Healthy Places

The Healthy Places topic seeks to understand how our environments can impact on our health.

We use a range of methods from engagement and citizen science projects with our children, families, and communities, to collecting and analysing environmental and health data and evaluating interventions.

Healthy Places Projects

Improving access to green spaces for adolescent girls in Bradford

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...

Coproduction and Peer Research Network

Over several years the Born in Bradford programme has worked with communities across Bradford District where diverse populations have provided tremendous support to our research efforts. This has helped us...

Healthy Urban Places

The Healthy Urban Places project (HUP) is exploring how the places where people live can impact their physical and mental health. The project focuses on two areas – Bradford District...

Meet the Healthy Places Team

Sally Barber

Lead for Physical Activity Research

Rosie McEachan

Theme Co-lead