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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The Behaviour in Schools Study: How does school discipline affect pupil mental health and wellbeing?

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School behaviour management strategies ineffective and may impact mental health

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Disciplinary behaviour management strategies in schools and their impact on student psychosocial outcomes: A systematic review

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Identifying ‘low value’ operations that the NHS could reduce or stop

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Identifying potentially low value surgical care: A national ecological study in England

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What makes a virtual ward for patients with frailty work well? A rapid realist review

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What makes a virtual ward for patients with frailty work well?

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Virtual wards for people with frailty: what works, for whom, how and why—a rapid realist review

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Interventions for children exposed to domestic violence: an evidence synthesis

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IMPRoving Outcomes for children exposed to domestic ViolencE (IMPROVE): an evidence synthesis

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Supporting children exposed to domestic violence: call for stronger evidence base

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The ADViSE pilot: Using sexual health services to support people who have experienced domestic violence and abuse

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Assessing for domestic violence in sexual health environments: a qualitative study

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Improving the response to domestic violence in sexual health clinics

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PHIAL – understanding which young people repeatedly use emergency services for mental health care

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Factors associated with repeat emergency department visits for mental health care in adolescents: A scoping review

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Preventing post-operative urinary retention

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Preventing post-operative urinary retention

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Developing a mental health strategy with an integrated care system

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Understanding how GPs promote physical activity as a treatment for depression

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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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Diversity in 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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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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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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Educating parents to prevent abusive head trauma in babies: A review and analysis of the evidence

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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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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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