Using a CVI intervention to improve children’s health during covid19
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Using Linked Health and Educational administrative records in a cluster-RCT to evaluate an intervention aiming to improve children’s mental health, wellbeing and learning ability, in the context of covid19 pandemic
IRAS ID
286075
Contact name
Cathy Williams
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Bristol
Duration of Study in the UK
2 years, 8 months, 30 days
Research summary
We are conducting a feasibility study investigating the effectiveness of an information pack which advises schools how to make the classroom and all teaching materials “vision friendly”, including those for use online. The aim of this is to help children with brain-related vision problems, also called cerebral visual impairment or CVI. The information pack is believed to have direct benefits for children with vision problems, who will be able to do their work more easily and feel more confident, because they can see more clearly, and indirect benefits for all children because the teachers should have more time to assist other children if they are not needed to support the children with vision problems. \nWe propose to use routinely collected administrative data to provide objective outcomes that will tell us whether the intervention does reduce children’s stress-associated ill-health, at the schools which received the intervention. The adminstrative data are collected by the government and stored centrally and we will apply for permission to access and use relevant data items.Our results will tell policy makers whether this intervention is helpful, as we deal with this and future pandemics.\n
REC name
South Central - Oxford B Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
21/SC/0117
Date of REC Opinion
20 May 2021
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion