Adam Fletcher BSc MSc PhD
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Adam joined the Faculty of Public Health & Policy at LSHTM in October 2005. His main area of interest is the social determinants of young people's health and wellbeing, particularly the effects of education and other social policies on adolescent health outcomes and new interventions which address the social environment of schools and positive youth development.
Affiliation
Teaching
Adam organizes the Health Promotion Theory module for MSc Public Health students.
Term 1 Teaching: Health Promotion Theory, Principles of Social Research
Term 2 Teaching: Health Promotion Approaches and Methods
Adam also teaches on the LSHTM–WHO summer short course on Adolescent Health in Low and Middle Income Countries
http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/cpd/sahdc.html
Research
Adam has employed innovative conceptual frameworks and mixed-methods to study the social determinants of young people’s health and wellbeing. Drawing on theories and concepts from the sociology of education to address public health concerns, his research has generated new theoretical insights about how school cultures and education policies can structure young people’s drug and alcohol use. He has also applied theories from the field of public health, such as the "Rose Hypothesis", to examine social problems, such as school disengagement and teenage pregnancy.
Adam completed a MRC Post-doctoral Health of the Public Fellowship project in 2011, which explored how young people's social networks at school influence their health. He is currently managing an NIHR-funded evaluation of the INCLUSIVE project, a new whole-school restorative justice approach to health promotion in British secondary-schools which aims to improve relationships, reduce bullying and aggression, and promote emotional wellbeing. The project is informed by Markham and Aveyard’s theory of health promoting schools and innovative, needs-led health-promotion approaches trialled in schools in the USA and Australia.
Research areas
- Adolescent health
- Behaviour change
- Complex interventions
- Evaluation
- Health inequalities
- Qualitative methods
- Social and structural determinants of health
Disciplines
- Epidemiology
- Social Policy
- Sociology
Disease and Health Conditions
- Addiction
- HIV/AIDS
- Mental health
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Selected publications
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Nudge smudge: UK Government misrepresents "nudge"
Bonell, C.; McKee, M.; Fletcher, A.; Haines, A.; Wilkinson, P.;
Lancet, 2011; 377(9784):2158-9
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You are what your friends eat: systematic review of social network analyses of young people's eating behaviours and bodyweight.
Fletcher, A. ; Bonell, C. ; Sorhaindo, A. ;
J Epidemiol Community Health, 2011; 65(6):548-55
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"We don't have no drugs education": The myth of universal drugs education in English secondary schools?
Fletcher, A.; Bonell, C.; Sorhaindo, A.;
Int J Drug Policy, 2010; 21(6):452-8
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Cannabis use and 'safe' identities in an inner-city school risk environment.
Fletcher, A.; Bonell, C.; Sorhaindo, A.; Rhodes, T.;
Int J Drug Policy, 2009; 20(3):244-50
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How might schools influence young people's drug use? Development of theory from qualitative case-study research.
Fletcher, A.; Bonell, C.; Sorhaindo, A.; Strange, V.;
J Adolesc Health, 2009; 45(2):126-32
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New counter-school cultures: female students’ drug use at a high-achieving secondary school
Fletcher, A; Bonell, C; Rhodes, T;
British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2009; 30(5):549-562
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Detaching youth work to reduce drug and alcohol-related harm
Fletcher, A.; Bonell, C.
Public Policy Research, 2008; 15(4):217-223
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Improving school ethos may reduce substance misuse and teenage pregnancy.
Bonell, C.; Fletcher, A.; McCambridge, J.;
BMJ, 2007; 334(7594):614-6
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