A cluster-randomised controlled trial of the LifeLab education intervention to improve health literacy in adolescents.

Autor: Kathryn Woods-Townsend, Polly Hardy-Johnson, Lisa Bagust, Mary Barker, Hannah Davey, Janice Griffiths, Marcus Grace, Wendy Lawrence, Donna Lovelock, Mark Hanson, Keith M Godfrey, Hazel Inskip

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 5, p e0250545 (2021)

Adolescence offers a window of opportunity during which improvements in health behaviours could benefit long-term health, and enable preparation for parenthood-albeit a long way off, passing on good health prospects to future children. This study was

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LifeLab Southampton: A programme to engage adolescents with DOHaD concepts as a tool for increasing health literacy in teenagers – A pilot cluster-randomised control trial

Autor: Lisa Bagust, Marcus Grace, Donna Lovelock, Janice Griffiths, Holly Leat, Jacquie L. Bay, Kathryn Woods-Townsend, Keith M. Godfrey, Mark A. Hanson, Andri Christodoulou, Hazel Inskip, Hannah Davey

Adolescence is a critical time point in the lifecourse. LifeLab is an educational intervention engaging adolescents in understanding Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) concepts and the impact of the early life environment on future h

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https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6159871/

Meet the scientist

Autor: Kathryn Woods-Townsend, Andri Christodoulou, Jenny Byrne, Marcus Grace, Janice Griffiths, Willeke Rietdijk

Publikováno v: Woods-Townsend, K, Christodoulou, A, Rietdijk, W, Byrne, J, Griffiths, J & Grace, M 2016, ' Meet the scientist ', International Journal of Science Education Part B, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 89-113 . https://doi.org/10.1080/21548455.2015.1016134
International Journal of Science Education Part B, 6(1), 89-113. Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Students have been reported to have stereotypical views of scientists as middle-aged white men in lab coats. We argue that a way to provide students with a more realistic view of scientists and their work is to provide them with the opportunity to in

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https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/c50ad09e-113b-48a9-8756-906adc15872f

Developing teenagers’ views on their health and the health of their future children

Autor: Jenny Byrne, Ian Galloway, Marta Cristina Azaola, Keith M. Godfrey, Janice Griffiths, Marcus Grace, Hazel Inskip, Mark A. Hanson, Kathryn Woods-Townsend, Kerry Harman

Publikováno v: Health Education. 112:543-559

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to report the outcome of a city‐wide survey of teenagers’ views on their health, and compare this with the outcomes of a science‐oriented health intervention called LifeLab, a hospital‐based classroom aimed

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https://doi.org/10.1108/09654281211275890

Engaging teenagers in improving their health behaviours and increasing their interest in science (Evaluation of LifeLab Southampton): study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

Autor: Kathryn, Woods-Townsend, Lisa, Bagust, Mary, Barker, Andri, Christodoulou, Hannah, Davey, Keith, Godfrey, Marcus, Grace, Janice, Griffiths, Mark, Hanson, Hazel, Inskip

Publikováno v: Trials

Background Lifestyle and health behaviours are strongly linked to non-communicable disease risk, but modifying them is challenging. There is an increasing recognition that adolescence is an important time for lifestyle and health behaviours to become

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26292675