Research projects

Our research projects are carefully selected from ideas and projects submitted from our health and care community. They fall under our themes of healthier childhoods, mental health, public health and prevention, and integrated and optimal care.

The Behaviour in Schools Study: How does school discipline affect pupil mental health and wellbeing?

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School behaviour management strategies ineffective and may impact mental health

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Disciplinary behaviour management strategies in schools and their impact on student psychosocial outcomes: A systematic review

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Improving review appointments for people with long-term conditions

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A proposal to embed patient and public involvement within qualitative data collection and analysis phases of a primary care based implementation study

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Improving review appointments for people with long-term conditions

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Evaluating the use of non-GP health professionals in primary care

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Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme uptake, patient satisfaction, and QOF achievement: an ecological study from 2020–2023

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Accessing PrEP through pharmacies to improve HIV prevention

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Facilitators and barriers to community pharmacy PrEP delivery: a scoping review

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HepCAPP study: Finding cases of hepatitis C using oral swabs

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Screenshot of paper titled: Pilot postal birth cohort HCV Screening in UK primary care

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Think Family: does data sharing across organisational boundaries help schools support children?

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Understanding benzodiazepine and opioid interactions

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Understanding the lethal interactions between benzodiazepines and opioids

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Evaluating a post-birth contraception service delivered in hospital

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Bridging Gaps: Improving access to healthcare for women who have experienced trauma

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Trauma-informed co-production: Collaborating and combining expertise to improve access to primary care with women with complex needs

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Supporting families to adjust following a dementia diagnosis: Adapting LivDem

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“How can you think about losing your mind?”: A reflexive thematic analysis of adapting the LivDem group intervention for couples and families living with dementia

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Preventing cerebral palsy in premature babies: the PReCePT programme

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National PReCePT Programme: a before-and-after evaluation of the implementation of a national quality improvement programme to increase the uptake of magnesium sulfate in preterm deliveries

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Preventing cerebral palsy in premature babies: the PReCePT programme

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Better Care: Improving efficiency in hospitals by predicting demand

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Impact of pausing elective hip and knee replacement surgery during winter 2017 on subsequent service provision at a major NHS Trust: a descriptive observational study using interrupted time series

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Reducing Hepatitis C reinfection among people who inject drugs

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Improving access to reasonable adjustments for patients with cancer

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Developing the South West Secure Data Environment (SDE)

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Identifying ‘low value’ operations that the NHS could reduce or stop

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Identifying potentially low value surgical care: A national ecological study in England

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Why are blood tests requested in primary care and how are results managed?

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Why test study: a UK-wide audit using the Primary Care Academic CollaboraTive to explore the reasons for primary care testing

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The Bristol Evaluation of Advertising Restrictions Study (BEAR study): Findings from the baseline data

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Assessing exposure to outdoor advertisement for products high in fat, salt and sugar (HFSS); is self-reported exposure a useful exposure metric?

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Hearing Loss and Patient Reported Experience (HELP): using patient experience to improve hearing loss services

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Trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapies for children in care

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Access to best-evidenced mental health support for care-experienced young people: Learnings from the implementation of cognitive therapy for PTSD

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