New study, led by Dr Rhiannon Evans, is a partnership between The Fostering Network, Voices from Care Cymru, Cardiff University (CASCADE, DECIPHer and School of… Read More »Online services and interventions: How can they best support the mental health and wellbeing of care-experienced children and young people?
The use of menthol cigarettes in underage smokers was widespread in Wales before a ban was introduced, according to new research from Cardiff University and… Read More »Menthol cigarettes used by three fifths of young smokers in Wales prior to their ban
Up to 82 per cent of people experiencing homelessness smoke – which is much higher than the UK average of 14.1 per cent. Could providing… Read More »Could having free e-cigarettes help people experiencing homelessness to quit smoking?
Lead Investigators Professor Graham Moore; Doctor Rhiannon Evans Background In recent decades, a growing body of evaluations have enhanced our understandings of what does (or doesn’t) work in improving population health. Using interventions which have a prior… Read More »THE ADAPT STUDY
New statutory guidance was introduced by Welsh Government in 2021, requiring all schools in Wales to embed a whole school approach (WSA) towards mental health and emotional wellbeing… Read More »Assessing the whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing
Lead Investigators: Prof. Graham Moore; Doctor Rachel Brown Background Today’s primary school children are the first to have been born into a society in which smoking of… Read More »CHETS III – Children’s health, e-cigarettes and tobacco smoke: A mixed method study
Principal Investigator Doctor Emma Howarth (University of Cambridge) Co-investigators Doctor Anne-Marie Burn; Doctor Ayla Humphrey; Professor Graham Moore; Doctor Hannah Littlecott; Doctor Katie Harron; Doctor… Read More »Family recovery after domestic abuse (FREDA): A feasibility trial and nested process evaluation of a group based psychoeducational intervention for children exposed to domestic violence and abuse
Principal Investigator Prof G.J. Melendez-Torres (University of Exeter) Co-investigators Prof Amanda Robinson; Dr Honor Young; Dr Rhiannon Evans; Dr Heather Trickey; Dr Kelly Buckley; Bethan Pell… Read More »Health Pathfinder Evaluation (SAFELIVES)
Researchers from DECIPHer and the Wolfson Centre for Young People’s Mental Health have developed a new evaluability assessment for the Whole School Approach to mental… Read More »New report will aid whole school approach
Lorna Stabler discusses her research into the experiences of an under-recognised group: sibling carers. What is the issue? Most people know that families are not… Read More »Siblings raising siblings: the ‘invisible’ kinship families
DECIPHer (Centre for Development, Evaluation, Complexity and Implementation in Public Health Improvement) has run ALPHA (Advice Leading to Public Health Advancement), a research advisory group made up of… Read More »ALPHA – skills development and career inspiration
DECIPHer evidence cited by Welsh Government in response to Children’s Commissioner report The debate on free school meals frequently makes headlines, especially over the last couple of… Read More »Fuel for thought – DECIPHer research contributes to Welsh Government’s school dinner pledge
The aim is to test the influence of social diffusion processes on adolescent smoking uptake in contemporary UK society, with a focus on how these processes… Read More »Inequalities in smoking and the variation of school-based social diffusion processes
Principal Investigator Dr Sara Long Co Investigators Doctor Daniel Farewell; Professor Shantini Paranjothy; Professor Sinead Brophy; Professor Graham Moore; Professor Jonathan Scourfield; Professor Chris Taylor… Read More »Does local authority care make a difference to the lives of vulnerable children? Longitudinal analyses of a retrospective electronic cohort
Principal Investigator Dr. Kelly Morgan Co-investigators Prof Simon Murphy; Prof Frank de Vocht (University of Bristol) Background Winning Scotland’s flagship programme Mindset Teams is an intervention which… Read More »Mindset Teams in the Scottish education system
Principal Investigator Dr Rhiannon Evans Co-investigators Dr. Dawn Mannay (Cardiff University); Maria Boffey (The Fostering Network); Charlotte Wooders (The Fostering Network); Lorna Stabler (Cardiff University);… Read More »Co-production or adaptation of online interventions for foster care: Promoting the mental health and wellbeing of care-experienced children and young people
Principal Investigator Jo Inchley (Network Director) Co-investigators Laurence Moore, Simon Murphy, Alice Maclachlan, Christina McMellon, Clare Spencer, Emily Cunningham, Julie Cameron, Kay Tisdall, Lee Knifton,… Read More »Transdisciplinary Research for the Improvement of Youth Mental Public Health (TRIUMPH NETWORK)
Primary schools have played a vital role in supporting children through the significant mental health challenges caused by COVID-19, according to a report by the… Read More »Children’s relationships with teachers remained strong despite toll of pandemic, report finds
DECIPHer’s key strength is that it has a critical mass of people interested in applying social science theory and methods to policy relevant research –… Read More »Chris Bonell (Continued)
I’m impressed with the dual focus at DECIPHer: research excellence, and building partnerships across policy, practice and research to capitalize on the strengths of each.… Read More »Steve Manske (continued)
Working with DECIPHer has allowed me to develop my personal research interests while strengthening the link between Public Health Wales and higher education institutions in… Read More »Julie Bishop (continued)
As DECIPHer prepares to move into its new home sbarc | spark, Sally O’Connor explains how innovation and ideas will thrive in this creative hub. A… Read More »Join us in society’s new ‘Superlab’
We are pleased to announce our first annual report, spanning April 2020 to March 2021, as a Health and Care Research Wales funded research centre. This year… Read More »DECIPHer annual report published
Research Associate Hayley Reed explores co-production in a school setting What is the issue? Attempts to change young people’s health through schools has relied on running standard programmes with… Read More »How can secondary school stakeholders inform health programmes?
Sophie Jones, 24, is the new Senior Public Involvement Officer at DECIPHer and is a long -running member of the ALPHA team. Here she tells… Read More »A catch-up with DECIPHer’s new Senior Public Involvement Officer
During the COVID-19 pandemic, DECIPHer adapted their annual face-to-face summer short course in methodological innovation in public health intervention science to take it online. Dr… Read More »First online version of DECIPHer’s CPD course attracts international audience
The School Health Research Network (SHRN) brings together schools and academic researchers, policy-makers and practitioners from health, education and social care to improve young people’s… Read More »The School Health Research Network (SHRN)
DECIPHer has worked closely with the Welsh Government on reducing the harm caused to children by secondhand tobacco smoke. Wales was the first UK country… Read More »CHETS II: Childhood exposure to second hand smoke in ‘private’ spaces
A researcher has joined the Wolfson Centre for Young People’s Mental Health, working in partnership with the DECIPHer Centre at Cardiff University. Dr Rebecca Anthony… Read More »Meet the researcher: Dr Rebecca Anthony
The risk of children developing mental ill-health increases significantly when they have lived with someone who also has a common mental health disorder, research has… Read More »Children living with someone who has mental health issues two-thirds more likely to experience similar difficulties
