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Table 1 GoWell Intervention Types and Study Areas.

From: Protocol for a mixed methods study investigating the impact of investment in housing, regeneration and neighbourhood renewal on the health and wellbeing of residents: the GoWell programme

Name of Intervention area type

Intervention Types

No. of Areas

Description of Study Areas

Transformational Regeneration Areas (TRAs)

Transformational regeneration.

Community interventions (wider actions).

Engagement/empowerment.

3

3 inner-city mass housing estates

Local Regeneration Areas (LRAs)

Local regeneration.

Community interventions (wider actions).

Engagement/empowerment.

3

3 inner-city mass housing estates

Wider Surrounding Areas (WSAs)

Wider effects and housing improvement.

Community interventions (wider actions).

Engagement/empowerment.

2

2 inner-city gardened estates (surrounding a TRA and a LRA).

Housing Improvement Areas (HIAs)

Housing improvement.

Community interventions (wider actions).

Engagement/empowerment.

4*

2 inner-city gardened estates

2 inner-city mass housing estates

Peripheral Estates (PEs)

New builds (mostly private sector)

Housing improvement.

Community interventions (wider actions).

Engagement/empowerment.

2

2 peripheral estates

  1. * Note: in 2008, a fifth Housing Improvement Area (Birness Drive) was selected to collect data on more popular multi-storey flats - bringing the total number of GoWell areas to 15 for the second survey wave. However, only the original 14 areas can be compared with baseline findings.