Dr William Turner
MSc, B.Sc.(Crete), Ph.D.(Bristol)
Expertise
Current positions
Associate Professor
School for Policy Studies
Contact
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Research interests
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
REPROVIDE (Reaching Everyone Programme of Research On Violence in diverse Domestic Environments)
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
REPROVIDE is research programme funded by the UK National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) programme grants for applied research (PGfAR) funding stream. It will run between February 2016 and January…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/02/2016 to 31/01/2022
Justice, Inequality and Gender Based Violence
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
The research addresses how ‘justice’ is understood, sought, and experienced by a wide range of victims/survivors of gender based violence (sexual, domestic and ‘honour-based’ violence), by asking:
1)…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/10/2015 to 18/05/2018
RAPID EVIDENCE ASSESSMENT OF EVIDENCE REGARDING THE LINK BETWEEN IDENTIFIED NEEDS OF FEMALE OFFENDERS AND OFFENDING BEHAVIOUR
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
Rapid Evidence Assessments (REA) are a form of literature review which have been developed as a way of achieving transparency, structure and balance in the assessment of what is already…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/05/2006 to 01/10/2006
SUPPORTING PEOPLE HEALTH PILOTS- SUPPORT & EVALUATION
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
Supporting people health pilots were funded by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (now Communities and Local Government) as a means to illustrate the potential benefit supporting people services…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/08/2003 to 01/01/2012
EVALUATION OF SAFER COMMUNITIES SUPPORTED HOUSING FUND AND THE ADP PILOTS FOR TEENAGE MOTHERS
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
The School was awarded a major research project to carry out an evaluation of
• the housing and support schemes funded by the Approved Development Programme (ADP) pilot for teenage mothers
•…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/11/2002 to 01/08/2007
Thesis supervisions
How might physical education contribute to a whole school approach to emotional wellbeing for primary school aged males?
Supervisors
A sequential qualitative design exploring the facilitators, and barriers to, access to education, employment and training for care leavers, and the potential role of the educational psychologist.
Supervisors
The Role of Social Workers in Inclusive Education for Children with Disabilities in Saudi Primary Schools
Supervisors
A narrative inquiry into the school experiences of teenagers living with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
Supervisors
“We just needed for him to feel safe and for us to feel like we were able to give him that”
Supervisors
The comparative effectiveness of psychological interventions for treating the psychological consequences of sexual abuse in children and adolescents. A network meta-analysis with implications for practice in Colombia
Supervisors
Chugui/Coming Out in Chinese Families
Supervisors
“He’s the best brother anyone could want and he should be really happy that he’s different”
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
06/06/2023Comparative effectiveness of psychological interventions for treating the psychological consequences of sexual abuse in children and adolescents
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Methodological Challenges in Group-based Randomised Controlled Trials for Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators
Psychosocial Intervention
What are the psychological and cognitive wellbeing benefits as reported by people experiencing green space? A meta-ethnography☆
Wellbeing, Space & Society
Evaluation of European Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
Interventions to improve the response of professionals to children exposed to domestic violence and abuse
Child Abuse Review
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Professor of Health and Social Care
School for Policy Studies
Professor Gene Feder
Professor of Primary Care
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Dr Eszter Szilassy
Senior Research Fellow
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor Liz Lloyd
Honorary Professor
School for Policy Studies
Emeritus Professor Marianne Hester
Honorary Professor
School for Policy Studies