Project Energize is a through-school nutrition and activity programme that is being evaluated in a 2-year, cluster-randomised, longitudinal study. The present paper describes the background of the programme and study, the programme development and delivery, the study methodology including randomisation, measurement and analysis tools and techniques, and the mix of the study population. The prog...

Department of Haematology, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, Department of Haematology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, St Mary’s Hospital, London, Programme Advisor, NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme, Division of Health and Social Care Research, School of Medicine, King’s College London, London, Department of Haematology, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, Department o...

This study found that urban children of low-income families who learned the Transcendental Meditation Technique (or Word of Wisdom Technique for younger children) as part of an after-school enrichment programme showed increased analytical ability, improved self concept, and improved general intellectual performance in comparison to controls who participated in the after-school programme without...

1Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore, 2Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, 3Medicinal Chemistry Programme, Life Sciences Institute, National University of Singapore, 4Department of Anaesthesia, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Republic of ...

This chapter is a programme-level overview of the contribution of ACTS to new ways of flexible working, and highlights some of the technological issues that need to be addressed by the IST programme. The task of the ACTSLINE project is to summarise the results of ACTS in a form meaningful to communications professionals in various business sectors external to ACTS. For further information on su...

BACKGROUND Anxiety in children is common, impairs everyday functioning, and increases the risk of severe mental health disorders in adulthood. We investigated the effect of a classroom-based cognitive behaviour therapy prevention programme (FRIENDS) on anxiety symptoms in children. METHODS Preventing Anxiety in Children though Education in Schools (PACES) is a three-group parallel cluster ran...

OBJECTIVE To determine if a school based educational programme aimed at reducing consumption of carbonated drinks can prevent excessive weight gain in children. DESIGN Cluster randomised controlled trial. SETTING Six primary schools in southwest England. PARTICIPANTS 644 children aged 7-11 years. INTERVENTION Focused educational programme on nutrition over one school year. MAIN OUTCOM...

There is a need for effective prevention programmes aimed at reducing risk behaviour among South African adolescents. HealthWise South Africa is a school-based programme designed to reduce sexual and substance use risk behaviour, and promote positive use of leisure time among high-school learners (students). Based on successful programmes in the United States of America, HealthWise was develope...

BACKGROUND To describe the effects of a Spanish smoking prevention programme in the context of an European project on regular smoking, in a sample of Barcelona adolescents. METHOD A quasi-experimental design was conducted. An experimental group (EG) (1080 pupils) was exposed to programme and compared with a control group (CG) (872 students). The intervention included a school-based programme ...

Bully/victim problems among school children are a matter ofconsiderable concern in Scandinavia and, more recently, in a number of other countries as well. Estimates based on the author's large-scale surveys indicate that some 9% ofthe students in grades 1 through 9 are fairly regular victims ofbullying and that 6-7% engage in bullying others with some regularity. It is argued that it is a funda...