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.

Showing 49 projects in "Public health and prevention"

Accessing PrEP through pharmacies to improve HIV prevention

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Facilitators and barriers to community pharmacy PrEP delivery: a scoping review

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HepCAPP study: Finding cases of hepatitis C using oral swabs

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Screenshot of paper titled: Pilot postal birth cohort HCV Screening in UK primary care
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Screenshot of paper titled: Pilot postal birth cohort HCV Screening in UK primary care

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Understanding benzodiazepine and opioid interactions

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Understanding the lethal interactions between benzodiazepines and opioids

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Evaluating a post-birth contraception service delivered in hospital

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Reducing Hepatitis C reinfection among people who inject drugs

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The Bristol Evaluation of Advertising Restrictions Study (BEAR study): Findings from the baseline data

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Assessing exposure to outdoor advertisement for products high in fat, salt and sugar (HFSS); is self-reported exposure a useful exposure metric?

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Introducing vending machines for HIV self-testing and STI self-sampling kits

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Screenshot of paper titled: Acceptability of digital vending machines to access STI and HIV tests in two UK cities
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Acceptability of digital vending machines to access STI and HIV tests in two UK cities

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How can we design weight management services with under-represented groups?

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How can we design weight management services with under-represented groups

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Co-designing adult weight management services: a qualitative study exploring barriers, facilitators, and considerations for future commissioning

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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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Evaluating ADViSE: a domestic abuse intervention in sexual health clinics

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

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How Do You Move? Improving the communication of the national physical activity guidelines

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Lets talk about physical activity
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“Let’s Talk about Physical Activity”: Understanding the Preferences of Under-Served Communities when Messaging Physical Activity Guidelines to the Public

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What do school policies say about weight-related bullying?

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Evaluating new guidance for parents on talking to children about weight positively

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PASSPORT: Creating a school-specific physical activity portfolio

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Rethinking children’s physical activity interventions at school: A new context-specific approach

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Have e-scooters made city roads safer?

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HELMET study: measuring the health impact of e-bikes and e-scooters

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How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected people in rural areas who take opioid substitutes?

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Screenshot of journal article titled: Understanding and learning from rural drug service adaptations to opioid substitution therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic: the What C-OST? study
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Understanding and learning from rural drug service adaptations to opioid substitution therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic: the What C-OST? study

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Roll-out of Germ Defence website through GP practices during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Implementing Germ Defence digital behaviour change intervention via all primary care practices in England to reduce respiratory infections during the COVID-19 pandemic: an efficient cluster randomised controlled trial using the OpenSAFELY platform

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Create to Collaborate: Can we make working relationships between researchers and the public more open and engaging?

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Create to Collaborate: using creative activity and participatory performance in online workshops to build collaborative research relationships

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