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.

Showing 52 projects in "Evidence"

Alcohol and pregnancy: is drinking up two units twice a week ‘safe’ or should pregnant women completely abstain?

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Low alcohol consumption and pregnancy and childhood outcomes: time to change guidelines indicating apparently ‘safe’ levels of alcohol during pregnancy? A systematic review and meta-analyses

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Alcohol in pregnancy: do we know how little is too much?

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Identifying which children are most at risk of post-concussion syndrome

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Factors related to adverse long-term outcomes after mild traumatic brain injury in children: a scoping review

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Reducing abusive head injuries in babies: Evaluating the ICON programme

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Alcohol dependency and malnutrition among homeless people

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Nutritional deficiencies in homeless persons with problematic drinking: a systematic review

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Alcohol dependency and malnutrition among homeless people

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Interventions to reduce the effects of financial hardship on depression and anxiety: systematic review

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Interventions to reduce the impact of unemployment and economic hardship on mental health in the general population: a systematic review

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Interventions to reduce the effects of financial hardship on depression and anxiety

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Preventing childhood obesity: updating the Cochrane Review

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Interventions for preventing obesity in children

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Preventing childhood obesity: updating the Cochrane review

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Analysing the studies behind Cochrane’s ‘Interventions for Preventing Obesity in Children’ review

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A secondary analysis of the childhood obesity prevention Cochrane Review through a wider determinants of health lens: implications for research funders, researchers, policymakers and practitioners

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Rapid research into testing patients in ambulances

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Do pooled budgets help children with complex needs?

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Measuring demand in general practice

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Measuring Demand in General Practice An exploratory study across the West of England Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) region

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Analysing studies of COVID-19 treatments

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Association between administration of systemic corticosteroids and mortality among critically ill patients with COVID-19: a meta-analysis

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Comparing Clinical Commissioning Group and national policies to improve care

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Variations in policies for accessing elective musculoskeletal procedures in the English National Health Service: A documentary analysis

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Understanding which strategies to prevent childhood obesity work best

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Reviewing evidence on race and COVID-19 disparities

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How can schools help prevent childhood overweight and obesity? A realist review

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Preventing Childhood Obesity in Primary Schools: A Realist Review from UK Perspective

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Engaging patients meaningfully in self-harm research: user involvement and appropriate outcomes

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Measuring outcomes in trials of interventions for people who self-harm: qualitative study of service users' views

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Avoidable hospital admissions in people living with dementia

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Can non-pharmacological interventions reduce hospital admissions in people with dementia? A systematic review

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Rapid tests to distinguish bacterial from viral infections: a review of the evidence

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Novel point-of-care biomarker combination tests to differentiate acute bacterial from viral respiratory tract infections to guide antibiotic prescribing: a systematic review

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Evidence for National Early Warning Scores in primary care

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Collaborating with Brigstowe to improve peer support services

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