The data used to build this interactive came from the Health Survey for England, the National Survey for Wales, the Scottish Health Survey and the Health Survey NI.
Lucy Vernall, Academic Ideas Lab, works at the interface switzerland rcs data of broadcast and research, helping to simulate new TV and radio programmes based on research, and to capture evidence of resulting impact.
Kirsty Hill is a senior lecturer at the University of Birmingham’s School of Dentistry using quantitative and qualitative methods to study oral health and its impact on the general population.
Implementing the accelerometers in particular at this scale within a specific time frame presented several logistical challenges. Careful planning was required in rotating accelerometers across participants and keeping track of them in field. sure interviewers knew to regularly charge them, so that when they were handed over to the participants there was enough battery life to collect the required data.