ReadMe.txt for 'Food and Drink purchased 'Through the School Gate'

This dataset supports the forthcoming publication.

Principal Investigator:
Professor Wendy Wills, Centre for Research in Public Health and Community Care, School of Health and Social Work, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, AL10 9AB, United Kingdom; w.j.wills@herts.ac.uk

In 2018 The University of Hertfordshire carried out a study to investigate young people’s access to food and drink during the school day, looking at what is sold in shops and outlets outside of school, as well as the food and drink they purchase within school too. The food served in schools is regulated but there is currently no regulation on the food and drinks available outside of school.

The aim was to explore the type of shops and their marketing promotions and why young people choose to purchase and eat certain foods or drinks.  We wanted to involve young people in this study to move beyond what other studies have revealed about food and drink purchased during the school day by secondary school pupils.  

License:
We release the following documents under a creative commons 'CC-BY 4.0' license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/):

*Readme.txt (this document)
*Interview Index.pdf
*TtSG Information sheet for parents carers Feb18.pdf
*TtSG Information sheet for Students.pdf
*TtSG Interview guide for head teacher.pdf
*TtSG Interview guide for kitchen supervisor.pdf
*TtSG School 1 Transcript focus group year 8.pdf
*TtSG School 1 Transcript focus group year 9.pdf
*TtSG School 1 Transcript Interview Head.pdf
*TtSG School 1 Transcript Kitchen supervisor.pdf
*TtSG School 2 Transcript Focus Group Yr 8.pdf
*TtSG School 2 Transcript kitchen supervisor.pdf
*TtSG School 3 Transcript Deputy HeadCatering Mgr.pdf
*TtSG School 3 Transcript Focus Group Year 8.pdf
*TtSG School 3 Transcript Focus Group Year 9.pdf
*TtSG School 4 Transcript Catering Manager, Dep Head and Finance Mgr.pdf
*TtSG School 4 Transcript Focus Group Year 8.pdf
*TtSG School 4 Transcript Focus Group Year 9.pdf
*TtSG School Protocol November 2017.pdf
*TtSG Summary of schools involved in the TTSG project.pdf
*TtSG Summary.pdf
*TtSG Topic guide for focus groups.pdf


Description of Data:
We visited four schools in London and Essex and asked year 8 and 9 students to take part. Their involvement included completing on-line questionnaires and taking part in focus groups.  School teaching staff and catering staff were also interviewed.

For anonymisation purposes all names and place names have been changed. Percentages and numbers have been changed to less than and more than and percentage ranges.