Other Studies and Trials

One third of the UK’s population will experience a common mental disorder (CMD) such as anxiety or depression in their lifetime. People who are socio-economically disadvantaged are more likely to have a CMD, less likely to have their disorder recognised by the health service and less likely to benefit from treatment. Currently, we know little about how to reduce this mental health inequality.

This fellowship project proposes to address this research gap by investigating the impact of interventions on mental health inequalities.

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This project aims to enrich the evidence base for public health policies by providing up-to-date information for adults in England on: cigarette smoking; alcohol intake; fruit and vegetable consumption; and physical activity. It will investigate the prevalence and social patterning of these four health behaviours and explore whether they are associated with early-adulthood life transitions.

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HeRC develops and applies advanced methods to unlock and harness real-world evidence from health data across Northern England. This will create a world- leading multidisciplinary e-research environment for health discovery and innovation across the universities of Manchester, Liverpool, Lancaster and York.

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Connected Yorkshire is part of the wider Connected Health Cities programme which aims to improve health services for patients in North England. The objective of the programme is to make better use of under-used information and apply the latest technologies to enhance local health needs and to work with patients to ensure  research is relevant, effective and has a real impact on public health.

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Engagement workshops about inequalities in, and under-identification of, common mental disorders in the perinatal period

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The CHARMER study is an NIHR-funded programme of research to refine and test a behviour change intervention. The intervention will support geriatricians and pharmacists to work with patients to deprescribe inappropriate medication in the hospital setting.

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Dr Maddy Power has been awarded a three-year Wellcome Trust Research Fellowship in Humanities and Social Science to investigate ethnic variations in the prevalence and experience of food insecurity and its interaction with mental health.

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A CFH funded fellowship to explore the relationship between factors such as housing, income and social security and psychiatric inpatient admissions for people with a personality disorder diagnosis.

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This is a NIHR ARC funded project to evaluate the Mental Health Navigator (MHN) Scheme set up by Wakefield District Housing in collaboration with a local commissioning group.

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