Government Social Research
20/02/2006: Scottish Executive announce launch of GoWell - the first study of its kind in Europe - to investigate the impact of the planned £1 billion investment in the health and wellbeing of individuals and families located in some of Glasgow's most deprived communities.
GoWell will involve over 6,000 Glasgow households for the next 10 years. Glasgow people will be asked about their experiences of community regeneration initiatives before, during and after the investments take place. This information will then be used to help measure whether community regeneration has had a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of the people involved.
Although the GoWell study is expected to last for 10 years, results will be reported every two years and will be of considerable interest to a wide range of individuals, organisations, practitioners and policy makers across Scotland and internationally. It is expected the results will be used to help housing, regeneration and health experts plan future neighbourhood renewal and community regeneration initiatives by analysing what has worked and what has not.
The GoWell study is a collaborative partnership between the Glasgow Centre for Population Health, the University of Glasgow and the Medical Research Council.