Development
Public Health
One of the ISEH objectives is translating our findings from research to have an impact on the health of the general population.
In July the ISEH hosted a conference to launch a new initiative, Camden Active Spaces, which aims to inspire school children to be more active, via good playground design and use of outdoor space.
As part of the project, which is being delivered by the ISEH in partnership with UCL and Camden Council, designers have worked with children in six schools across Camden to design unique structures for their playgrounds. Increasingly, sedentary lifestyles are threatening the nation’s health, so the aim is to encourage younger people to exercise by giving them an alternative to playing indoors and ‘screen time.’
Following a welcome by Prof Fares Haddad and Fiona Dean, Assistant Director Culture & Environment, London Borough of Camden, conference attendees heard from Professor Ashley Cooper, University of Bristol, on encouraging physical activity in young people.
Dr Mark Hamer from UCL’s Physical Activity Research Group (PARG) spoke about monitoring and evaluating Camden Active Spaces funded by a grant from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). The project will measure physical activity levels over time for a group of nearly 200 children aged six to fifteen years. To record their activity, each participating child will be given an ‘actigraph accelerometer’ to be worn around their waist.
Monitoring is underway and the first set of information will be collected over the latter part of 2015.
“ Improving the health of children in our borough is one of Camden CCG’s five health priorities and as physical activity is key to a child’s good health and development it is vital that kids are encouraged to get active on a daily basis ”
Dr Caz Sayer
Chair of Camden Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and local MP
ISEH ANNUAL REPORT 2014 / 2015
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