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When are children and parents who have experienced domestic abuse ready to engage with child-centred support programmes?

11 July 2018

Growing up in a household with domestic violence and abuse can affect children for the rest of their lives. Support programmes specifically aimed at children who have been exposed to abuse exist but determining how and when parents and children are ready to engage with them is challenging. A review, carried out by researchers at the University of Bristol together with NIHR CLAHRC West, NIHR CLAHRC East of England and the University of Central Lancashire, sheds light on some of these factors.

Identifying and managing people with an at-risk mental state for psychosis

20 April 2023

Clinical guidelines about providing early support to patients with an at-risk mental state for psychosis might not be being met, suggests research published in Early Intervention in Psychiatry. Researchers at the NIHR Bristol BRC and the Centre for Academic Primary Care at the University of Bristol identified high thresholds for accessing treatment and limited treatment availability as barriers to successful guideline implementation.

£1.7 million awarded to tackle domestic violence in low and middle-income countries

9 July 2018

Professor Gene Feder at the University of Bristol’s Centre for Academic Primary Care has been awarded £1.7 million by the National Institute for Health Research to fund a Global Health Group for research into health systems responses to violence against women in Palestine, Brazil, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

Lack of evidence underpinning guidelines for monitoring chronic diseases in primary care could lead to unnecessary testing

13 June 2019

Guidelines used by GPs to monitor chronic diseases are based on expert opinion rather than evidence, according to a review of the guidelines by National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) researchers at the University of Bristol. The review, published today [13 June 2019] in the British Medical Journal, looked at guidelines for chronic kidney disease, high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes, which are monitored through a range of tests in GP surgeries.

New research shows UK faces post-pandemic bereavement crisis and lasting legacy of grief

15 June 2021

New research has highlighted the difficulties and distress people experienced when trying to get support after the death of a loved one during the pandemic, with more than half of people (51%) experiencing high or severe vulnerability in their grief and those seeking support facing long waiting lists or being told they are ineligible.

COVID-19: Understanding which patients are at the greatest risk of harm

11 May 2020

A new study by researchers at the University of Bristol’s Centre for Academic Primary Care will link hospital and GP practice data to identify patients who are most at risk of harm from coronavirus.

Hard Evidence goes on tour and secures evaluation funding

20 June 2022

Hard Evidence, a performance piece about two women affected by domestic abuse, their journey of mutual support, newfound confidence, and the empowering effect of public involvement in research is going on tour in Bristol. It has also secured evaluation funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (NIHR Bristol BRC) Director’s Fund.

Germs, homes and apps: can we do more to protect people at home when a family member has coronavirus?

6 May 2020

A paper published in the BMJ today argues that since most people with Covid-19 are cared for at home, it may be important to try to protect the people caring for them by limiting how much virus they come in contact with, the ‘viral load'.

Study launched to investigate whether paramedics can ease GP workload

1 June 2021

The READY study, launched today, will evaluate how paramedics support GPs and whether they can help reduce GP workloads.

Encouraging people to be braver about discussing death

13 June 2019

Local doctors and academics from the University of Bristol will be joined by one of the country's bestselling authors to encourage people in Bristol to be braver when it comes to discussing death, at an event today [13 June] at Arnos Vale Cemetery in Bristol.