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Work Packages | Healthy Development

Children & Vulnerable

Young People Children

Research is undertaken to deliver and evaluate Research is undertaken to identify dataset trends for vulnerable children
interventions that support pre-birth, early year’s and children with Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE’s). Researchers
education and primary and secondary school “The HAPPEN project from the Centre also provide expertise-undertaking studies into Child
interventions, which form the basis of our work with has raised the pupils’ Maltreatment. Research into autism and improving the health of children
children and young people. awareness of the with autism is also undertaken.
importance of exercise
and, in consultation
Research Impact with the school council,
we have further Research Impact
• Our systematic review showed that developed our outdoor
enhancements to health services did NOT play areas. • Research into the use of antipsychotic drugs in children with autism
improve child development outcomes for ” gained international exposure through ‘The Conversation’ website. This
children aged 3 and under. Primary School Head research identified higher evidence of epilepsy, diabetes and respiratory
Teacher, Swansea infections requiring admission, in all young people on antipsychotic
• The HAPPEN network recruited over 4,000 pupils drugs.
from 100 primary schools, providing information
on pupils’ fitness, health and wellbeing back • In February 2018, researchers from the Centre organised an
to the school and local government. This has international symposium discussing the development of a standardised
helped identify areas of health and wellbeing to tools to support data collection for Child Maltreatment.
be prioritised. Findings included 50% of boys and “Being a member
40% of girls being identified as physically fit. of SHRN gives our • Our cohort study identified an increased risk of emergency hospital
school access to up- admissions in children, particularly for injuries and victimisation,
• The School Health Research Network (SHRN) to-date and relevant associated with mental disorders and alcohol misuse in the household.
has increased the number of secondary schools research, support and The results indicate the need for policy measures to provide support for
it is engaging with; it now works with 100% of information. This can young families that are affected.
maintained schools and over 100,000 pupils in be used to direct our
Wales providing data to inform each school’s school focus on health
own planning activities through the provision of and wellbeing.
bi-annual tailored and benched marked school ”
profiles. This has resulted in SHRN influencing Assistant Head Teacher,
policy in a significant number of schools. North Wales

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