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.

Creating a coronavirus support app

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How gender construction impacts English and Ghanaian young people

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Evaluating ‘we can move’: a whole systems approach to addressing low levels of physical activity in Gloucestershire

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Navigating the river(s) of systems change: a multi-methods, qualitative evaluation exploring the implementation of a systems approach to physical activity in Gloucestershire, England

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Can a community building initiative help increase people’s opportunities for physical activity in Gloucestershire?

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Ripple effects mapping: capturing the wider impacts of systems change efforts in public health

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Common Ambition Bristol: Addressing HIV stigma and testing in partnership with African/Caribbean communities

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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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Evaluating the use of ‘Advanced Practitioner’ non-GP health professionals in primary care

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The impact of COVID-19 on self-harm and suicidal behaviour: a living systematic review

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The impact of COVID-19 on self-harm and suicidal behaviour: a living systematic review version 2
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-harm and suicidal behaviour: update of living systematic review (version 2)

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Hope: supporting men at risk of suicide in the Bristol area

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Preventing male suicide through a psychosocial intervention that provides psychological support and tackles financial difficulties: a mixed method evaluation

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Providing evidence about ‘long COVID’ to healthcare services

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Lessons from the ‘Everyone In’ programme to help people who were homeless during COVID-19

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

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Can ‘Super Rehab’ turn the tide on a patient’s heart disease? A feasibility study

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Getting Fit for Surgery: evaluating a pre-surgery ‘health optimisation’ policy

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Commissioner, clinician, and patient experiences of a pre‐surgical health optimisation programme – a qualitative study

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Wellbeing in care homes: using outcomes-based practice

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Which types of mental health support offer best value to help children and young people who have experienced abuse or neglect?

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EPICCC-19: Exploring perspectives on COVID-19’s impact on continence care

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Professional perspectives on impacts, benefits and disadvantages of changes made to community continence services during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from the EPICCC-19 national survey

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Assessing a training programme for IAPT therapists designed to better support people with personality difficulties

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Improving review appointments for people with long-term conditions

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Using hyper-local population health management to increase the number of people getting vaccinated against COVID-19

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