Welcome to the Annual Report for the National Centre for Population Health & Wellbeing Research 2021-2022, funded by Health and Care Research Wales. Over the last year, the Centre has prioritised policy-relevant research into responding to challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. Research has concentrated on understanding the impact COVID-19 has had on people in…
This year’s National Centre for Population Health & Wellbeing Research Annual report once again provided us with the chance to highlight the impact of our work between April 2020 and March 2021. The Centre undertakes research by making sense of data that can help support and improve people’s health and wellbeing throughout their life. Our…
Physical activity is important at all stages of life. It prevents obesity, improves well-being and reduces the risk of many chronic conditions, such as heart disease, arthritis and diabetes. Evidence shows that being active at a young age tracks into adulthood, and that physical activity behaviours adopted when young are likely to carry through life….
The importance of promoting activity in young people cannot be overstated. It is a public health priority. And yet a new study reports that school-based physical activity programmes are ineffective at improving the activity levels of young people. Click here to read the full article published in The Conversation…
Children and teenagers in Wales call for more opportunities and safer environments to play Play for Wales issue 51 Autumn 2018 Researchers Charlotte Todd, Michaela James and Professor Sinead Brophy, from NCPHWR at Swansea University Medical School, tell us about their research findings, which show the importance that both children and teenagers attach to play and unstructured activity….
Up to 17 per cent of children could have symptoms consistent with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) according to new research published in Preventative Medicine. Researchers from the University of Bristol and NCPHWR researchers at Cardiff University worked with clinicians to assess a wide range of information on mothers’ drinking in pregnancy. The UK has…
Our research aims to bring about a positive change to the health and wellbeing of people living in Wales. Communication and raising the awareness of our work helps us shorten the transition gap between our research findings and how it can be used to: Inform government policy Direct public services around education, health and social…