Adam Fletcher BSc MSc PhD

Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy

Adam joined the Faculty of Public Health & Policy at LSHTM in October 2005. He previously worked as a researcher at the Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education and has studied at the London School of Economics and the University of Oxford.

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

  • Complex interventions
  • Health inequalities
  • Health promotion
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Mental health
  • Sexual and reproductive health
  • Substance abuse

Disciplines

  • Epidemiology
  • Policy analysis
  • Sociology

Other interests

  • Adolescent Health
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