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EducatingBorn in Bradford
John WrightBradford Institute for Health Research
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Growing up in Bradford
High infant mortality
High rates of disability
High rates of asthma
Impending diabetes epidemic
Childhood obesity
Social change
Describe health and ill-health and their causes; Develop, design and evaluate interventions to promote
health; Provide a model for integrating research into practice Build and strengthen local research capacity in Bradford.
12435 Mothers13776 pregnancies
3449 Fathers13471 Singletons
176 sets of twins3 sets of triplets13,000 in Primary School
4 this year8 this year
Baseline Questionnaire
(mother)
• Lifestyle• Environment• Medical (physical & mental health)• Socio-economic• Genetic• Biological
Routinely collected data
• Health visitor/school nurse• Hospital Admissions• GP records• Bradford Education
Full Sweep @ 8-10yrs
• Lifestyle• Environmental• Medical• Socio-economic
Lifestyles, obesity &
activity
Asthma, Allergies, infection
Pollution & green
space
Ethnicity and social
change
Research that changes a city
• Community involvement• Scientific evidence• Engagement with practitioners• Wider communication
Epidemiological Evidence
BiB goes to school
Starting School
Development of feedback form for schools
Literacy
Co-ordination skills
SDQ
Development of interventions to improve educational attainment, movement skills and wellbeing in early childhood
Feasibility trial evaluation
• Group sessions in playgrounds• Play equipment provided• Facilitated by parent involvement
workers• Shift to independent play after 10
weeks
Intervention
Recruitment at schools
Intervention
follow-up (10 weeks, 30
weeks, 1 year)
Control
follow-up (10 weeks, 30
weeks, 1 year)
Evidence? Effectiveness? Innovation?
Talking Together
Babies and
bonding
Bump start your baby
Better place, better start
Eat, Live, Love
Falling in love with your baby
Better Start Bradford: Intervention themes
www.bradfordtrident.co.uk
@bradfordtrident
