Page 2 – ARC West

A play-doh planet earth cradled in someone's hands

Webinar showcases creative and inclusive techniques in research

17 Nov 2025

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22,000 babies protected from cerebral palsy thanks to PReCePT programme

14 Nov 2025
Associated project: Preventing cerebral palsy in premature babies: the PReCePT programme

Woman with a baby looking over her shoulder

Parents’ experiences of infant abuse prevention programme ICON

13 Nov 2025
Associated project: Reducing abusive head injuries in babies: Evaluating the ICON programme

Paper:

Supporting parents, safeguarding infants: A qualitative evaluation of parental experiences with the ICON program to reduce abusive head injury in England

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Researchers talk about the BEAR study with Liz Twist, MP

Researchers call for unhealthy product advertising changes at Evidence Week

11 Nov 2025
Associated project: The Bristol Evaluation of Advertising Restrictions (BEAR) study: Findings from the baseline data

A healthcare professional prepares a COVID-19 vaccination

Review reveals lack of economic analysis of vaccine uptake interventions

07 Nov 2025

Paper:

A synthesis of economic data from randomized trials of recipient-focused interventions to increase vaccine uptake

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The Changing Futures team sit round a table with laptops

Evaluating how people with lived experience of multiple disadvantage can improve services

06 Nov 2025
Associated project: Changing Futures: Improving mental health and wellbeing through trauma-informed support for people with multiple disadvantage

Paper:

Trauma-Informed Principles in Practice: A Mixed-Method Study of Co-Producing Systems Change With People Who Have Experienced Multiple Disadvantage

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Organisational barriers and enablers to infant abuse prevention programme ICON

23 Oct 2025
Associated project: Reducing abusive head injuries in babies: Evaluating the ICON programme

Paper:

Healthcare leaders and professionals’ perspectives of the ICON programme to prevent abusive head trauma in infants: a qualitative study

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Six years of ARC West, in numbers

21 Oct 2025

Doctor comforting a cancer patient in a wheelchair

Improving cancer care for people with disabilities and long-term conditions

14 Oct 2025
Associated project: Improving access to reasonable adjustments for patients with cancer

Paper:

Exploring experiences of reasonable adjustments in cancer care among patients with disabilities and their carers: A focus group study in South West England

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