ALPHA, DECIPHer’s public involvement group funded by Health and Care Research Wales, was recently involved in a UK-wide project with young people co-producing a study… Read More »ALPHA supports TRIUMPH youth advisory group
Principal Investigators Dr Jemma Hawkins Co-Investigators Dr Sara Long, Professor G.J. Melendez-Torres, Dr Kelly Morgan, Professor Simon Murphy, Mr Jordan Van Godwin Background The COVID-19… Read More »Healthy Working Wales Evaluation Partner
June 2023 saw the launch of ADEPT-HSC, a course aiming to enhance the knowledge and skillset of Healthy Schools Coordinators supporting schools in their use… Read More »Supporting educationalists to become more adept in the use of health and wellbeing data
Sneha Salel is a Master’s Psychology Student who took on a three-month summer placement at DECIPHer I have always had a keen interest in people,… Read More »Sneha’s internship: ‘I have learned so much and have so many great memories.’
Christine Jenkins looks back on her summer placement at DECIPHer, which involved drawing on her data handling skills Summer internships are a rite of passage… Read More »Christine’s internship: ‘It was a transformative experience’
Nearly half (48%) of Welsh children aged seven to 11 are regularly using social media, according to a survey led by DECIPHer The School Health… Read More »Social media regularly used by 48% of primary age children in Wales, report shows
Research Applicants Dr Christopher Butler (Joint Lead Applicant) Professor Jaime Miranda (previous Joint Lead Applicant) Dr Maria Sofia Cuba-Fuentes (current Joint Lead Applicant) Dr Filipa… Read More »IMPACT: Innovations using Mhealth for People with dementiA and Co-morbidiTies
The overall aim of this fellowship is to produce an evidence base about care-experienced children and young people’s social support and perceptions of relationships and their association with mental health and wellbeing.
Dr Rebecca Anthony discusses her four-year Fellowship funded by Health and Care Research Wales. The Fellowship will examine care-experienced children and young people’s social support,… Read More »‘Feeling loved and appreciated’: My Fellowship focusing on the relationships of children and young people in care
A growing number of nations are advocating for a whole school approach to emotional and mental wellbeing. In 2021, Welsh Government published a framework outlining… Read More »Taking a whole-school approach to mental health in Wales
New study shows addressing masculinities helps to prevent unintended pregnancies On World Contraception Day 2023, a study funded by the National Institute for Health and… Read More »New study shows addressing masculinities helps to prevent unintended pregnancies
In June 2023, Dr Rhiannon Evans and Dr Honor Young visited Namibia to work on the pilot of the Namibian School Health Research Network (SHRN).… Read More »Developing a Namibian School Health Research Network (SHRN)
Alice McHale researched literature regarding Child-to-Parent-Violence during her CUROP internship at DECIPHer. I study Human and Social Science (BSc) at Cardiff University and undertook this… Read More »Alice’s internship: ‘Having these opportunities exposed me to different industries and career paths’
Rowan Kitchener is a third-year student studying Biomedical Science at Cardiff University. Here she discusses her CUROP placement at DECIPHer researching public perceptions on food… Read More »Rowan’s internship: ‘I’m now certain a career in social science research is something I’d love to pursue’
Criminology and Sociology student Emma Dixon recently completed a summer internship at DECIPHer. She reflects on her experiences and what she has learned. I will… Read More »Emma’s internship: ‘This will shape what I pursue in the future’
Dr Samantha Garay attended the DECIPHer short course ‘Methodological Innovation in Public Health Intervention Science: Development, Evaluation, Adaption and Implementation’. Here are her thoughts In… Read More »From task and finish to table tennis – the DECIPHer short course
Principal Investigators Dr Jeremy Segrott Co-investigators Professor Mike Robling, Dr Sue Channon, Dr Elinor Coulman, Dr Rebecca Playle, Dr Lauren Copeland, Professor Stavros Petrou Background… Read More »3P Study – Remote delivery of the Group Triple P parenting programme: Optimisation and a Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial
DECIPHer is supported by a Public Involvement steering group that draws together expertise from across Wales to develop good practice and value-added activities. This includes… Read More »Public involvement – making a difference to the work we do
In March 2023, the Equality and Social Justice Committee launched an inquiry into the public health approach to preventing gender-based violence. In June 2023 it held… Read More »Evidence for change: Reporting to the Senedd on gender-based violence
Postgraduates Brianna Bowen and Katy-May Price reflect on their experiences as researchers on a DECIPHer school-focused project. In September 2022, Brianna, a doctorate student of… Read More »Meet the researchers: Brianna and Katy-May
The award enables Dr Evans to travel to further her understanding of international innovation in suicide prevention among care-experienced children and young people. The Churchill… Read More »Dr Rhiannon Evans awarded Churchill Fellowship
Principal Investigators A joint chief investigator model: Dr Jeremy Segrott, Dr Hayley Reed, Dr Nicholas Page Co-investigators Prof Frances Rice, Dr Olga Eyre, Dr Yulia… Read More »Preventing anxiety and depression through increasing school connectedness – exploring existing data to find new insights and co-developing a digital tool to support schools to build mentally healthy environments
DECIPHer PhD student Bethan Pell reflects on her experience of taking part in the Three Minute Thesis ( 3MT®) competition, where she presented on her… Read More »3MT® and me
Since 2019, DECIPHer and Healthy Working Wales have collaborated to create online health and wellbeing needs assessment tools to understand, inform and evaluate workplace health… Read More »Healthy Working Wales to launch evaluation tools
Researchers at Cardiff University interviewed policymakers and those who hold a strategic role in designing and implementing the Health and Wellbeing aspects of the Curriculum… Read More »Changes to how schools are assessed and improved professional learning critical to the success of education reforms in Wales, study concludes
A Cardiff University academic is investigating how young people at risk of developing mental health conditions could be better supported. More than half of all… Read More »Research into young people’s mental health hopes to stop children ‘falling through the gap’
More than 123,000 learners were asked their views in a national health and wellbeing survey. Nearly a quarter of secondary school learners in Wales reported… Read More »Nearly a quarter of young people in Wales are reporting very high levels of mental health symptoms following the pandemic
To mark the beginning of Neurodiversity Celebration Week, Abbey Rowe discusses her PhD on how secondary schools affect the mental health and wellbeing of neurodivergent… Read More »Meet the researcher: Abbey Rowe on neurodiversity in secondary schools
Principal Investigator Prof Simon Moore Co-investigators Jordan Van Godwin; Prof Graham Moore; Dr David O’Reilly Research Assistant Meg Hamilton Background Violence is a global public… Read More »Implementation and PRocess Evaluation of South Wales Hospital Based Violence Intervention Programmes (PREVIP)
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