The Healthy Families theme of the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Yorkshire and Humber works with the public, service providers and researchers to improve health, wellbeing and promote fairer futures for families living in deprived areas across the Yorkshire and Humber region. The theme is co-led by Professor Rosie McEachan and Dr Sunil Bhopal and builds upon the foundations established by the previous Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRCs).
Research is undertaken across five broad topic areas (Best Start; Oral Health; Healthy Bodies and Minds; Healthy Learning; Healthy Places) and complemented by a cross-cutting Systems Change topic. Healthy Families research projects which were established in 2020 to understand the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic can be found on the COVID-19 page. We have over 50 research projects in our theme and are always interested in hearing new ideas – please do get in touch. Explore the topic areas below to find out more about our current projects.
BiB researchers worked closely with 27 small community groups, sports groups, local activists, faith settings and schools, and young people from Barkerend neighbourhood in Bradford to coproduce a neighbourhood action...
This project aims to explore how to promote home toothbrushing in children participating in Supervised Toothbrushing Programmes and improve the links between brushing in nursery/school and at home. The findings...
Adolescent girls are less likely to be physically active than boys. South Asian children are also less likely to be physically active than children from other cultural backgrounds. This means...
Theme lead(s): Sarah Blower
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