WHO CARRIED OUT THE SURVEY?

The survey was managed by a team from the Education Department; Health and Social Services Department and the Home Department.

The team:

Alun Williams, Lifelong Learning Manager – The Education Department

Yvonne Le Page, Health Promotion Manager – Health and Social Services Department

Ann Battye, PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education) Consultant for the Education Department

Angela Balding, Director of the School's Health Education Unit

Andrea Nightingale, Drug and Alcohol Strategy Manager

Emily Fuller, Research Assistant, Final Year Undergraduate at the University of Sussex

The Schools Health Education Unit

The Schools Health Education Unit assisted the project by:

➢ Administering the survey on behalf of the Project Team
➢ Advising on the design and analysis of the research
➢ Ensuring objectivity and statistical robustness
➢ Providing comparable data to benchmark the Guernsey finding with other jurisdictions

The Schools Health Education Unit has assisted the Health and Education Departments in previous surveys. It is a recognised leader in the production of lifestyle surveys, research and publications.

The Unit publishes an annual review of the attitudes and behaviour of young people – the most recent, young people into 2007, was published in July.

For more information about the schools Health Education Unit see www.sheu.org.uk