Principal Investigator Jordan Van Godwin Co-Investigators Megan Hamilton, Prof Graham Moore, Prof Simon Moore Background The Wales Without Violence Framework (from now on referred to… Read More »Wales Without Violence Framework Evaluability Assessment (WAVE)
Frederik Martiny is a medical doctor by background, currently working as a PhD student at the University of Copenhagen. He recently visited DECIPHer for six… Read More »‘An amazing environment where everybody is just as nerdy as me about complex interventions.’ Frederik on his DECIPHer research visit
Principal Investigator Prof James White Co-Investigators Ms Yvonne Moriarty, Dr Rebecca Cannings-John, Prof Alison L Weightman, Dr Meg Kiseleva, Prof G. David Batty Background People… Read More »Mortality among people who have experienced homelessness: A systematic review and meta-analysis
As part of their evaluation of the whole-school approach to emotional and mental wellbeing, DECIPHer researchers asked teachers about wellbeing in schools In 2021, Welsh… Read More »Changes and challenges: How are teachers experiencing wellbeing in schools?
Principal Investigator Dr Sara Long Co-Investigators Dr Rachel Brown, Dr Nick Page, Dr Hayley Reed, Prof Simon Murphy, Prof Graham Moore Background Health and wellbeing… Read More »Advancing knowledge in the use of health and wellbeing data and evidence: A package of training for Healthy Schools Co-ordinators (ADEPT – HSC)
In 2023, DECIPHer researchers spoke with pupils and asked them to create posters around the topic of feeling ‘safe’ in their schools. In 2021, Welsh… Read More »Safe as… schools? Where and with whom do pupils feel most secure?
DECIPHer Research Assistant Jess Lennon updates on the SCeTCH project, which asks: Could providing free e-cigarette starter kits in homeless services aid smoking cessation? Up… Read More »Reflections on SCeTCH – where are we now?
Details to follow – see £5 million awarded to reduce health inequality.
Lead Investigators Dr Sharon Cox, Prof. Lynne Dawkins Co-Investigators Prof. Linda Bauld, Dr Rachel Brown, Dr Allison Ford, Prof. Caitlin Notley, Mr Steve Parrott, Dr… Read More »Evaluating the effectiveness of e-cigarettes compared with usual care for smoking cessation when offered to smokers at homeless centres: A multi-centre cluster randomised controlled trial in Great Britain (SCeTCH)
Co-Principal Investigators Dr Kelly Morgan and Dr Elinor Coulman (Cardiff University) Co-investigators Dr Samantha Garay (Cardiff University); Prof Frank de Vocht (University of Bristol) Background… Read More »Healthier Advertising in Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
A new UK hub for behavioural research has been funded to help tackle societal and economic challenges. Behavioural Research UK (BR-UK) is supported by a £10 million grant from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), and will form the centrepiece of ESRC’s investment in behavioural research.
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
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.
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
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
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
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)
Funders The Fostering Network More information Step Up Step Down page on The Fostering Network website
Chief investigator Professor Graham Moore Co-investigators Dr Britt Hallingberg, Dr Linsay Gray, Ms Anne Marie MacKintosh, Professor Laurence Moore, Professor Linda Bauld, Professor Marcus Munafo, Professor Simon Murphy More information… Read More »Impacts of e-cigarette regulation via the EU Tobacco Products Directive on young people’s use of e-cigarettes : a natural experiment
Lead Investigator Dr. Rocío Herrero Romero, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Co-Investigators Prof. Cristina del Barrio, Dr. Kevin van der Meulen, Dr. Laura Granizo, Dr Laura… Read More »Strengthening social support systems for migrant and refugee adolescents in secondary education (SURE)
Lead Investigator Lucy Maddox Supervisor Rhiannon Evans Funded by Wellcome Centre for Cultures and Environments of Health Publications “The team needs to feel cared for”:… Read More »Development of an intervention to reduce compassion fatigue in adolescent mental health ward staff (PhD)
Principal Investigators (in alphabetical order) Prof. Dr. Nevena Calovska, Association of Systemic Therapists Education Center Dr. Rhiannon Evans, Cardiff University Prof. Dr. Heather Foran, University… Read More »FLOURISH: Family-Focused Adolescent & Lifelong Health Promotion
Principal Investigator Dr. Hayley Reed Mentor Yulia Shenderovich Background In Wales, 19 per cent of adolescents report elevated but sub-clinical mental health symptoms. These adolescents… Read More »The SAMA project (School-based Adolescent Mental Health Intervention Adaptation)
DECIPHer collaborates with Bristol University as part of the National Institute for Health Research Public Health Intervention Responsive Studies Teams (PHIRST) as part of PHIRST… Read More »Public Health Intervention Responsive Studies Teams (PHIRST)
Welsh Government research report:
Lead Investigator Amy Mizen Background Mental ill-health and poor wellbeing is a global public health crisis. In Wales, 1 in 10 children between the ages… Read More »Discovering which modifiable characteristics of the built-environment support good adolescent mental health and wellbeing
Principal Investigators Dr Sarah MacDonald and Dr Gillian Hewitt Co-investigators Dr Rebecca Anthony, Dr Rachel Brown, Dr Rhiannon Evans, Dr Siôn Jones, Professor Alyson Rees… Read More »Mental health provision for children and young people in schools and FE colleges (11-25 years) with experiences of care: Mixed-method study of implementation, acceptability, need and priority outcomes (The WiSC Study)
