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

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Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Woods Townsend, Kathryn ^a,b   Bagust, Lisa ^a   Barker, Mary ^c   Christodoulou, Andri ^a   Davey, Hannah ^a   Godfrey, Keith ^b,c   Grace, Marcus ^a   Griffiths, Janice ^a   Hanson, Mark ^d   Inskip, Hazel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent health; Cluster randomised trial; Health behaviours; Health literacy; LifeLab; Nutrition literacy; Science education; Science literacy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; CHILD NUTRITION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIFESTYLE; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCIENCE; SELF CONCEPT; STUDY DESIGN; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CAREER CHOICE; CURRICULUM; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SCIENCE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84939529748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-015-0890-z     Document Type: Article

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