Professor Lindsay Forbes, University of Kent, L.Forbes@kent.ac.uk
NIHR funded project aiming to tackle health inequalities among young women who are not in education, employment or training
Funder: National Institute for Health and Care Research: Public Health Research Programme (NIHR PHR) £2m
Start date: 1/7/24
End date: 31/1/29
The Looking Forward Project is a research study funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research. In this project, we are testing a new way to help young women who are not in education, employment, or training called HOPEFUL.
The Looking Forward Project is happening in Sussex, Kent, and Norfolk, UK
This study follows the 2022 NIHR135316 Application Development Award “Hopeful” interventions to reduce mental ill-health and improve social outcomes for young women who are not in education, employment or training.
Find out more on the project webpage:
Project publication:
Published: May 31, 2024
Who is involved
- Dr Clio Berry, Brighton and Sussex Medical School , Principal Investigator
- Professor Lindsay Forbes, CHSS, University of Kent , Co-Investigator
- Dr Daniel Michelson, Kings College London (KCL) , Co-Investigator
- Julia Fountain, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Co-Investigator (Public partner)
- Dr Jon Wilson, Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust, Co-Investigator
- Professor Stephen Bremner, Brighton and Sussex Medical School , Co-Investigator
- Professor Paul McCrone, University of Greenwich, Co-Investigator
- Dr Arti Makwana, CHSS, University of Kent, Research Assistant