Protecting babies in emergencies
Guidance is needed on infant and young child feeding for families in the UK affected by disasters and emergencies. Heather Trickey and Helen Gray Disaster… Read More »Protecting babies in emergencies
Guidance is needed on infant and young child feeding for families in the UK affected by disasters and emergencies. Heather Trickey and Helen Gray Disaster… Read More »Protecting babies in emergencies
By Amy Bond In 2016, I applied for a Cardiff University Research Opportunities Summer Placement (CUROP) at the DECIPHer research centre. The CUROP scheme was initially brought… Read More »From Undergrad to Postgrad – My academic journey so far
A guest blog from the Association for Young People’s Health By Arrash Yassaee and Ann Hagell Although adolescence is usually a very healthy life stage, young… Read More »New research on young people’s experiences of primary care services
By Dr Cathy Williams DECIPHer Affiliate and Reader in Paediatric Opthalmology at the School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol As a hospital-based… Read More »The CVI Project: How the DECIPHer short courses in 2014 led to a 5-year NIHR funded programme of research
Heather Trickey DECIPHer Research Associate To time with UNICEF UK Baby Friendly’s Annual Conference, Heather Trickey has brought together a series of short articles providing new perspectives on… Read More »Infant Feeding: How might ideas from the traditions of public health, psychology and philosophy help us to Change the Conversation
By Dr Michelle Edwards I attended the DECIPHer Short Course on Process Evaluation of Complex Interventions on 28th September 2016. I’m currently working at DECIPHer in… Read More »A Summary of the September 2016 Process Evaluation Short Course
This summer I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to undertake an eight-week placement at DECIPHer. Although I was very excited, I was also… Read More »Rachel Morris – My DECIPHer Placement
Having reached the end of my 2nd year Social Science (BPS) BSc, it dawned on me that my final year and dissertation were fast approaching, and I… Read More »Karin Kanias – My DECIPHer Placement
As a first year SOCSI student, I was extremely nervous about applying for the 8-week paid placement through the Cardiff University Research Opportunities Programme (CUROP). Although I was… Read More »My DECIPHer Placement
In the podcast (via Sprogcast) linked below, Heather Trickey draws on her current PhD research, and her research and voluntary work for the National Childbirth Trust (NCT) to… Read More »‘It’s not the responsibility of individual mothers to improve breastfeeding rates’ – Operationalising an ecological approach.
After two years of linking with DECIPHer through a previous role in Public Health Wales NHS Trust, I am particularly excited to have started here. I have… Read More »DECIPHer New Starter – Dr Sara Long
Author – Heide Busse, DECIPHer PhD Student On Monday 9th May, I swapped office and computer for an afternoon at @tBristol science centre, where I participated in… Read More »‘Research without Borders’ Event: Experiences of showcasing my research
I am currently 19 years old, and a second year Psychology student at the University of the West of England. As part of my BSc Psychology,… Read More »Oliver Sanders: My DECIPHer Placement
Having joined the DECIPHer Cardiff team at the start of April as a Research Assistant, I have spent the last few weeks getting to know… Read More »DECIPHer New Starter – Jordan Van Godwin
‘It’s really exciting to be part of this’ – perspectives from health, wellbeing and education on connecting schools and families Image source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1386837/Private-schools-debt-collectors-force-parents-hand-unpaid-fees.html Schools and families… Read More »DECIPHer’s 25th Health Challenge Wales Seminar – School and Family
I have recently started as a PhD student at DECIPHer in Cardiff, completing an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Wales Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) Studentship. My current role involves developing… Read More »New DECIPHer PhD Student – Luke Midgley