Navigating public health research in UK secondary schools: key challenges and opportunities identified by researchers

Laila Khawaja, Sarah Muir, Sarah Jenner, Sarah Shaw, Millie Barrett, Sofia Strommer, Kath Woods-Townsend, Donna Lovelock, Lisa Bagust, Naomi Leonard, Wendy Lawrence, Danielle Lambrick, Judit Varkonyi-Sepp CPsychol, Hamid Homatash, Patricia Coakley, Christina Vogel, Leanne Morrison, Mary Christina Horsfall, Hazel Inskip, Janis Baird, Mary Barker

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DOI: 10.1186/s13104-026-07642-8
Published: 2026-02-02
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@article{allodium:10.1186/s13104-026-07642-8,
  title = {Navigating public health research in UK secondary schools: key challenges and opportunities identified by researchers},
  author = {Laila Khawaja and Sarah Muir and Sarah Jenner and Sarah Shaw and Millie Barrett and Sofia Strommer and Kath Woods-Townsend and Donna Lovelock and Lisa Bagust and Naomi Leonard and Wendy Lawrence and Danielle Lambrick and Judit Varkonyi-Sepp CPsychol and Hamid Homatash and Patricia Coakley and Christina Vogel and Leanne Morrison and Mary Christina Horsfall and Hazel Inskip and Janis Baird and Mary Barker},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {BMC Research Notes},
  doi = {10.1186/s13104-026-07642-8},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-026-07642-8}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Navigating public health research in UK secondary schools: key challenges and opportunities identified by researchers
AU  - Laila Khawaja
AU  - Sarah Muir
AU  - Sarah Jenner
AU  - Sarah Shaw
AU  - Millie Barrett
AU  - Sofia Strommer
AU  - Kath Woods-Townsend
AU  - Donna Lovelock
AU  - Lisa Bagust
AU  - Naomi Leonard
AU  - Wendy Lawrence
AU  - Danielle Lambrick
AU  - Judit Varkonyi-Sepp CPsychol
AU  - Hamid Homatash
AU  - Patricia Coakley
AU  - Christina Vogel
AU  - Leanne Morrison
AU  - Mary Christina Horsfall
AU  - Hazel Inskip
AU  - Janis Baird
AU  - Mary Barker
PY  - 2026
JO  - BMC Research Notes
DO  - 10.1186/s13104-026-07642-8
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Khawaja, L., Muir, S., Jenner, S., Shaw, S., Barrett, M., Strommer, S., Woods-Townsend, K., Lovelock, D., Bagust, L., Leonard, N., Lawrence, W., Lambrick, D., CPsychol, J. V., Homatash, H., Coakley, P., Vogel, C., Morrison, L., Horsfall, M. C., Inskip, H., Baird, J., & Barker, M. (2026). Navigating public health research in UK secondary schools: key challenges and opportunities identified by researchers. BMC Research Notes. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-026-07642-8

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