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Behavioural Couples Therapy Jan 15, 2016 - Mar 31, 2018
Behavioural Couples Therapy (BCT) is a psychosocial intervention for the treatment of alcohol and drug problems; recommended by NICE for discordant couples where one person has an addiction and the other does not. Evidence suggests: BCT can be effect... Read More about Behavioural Couples Therapy.

Build a Nurse

Build a Nurse Dec 1, 2016 - Nov 30, 2017
NES -GNC and Margaret Callum Roger Midwifery Award

To find out from people with learning disabilities and those who care and support them what skills and qualities non-learning disability trained staff require in order to meet the needs of people... Read More about Build a Nurse.

An evaluation of education programmes for health professionals caring for teenagers and young people with cancer

An evaluation of education programmes for health professionals caring for teenagers and young people with cancer Sep 1, 2016 - Oct 31, 2017
It is recognised that teenagers and young people with cancer (and their families) require specialist expert care from allied health professionals (AHPs) (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) (2005) however, the training provis... Read More about An evaluation of education programmes for health professionals caring for teenagers and young people with cancer.

Improving outcomes for children and families affected by paternal substance misuse: a feasibility study of the Parents Under Pressure programme for fathers Apr 1, 2017 - Mar 31, 2019
The impact of parental drug misuse on children and families is a major public health problem [4]. Parental drug misuse is closely associated with poor parenting, poor child development and increased rates of child maltreatment, particularly neglect [... Read More about Improving outcomes for children and families affected by paternal substance misuse: a feasibility study of the Parents Under Pressure programme for fathers.

UNITY

UNITY May 1, 2015 - Apr 30, 2018
Unity is a EU Horizon 2020 funded project under the Secure Societies theme of the Fight against Crime and Terrorism on Community Policing in Europe. The vision of Unity is to strengthen the connection between the police and the diverse communities th... Read More about UNITY.

Sex-specific disease aetiology from developmental steroid insults: mechanistic understanding and biomarker development towards disease prevention Jun 1, 2017 - Oct 1, 2021
Risks of developing many adult illnesses are set down as we develop in the womb, hence the environment we experience during fetal life needs to be ‘just right’. Understanding how the fetal environment colours development helps decision making during... Read More about Sex-specific disease aetiology from developmental steroid insults: mechanistic understanding and biomarker development towards disease prevention.

Electrolysed Water for Post-Harvest Washing (JadooJal) Mar 1, 2017 - Aug 31, 2019
assist the development of a novel electrolysed water based application to reduce spoilage and microbial contamination of a variety of fresh produce types of importance to Indian commerce.

Development of interventions to reduce patient delay with symptoms of Acute Coronary Syndrome: identifying optimal content and mode of delivery

Development of interventions to reduce patient delay with symptoms of Acute Coronary Syndrome: identifying optimal content and mode of delivery Oct 3, 2016 - Nov 30, 2018
Development of Interventions to reduce patient delay with symptoms of Acute Coronary Syndrome: identifying optimal content and mode of delivery.

Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) is serious and delay to treatment, in particular patient decision time,... Read More about Development of interventions to reduce patient delay with symptoms of Acute Coronary Syndrome: identifying optimal content and mode of delivery.

Use of breast pumps to improve breastfeeding outcomes: development and feasibility testing of a novel incentive intervention

Use of breast pumps to improve breastfeeding outcomes: development and feasibility testing of a novel incentive intervention Sep 1, 2016 - Aug 31, 2018
Project transfer in from Stirling University. To develop an acceptable and feasible breast pump incentive intervention for future testing in a trial. To describe NHS and voluntary sector breast pump provision, support and hire services in Scotland.... Read More about Use of breast pumps to improve breastfeeding outcomes: development and feasibility testing of a novel incentive intervention.

Improving early detection of melanoma by increasing young people�s awareness of symptoms, skin self-examination and communication: A quasi-experimental trial with embedded process evaluation

Improving early detection of melanoma by increasing young people�s awareness of symptoms, skin self-examination and communication: A quasi-experimental trial with embedded process evaluation Jun 1, 2016 - May 31, 2017
Aims
To adapt our existing brief school-based psycho-educational cancer awareness intervention to focus exclusively on increasing early detection of melanoma among young people (14-15 years) and test intervention effectiveness against a no intervent... Read More about Improving early detection of melanoma by increasing young people�s awareness of symptoms, skin self-examination and communication: A quasi-experimental trial with embedded process evaluation.

Can counselling help patients and families after Intensive Care: a pilot study and evaluation: the CONNECT study

Can counselling help patients and families after Intensive Care: a pilot study and evaluation: the CONNECT study Jan 16, 2017 - Jul 15, 2017
Surviving critical illness is associated with chronic psychological distress. Anxiety occurs in 43% of patients and depression in 30% of patients at 12 months after hospital discharge. Post-traumatic stress (e.g. distressing flashbacks) occurs in 51%... Read More about Can counselling help patients and families after Intensive Care: a pilot study and evaluation: the CONNECT study.

We Can Quit2: A randomised pilot trial of a community-based smoking cessation intervention for women in disadvantaged areas of Ireland

We Can Quit2: A randomised pilot trial of a community-based smoking cessation intervention for women in disadvantaged areas of Ireland Jun 8, 2017 - Sep 7, 2022
Smoking rates remain high in Ireland despite considerable progress being made to reduce them in recent years. Ireland ranks second highest for smoking-related causes of death in the EU. Lung cancer, which is strongly linked to smoking, is now the mos... Read More about We Can Quit2: A randomised pilot trial of a community-based smoking cessation intervention for women in disadvantaged areas of Ireland.

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction to support self-management of anxiety and depression following stroke: development and feasibility cluster randomised trial

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction to support self-management of anxiety and depression following stroke: development and feasibility cluster randomised trial Aug 1, 2017 - May 31, 2018
: Anxiety and depression are common after stroke. Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction courses teach people with long-term conditions (LTCs) skills such as meditation to help them self-manage anxiety and depression, but often people do not follow the f... Read More about Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction to support self-management of anxiety and depression following stroke: development and feasibility cluster randomised trial.