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.

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

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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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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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ReThink: Mental health and transitions for care-experienced young people

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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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How did the COVID-19 pandemic affect access to GP services for people already experiencing problems accessing healthcare?

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Providing smartphones to survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking

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Overcoming Digital Exclusion during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Impact of Mobile Technology for Survivors of Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking – A Mixed Method Study of Survivors and Support Service Provider Views

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Understanding which strategies to prevent childhood obesity work best

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Using National Early Warning Scores for COVID-19 hospital patients

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Prognostic value of National Early Warning Scores (NEWS2) and component physiology in hospitalised patients with COVID-19: a multicentre study

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Understanding what affected COVID-19 outcomes in care homes in Bath and North East Somerset

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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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Can personalised care help people live well with Parkinson’s disease?

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NHS CHECK: Understanding the mental health and wellbeing of all NHS staff during the pandemic

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Improving knowledge sharing in urgent care

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Evaluating ‘Breathing Space’: a safe space for people experiencing mental health crisis

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Working with the Samaritans on the Step-by-Step suicide recovery programme for schools

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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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Understanding the experiences of people who inject drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Living Under Coronavirus and Injecting Drugs in Bristol (LUCID-B): A qualitative study of experiences of COVID-19 among people who inject drugs

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Is nuisance bleeding a problem for patients taking dual antiplatelet therapy?

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Patient perspectives of nuisance bleeding and adherence to dual antiplatelet therapy: a qualitative study

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