Kathryn Woods?Townsend|H. Leat|Jacqueline Bay|L. Bagust|Howard Davey|Dennis F. Lovelock|Andri Christodoulou|J. B. Griffiths|Marcus Grace|K.R. Godfrey|Mark A. Hanson|Hazel Inskip
LifeLab Southampton: a programme to engage adolescents with DOHaD concepts as a tool for increasing health literacy in teenagers –a pilot cluster-randomized control trial
NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre|University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust|University of Southampton|University of Auckland|University of Southampton|University of Southampton|University of Southampton|University of Southampton|University of Southampton|University of Southampton|University of Southampton|NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre|University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust|MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit|University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust|University of Southampton|NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre|NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre|University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust|University of Southampton|MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit
abstract adolescence critical time point lifecourse lifelab educational intervention engaging adolescents understanding developmental origins health disease dohad concepts impact early life environment future health benefitting longterm health next generation aimed assess whether engaging adolescents dohad concepts improves scientific literacy whether engagement alone improves health behaviours six schools randomized three intervention three control outcome measures changed knowledge intended actual behaviour relation diet lifestyle total 333 students completed baseline followup questionnaires 12 months intervention students showed greater understanding dohad concepts sustained changes behaviours identified adolescents engagement dohad concepts improved maintained 12 months engagement translate behaviour change intervention consequently revised include additional components beyond engagement alone