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.

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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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Evaluating an online consultation system in GP practices

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Use of an electronic consultation system in primary care: a qualitative interview study

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Evaluating an online consultation system in GP practices

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Why we need to improve the evaluation of surgical procedures using shoulder surgery as an example

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Longitudinal study of use and cost of subacromial decompression surgery: the need for effective evaluation of surgical procedures to prevent overtreatment and wasted resources

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How shoulder surgery demonstrates the need to improve evaluation of surgical procedures

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How useful are inflammatory marker tests in primary care?

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Use of multiple inflammatory marker tests in primary care: using Clinical Practice Research Datalink to evaluate accuracy

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How useful are inflammatory marker tests in primary care?

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Interpretation of regulatory framework stands in the way of NHS use of cheaper therapy for eye conditions

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A longitudinal study to assess the frequency and cost of antivascular endothelial therapy, and inequalities in access, in England between 2005 and 2015

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Interpretation of regulatory framework stands in the way of NHS use of cheaper therapy for eye conditions

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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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Low versus high dead space syringes: user preferences and attitudes

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Acceptability of low dead space syringes and implications for their introduction: A qualitative study in the West of England

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Low versus high dead space syringes

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Overcoming Barriers: a film to promote culturally sensitive services to support Somali families affected by autism

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Inside, outside and in‐between: The process and impact of co‐producing knowledge about autism in a UK Somali community

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Overcoming Barriers: Autism in the Somali Community

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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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Working with the Bristol Somali community to improve outcomes for children with autism

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“It was like walking without knowing where I was going”: A qualitative study of autism in a UK Somali migrant community

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Working with the Bristol Somali community to improve outcomes for children with autism

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DECODE: Exploring the unintended consequences of digital health tools

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Unintended consequences of online consultations: a qualitative study in UK primary care

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DECODE: Exploring the unintended consequences of online consultations

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DECODE: Unintended consequences of online access to health records

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Telephone outreach to increase use of NHS Health Checks among more deprived and minority ethnic communities

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Patient experiences of telephone outreach to enhance uptake of NHS Health Checks in more deprived communities and minority ethnic groups: a qualitative interview study

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Telephone outreach to increase NHS Health Checks among deprived and ethnic minority communities

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The impact of policy changes to gluten-free food prescriptions

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Breaking bread: examining the impact of policy changes in access to state-funded provisions of gluten-free foods in England

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The impact of policy changes to gluten-free food prescriptions

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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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Evaluating the Bristol Dementia Wellbeing Service

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Interrupted time series evaluation of the impact of a dementia wellbeing service on avoidable hospital admissions for people with dementia in Bristol, England

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Evaluating social prescribing link workers: a national project

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Understanding self-harm using Bristol Self-Harm Surveillance Register data

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Long-term impact of the expansion of a hospital liaison psychiatry service on patient care and costs following emergency department attendances for self-harm

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Improving treatment decisions for urinary blockages in patients with advanced cancer

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Evaluating Unity Sexual Health rapid results service

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BMJOpen paper modelling patient flows
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Modelling patient flows and resource use within a sexual health clinic through discrete event simulation to inform service redesign

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