Rachel Brown is a DECIPHer Research Associate. Her paper ‘Contrasting Staff and Student Views on Alcohol Education Provision in a UK University’ was recently published in the journal Drugs:… Read More »Blog: Alcohol education in universities: effective or a waste of time?
This blog was first published by BioMed Central. With a movement towards feasibility and pilot work in public health interventions, the need for clearer guidance on how… Read More »Blog: Why we need clearer guidance on pilot and feasibility studies
This article, by DECIPHer Research Associates Heather Trickey and Rachel Brown, was published on May 22, 2018 by The Conversation. Heather also works part-time as a Senior Researcher… Read More »Blog: Women need better information about drinking in pregnancy
G.J. is a Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences and Health. He has taken the artistic route to introduce himself and his academic journey to DECIPHer…
I joined DECIPHer in December 2016 as the Public Involvement Officer, but I’ve been employed with Cardiff University for over four years, mainly based at the… Read More »Getting to know you: ALPHA’s Peter Gee
The mental health and wellbeing of children and young people is a major public health concern. Recent policy commitments across England and Wales have demonstrated… Read More »Wellbeing in Secondary Education – A WISE Study Update
The start of the New Year marked an exciting change in my life: I flew across the pond from my home in Manhattan, New York… Read More »In Transit: from New York City to Cardiff, Wales
Written by DECIPHer Research Fellow, Dr Rachel Brown A recent paper by Maynard et al. (2017) describes the findings from a study where undergraduate student drinkers… Read More »Support for alcohol labelling interventions and the role of the third-person effect
On the 23rd of August 2017, DECIPHer was informed of the exciting news that the research centre had been nominated for the Cardiff University Celebrating Excellence Award 2017 in the… Read More »Cardiff University Celebrating Excellence Awards – The Story Behind the Tweet
Evidence from Key Data on Young People 2017 Dr Rakhee Shah, Association for Young People’s Health The Association for Young People’s Health (AYPH) – the UK’s… Read More »Why Do We Need to Make Health Promotion for Young People a Priority
Guest blog contributed by Laurence Taggart Laurence Taggart, who recently attended the DECIPHer short course on complex interventions at Cardiff University on the 27th September 2017,… Read More »First-hand experience of the DECIPHer short course on complex interventions
Abigail Lyndon, a PhD student part funded by DECIPHer at the University of Bristol has recently seen her paper “Risk to Heroin Users of Polydrug Use of Pregabalin… Read More »PhD Student Abigail Lyndon Is Praised On Her Truly Multi-Disciplinary Work at DECIPHer
With the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommending that children should participate in 60 minutes or more of physical activity per day to improve their health, childhood physical… Read More »The CHARMING Study – What is it all about?
Jordan Van Godwin: My trip to the International Conference for Motivational Interviewing (ICMI) 2017, offered a number of firsts for me. It was the first international conference… Read More »Motivational Interviewing in Philly 2017
By Dr Linda McConnon In June 2017 I attended two DECIPHer Short Courses: I am currently managing two projects at DECIPHer in Cardiff: PACERS and The Jack Trial.… Read More »A Week at the DECIPHer Summer 2017 Short Courses
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
