McQuire, Cheryl
Sumnall, Harry
Harris, Jane
de Vocht, Frank
Butler, Nadia
Quigg, Zara https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7212-5852
Funding for this research was provided by:
Youth Endowment Fund
Article History
Received: 14 August 2024
Accepted: 29 October 2025
First Online: 25 November 2025
Declarations
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: Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) will act as the research sponsor, and we have obtained multi-site ethical approval from the LJMU ethics committee during the preparation phase (24/PHI/008). Consent procedures are described in the ‘Participant recruitment, eligibility criteria, and sampling’ section of this manuscript. If we proceed to a full impact study, we will obtain all necessary ethical approvals, develop data sharing agreements with the intervention and control sites, and seek approval for access to administrative data, as required, following processes outlined by relevant providers.
: Consent for use of anonymised individual data has been obtained from participants, and for children aged 10–15 years from their parent/legal guardian.
: The authors declare no competing interests.