Kathryn Woods?Townsend|Lisa Bagust|Mary Barker|Andri Christodoulou|Hannah Davey|Keith M. Godfrey|Marcus Grace|J. B. Griffiths|Mark Hanson|Hazel Inskip
Engaging teenagers in improving their health behaviours and increasing their interest in science (Evaluation of LifeLab Southampton): study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial
University of Southampton|University of Southampton|MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit|University of Southampton|University of Southampton|University of Southampton|NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre|University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust|University of Southampton|University of Southampton|University of Southampton|MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit|University of Southampton
lifestyle health behaviours strongly linked noncommunicable disease risk modifying challenging increasing recognition adolescence important time lifestyle health behaviours become embedded improving behaviours adolescents important health also future children lifelab southampton developed purposebuilt classroom laboratory university hospital southampton secondary school students visit lifelab learn childhood adolescent parental nutrition influences health understand impact lifestyle cardiovascular metabolic health inspire excitement research future career possibilities science lifelab visit part programme work linked english national curriculum pilot work indicated attitudes towards health changed lifelab sessions cluster randomised controlled trial conducted evaluate effectiveness lifelab intervention primary outcome measurement change nutrition health lifestyle literacy lifelab intervention lifelab intervention comprises professional development teachers involved preparatory lessons school students delivered school handson practical day lifelab including meet scientist session postvisit lessons delivered school opportunity participate annual lifelab schools conference study aims recruit approximately 2500 secondary school students aged 13 14 years 32 schools clusters southampton neighbouring areas participating schools randomised control intervention groups intervention run two academic school years baseline questionnaire data collected students participating schools start academic year follow questionnaire data collected approximately 12 months later evaluation lifelab cluster randomised controlled trial isrctn71951436 registered 25 march 2015 funded british heart foundation pg143330827