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.

TellMiSaives – evaluating a peer support app for children and young people

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Screenshot of Lucy Biddle's paper about developing digital suicide prevention tools for young people
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Developing Suicide Prevention Tools in the Context of Digital Peer Support: Qualitative Analysis of a Workshop With Multidisciplinary Stakeholders

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How ill are patients admitted to virtual wards?

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Faster access to service offering Parkinson’s care

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Exploring online information about end of life care

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Information About Me: Understanding the hidden causes of delays in discharging frail older patients from hospital

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How latent patterns of interprofessional working may lead to delays in discharge from hospital of older people living with frailty – ‘Patient more confused than usual?’
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How latent patterns of interprofessional working may lead to delays in discharge from hospital of older people living with frailty – ‘Patient more confused than usual?’

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What causes delays in discharging frail older patients from hospital?

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Preventing cerebral palsy in premature babies: finding the best way to help maternity units improve their perinatal care

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Screenshot of the PReCePT study paper
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Quality improvement interventions to increase the uptake of magnesium sulphate in preterm deliveries for the prevention of cerebral palsy (PReCePT study): a cluster randomised controlled trial

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Diversity in diabetes

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Screenshot of paper about developments in the design and delivery of self-management support for children and young people with diabetes
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Developments in the design and delivery of self-management support for children and young people with diabetes: A narrative synthesis of systematic reviews

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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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Understanding the physical harm of taking more than one antipsychotic drug for schizophrenia

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Antipsychotic polypharmacy and metabolic syndrome in schizophrenia: a review of systematic reviews

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Could requesting emergency contraception be a sign of domestic violence and abuse?

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Exposure to domestic violence and abuse and consultations for emergency contraception: nested case-control study in a UK primary care dataset

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What are the best testing strategies to monitor long term conditions?

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Developing recommendations for chronic disease testing in GP practices

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Are guidelines for monitoring chronic disease in primary care evidence based?

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Improving how hospitals forecast unplanned admissions

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Screen shot of the BMJ Open hospital admissions forecasting paper
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Can we accurately forecast non-elective bed occupancy and admissions in the NHS? A time-series MSARIMA analysis of longitudinal data from an NHS Trust

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Improving how hospitals forecast unplanned admissions

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

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Screen shot of the Hope mixed methods paper
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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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Educating parents to prevent abusive head trauma in babies: A review and analysis of the evidence

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Abusive head trauma systematic review paper screenshot
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Educational interventions to prevent paediatric abusive head trauma in babies younger than one year old: A systematic review and meta-analyses

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Developing online support to improve sleep and mental health for young people

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Monitoring the impact of 5G technology in the workplace

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Improving the use of capability wellbeing measures in dementia

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Investigating the impact of winter pressures on primary care

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Comparing risk factors for respiratory infections in winter

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