methodological challenges we face in geography and health and how we might address them as part of the HDR network.
Collaborator Contribution The inagural meeting was held in London at the Wellcome trust on the 10th January where we discussed HDR UK priorities with time allocated so that each patner site could give an overview of the health data they work with and the types of research they conduct, or would like to conduct, in relation the environment and health. We agreed broad terms of reference and strategic goals.
Impact Bid to the NIHR on mulit-morbidity in which the E&H group led by Dr Rich Fry, contributed a work package (£750K).
Start Year 2019
 
Description Natural Resources Wales 
Organisation Natural Resources Wales
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Active engagement with NRW to ensure results from research help inform policy.
Collaborator Contribution Policy advice and an overview of past policy agendas related to green and blue space. Provide data held by NRW to project where licencing allows and share best practice in developing green infrastructure maps.
Impact None yet
Start Year 2018
 
Description Public Health Wales 
Organisation Public Health Wales NHS Trust
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution As part of this international collaboration we have formed a working group for stakeholder engagement activities.
Collaborator Contribution PHW have added the BEACHES team to the non-academic working group on healthy environments.
Impact Planed workshops for 2022 as part of stakeholder engagement activities inlcluding acedemic, policy and third sector organisations.
Start Year 2021
 
Description Telethon Kids Institute 
Organisation Telethon Kids Institute
Country Australia 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution As part of the international collaboration we have developed a collaboration with Telthon Kids Institute Australia which includes a project leadership group meeting once per month to guide the research in Wales and Australia.
Collaborator Contribution As part of the international collaboration we have developed a collaboration with Telthon Kids Institute Australia which includes a project leadership group meeting once per month to guide the research in Wales and Australia.
Impact N/A
Start Year 2020
 
Description Chief Investigators meeting Australia+Wales 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact This was a meeting of chief investigators on the BEACHES project to share project plans, deliverables and outcomes in detail
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Formal working group/panel - Cambridge MRC Epidemiology Research Group 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Methodological development
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Multi-sectoral data linkages to explore associations between the built environment and BMI 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Conference presentation at the International Population Data Linkage Network event to discuss the project and highlight some early findings.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://ipdln.org/sites/default/files/IPDLN2022Docs/IPDLN%20Programme%20V10_compressed.pdf
 
Description Project Perfect: An Appreciative Inquiry involving adults and children to produce The Dream policy for the Built Environment and Healthy Weight in Children 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Engagement with policy stakeholders involved with obesity and or the built environment in wales with a view to participating in an appreciative inquiry event related to BEACHES.

Two appreciative inquiry workshops were run including children and stakeholders. The workshops used design technologies by children and policy analysis by stakeholders. these were integrated. our next steps are to produce the Dream Policy by the "Project Perfect" team.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021,2022,2023,2024