Determinants of Adolescent Social Wellbeing & Health (DASH)

Aims
The Determinants of Adolescent Social Wellbeing & Health (DASH) study is a multi-ethnic adolescent cohort study in inner-London investigating social and biological influences on ethnic differences in health and wellbeing in adolescence. The study aims to provide insights into the long term impact of these exposures in adolescence and the patterning of ethnic differences in health and wellbeing later in life.

Institution
MRC Social & Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow & King's College London

Geographic coverage - Nations
England

Geographic coverage - Regions
London

Start date
2002-2003

Catalogue record last updated
30/04/2025

Sample type
Cohort study

Sample details
DASH recruited over 6,500 pupils from 51 schools across 10 inner London boroughs. Pupils were aged 11-13 years old at the start of the study. DASH was designed to have a sizeable number of respondents from the major ethnic minority groups, and in particular has a significant sub-sample of students of African origin, allowing for comparisons between African nationalities.

Sample size at recruitment
6,643

Sample size at most recent sweep
4,779 (2006 - Wave 2)
665 (2012 - Wave 3 Feasibility study)

Sex
All

Age at recruitment
11-13 years

Cohort year of birth
~1990

Website
dash.sphsu.mrc.ac.uk/index.html

Related themes
Diet and nutrition, Ethnicity and race, Housing, Loneliness and social isolation, Migration and immigration, Neighbourhood, Physical health assessment, Victimisation and life events, Work and employment, Parenting and family, Social care - need