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Meeting the challenges of the Health Visitor Implementation Plan at the University of the West of England, Bristol (2014)
Report

Drawing on the Health Visitor Implementation Plan (DH, 2011a) and Educating Health Visitors for a Transformed Service (DH, 2011c), this evaluation aimed to assess the extent to which the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing Programme meets the... Read More about Meeting the challenges of the Health Visitor Implementation Plan at the University of the West of England, Bristol.

Measuring the economic impact of the wellspring healthy living centre's social prescribing wellbeing programme for low level mental health issues encountered by GP services (2013)
Report

This research evaluates the impacts of a holistic social prescribing Wellbeing Programme delivered by the Wellspring Healthy Living Centre, Bristol. As a holistic social prescribing approach it is representative of many third sector led intervention... Read More about Measuring the economic impact of the wellspring healthy living centre's social prescribing wellbeing programme for low level mental health issues encountered by GP services.

The Advocacy for Pedestrian Safety Study: Cluster Randomised Trial Evaluating a Political Advocacy Approach to Reduce Pedestrian Injuries in Deprived Communities (2013)
Journal Article

Objective: To determine whether advocacy targeted at local politicians leads to action to reduce the risk of pedestrian injury in deprived areas. Design: Cluster randomised controlled trial. Setting: 239 electoral wards in 57 local authorities in Eng... Read More about The Advocacy for Pedestrian Safety Study: Cluster Randomised Trial Evaluating a Political Advocacy Approach to Reduce Pedestrian Injuries in Deprived Communities.

Creating a learning environment to promote food sustainability issues in primary schools? Staff perceptions of implementing the food for life partnership programme (2013)
Journal Article

There is increasing interest in the role that schools can play in promoting education for sustainable development (ESD), and evidence is emerging that schools can be influential in the emerging agenda around the ecological, ethical and social aspects... Read More about Creating a learning environment to promote food sustainability issues in primary schools? Staff perceptions of implementing the food for life partnership programme.

The role of community centre-based arts, leisure and social activities in promoting adult well-being and healthy lifestyles (2013)
Journal Article

Developed countries are experiencing high levels of mental and physical illness associated with long term health conditions, unhealthy lifestyles and an ageing population. Given the limited capacity of the formal health care sector to address these p... Read More about The role of community centre-based arts, leisure and social activities in promoting adult well-being and healthy lifestyles.

Food sustainability education as a route to healthier eating: Evaluation of a multi-component school programme in English primary schools (2012)
Journal Article

Promising approaches to the promotion of healthier eating among children in primary school settings include the opportunity to practise practical cooking and growing, promoting the take up of healthier school meals and nutritional education. However,... Read More about Food sustainability education as a route to healthier eating: Evaluation of a multi-component school programme in English primary schools.

Engaging secondary school students in food-related citizenship: Achievements and challenges of a multi-component programme (2012)
Journal Article

© 2012 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Global food security and sustainability, animal welfare, dietary health, and socially just relations of food production have become prominent societal issues. They are of particular concern fo... Read More about Engaging secondary school students in food-related citizenship: Achievements and challenges of a multi-component programme.