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CHSS Seminar
17th March 2010
The next CHSS seminar to be held on Wednesday 21st April 2010 is The East Kent Fit for Work Pilot: Putting Research at the Heart of Clinical Innovation and will be given by Joanne Ross, Honorary Research Fellow, Centre for Health Services Research, University of Kent
Is it possible to measure what truly matters? The paradox of clinical audit in developing continence service standards for older people
9th March 2010
To report the authors' recent involvement in research towards developing a set of agreed, measureable statements regarding quality in the provision of continence services using the views of older service users
Research centre helps NHS south-east to develop wide range of new service ideas
4th March 2010
Kent, together with the universities of Brighton and Surrey, runs the Research Design Service South East (RDS SE), a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) -funded resource. This helps NHS staff by encouraging the development of high-quality research for the benefit of patients. The three universities provide free advice on all aspects of preparing grant applications, including: finding suitable funding sources; building a research team; designing a study; writing lay summaries; identifying the resources required for a successful project; and involving patients and the public.
Slipping through the net: Homeless people in Kent
1st March 2010
This new report sets out to present a snap shot of how the agencies, homeless people and the services that are set up to assist them, are perceived by each other. The purpose of the report is to generate debate and enable “both sides” to enter into open and honest dialogue.
Systematic Literature Review ‘Readmission to Hospital’ Project
12th February 2010
The review was conducted in preparation for developing an intervention or intervention programme which could be piloted in East Kent to reduce readmission rates across the three hospital sites. The review is being used in the preparation and development of a proposal for an externally funded research project to evaluate the intervention systematically and independently.
Privacy and Dignity in Continence Care
2nd February 2010
Two reports provide the initial analysis of emerging themes and findings from the first phase of a qualitative study of privacy and dignity in continence care for older people.
Issues for Research Ethics Committees: From Theory to Practice
3rd December 2009
To be held 29th March 2010 at the Woburn Conference Centre, London.
A training course held twice a year for new members of NHS research ethics committees who wish to build their research skills. This two day course aims to develop participants' individual skills and knowledge to competently fulfill their role as committee members.
Issues for Research Ethics Committees: Genetics, Human Tissue, Vulnerable Groups and Fraud
3rd December 2009
To be held 30th March 2010 at the Woburn Conference Centre, London.
A training course held twice a year for new members of NHS research ethics committees who wish to build their research skills. This two day course aims to develop participants' individual skills and knowledge to competently fulfill their role as committee members.
Consultation paper on sentencing for drug offences
2nd December 2009
A new paper from Axel Klein, Addictive Behaviour Group, Centre for Health Services Studies which suggests that a new offence of ‘drug covering’ should be created.
Results of the 2008/2009 Hospice Patient Survey
30th November 2009
The third general report from CHSS's Help The Hospices survey is now available to download.
The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a stepped care intervention for alcohol use disorders: a pilot study
9th November 2009
A new paper for the British Jounal of Psychiatry by Simon Coulton of the Centre for Health Services Studies evaluates the feasibility, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of opportunistic screening and a stepped care intervention in primary care.
Tackling Alcohol Misuse in Teenagers
23 October 2009
An international literature review to identify effective interventions in relation to the issue of young people and alcohol. An executive summary and full report are now available.
The phenomenology of trust: A Schutzian analysis of the social construction of knowledge by gynae-oncology patients
14th October 2009
A new paper from Patrck Brown, Centre for Health Services Studies which shows how the work of Schutz illuminates and explains the primacy of interpersonal communication for trust due to the concreteness of inter-subjective experience and relative weakness of abstract knowledge.
Trust in Mental Health Services: A neglected concept
14th October 2009
A new paper from Patrck Brown, Centre for Health Services Studies which aims to develop an understanding of trust as it relates to mental health services and their users.
Slice Sampling Mixture Models
13th October 2009
A new article from CHSS's Maria Kalli with M.Kalli, J.E.Griffin and S. G.Walker which proposes a more efficient version of the slice sampler for Dirichlet process mixture models described by Walker (Commun. Stat., Simul. Comput. 36:45–54, 2007). This new sampler allows for the fitting of infinite mixture models with a wide-range of prior specifications.
Employment support for carers - key findings from a University of Kent report
29th September 2009
Researchers (including Jenny Billings of the Centre for Health Services Studies) at the universities of Kent and Edinburgh have published the results of a study on what employment support is needed for carers in order for them to take up or remain in work.
CHSS Newsletter
29th September 2009
Our most recent newsletter includes features on the Addictive Behaviours Group who have recently joined CHSS, the Kent shortfall in GP training, tackling obesity in the South East and a report on the choice of ethnic options in the 2011 census.
The Future of Ethnicity Classifications
21st September 2009
A new paper from Peter Aspinall, Centre for Health Services Studies.
Does the British state’s categorisation of ‘mixed race’ meet public policy needs?
21st September 2009
A new paper from Peter Aspinall, Centre for Health Services Studies discusses the approaches that are now being debated to accommodate greater numbers of categories in census collections.
Alcohol use disorders in older people
4th September 2009
A new paper from Simon Coulton, Centre for Health Servcies Studies discussing the evidence that older people do benefit from interventions to reduce alcohol consumption as much as, if not more than, younger populations.
Screening and brief interventions for hazardous and harmful alcohol use in primary care: a cluster randomised controlled trial protocol
4th September 2009
A new paper from Simon Coulton, Centre for Health Servcies Studies. This pragmatic factorial trial, with cluster randomization of practices, will evaluate the effectiveness and costeffectiveness of different models of screening to identify hazardous and harmful drinkers in primary care and different intensities of brief intervention to reduce excessive drinking in primary care patients.
Medway School of Pharmacy tops national student league tables
20th August 2009
Medway School of PharmacyStudents at Medway School of Pharmacy have rated their education as the very best in the country. The School - which is run jointly by the universities of Greenwich and Kent [1] - topped the table of higher education institutions in the National Student Survey published this month.
University shares in £5 million award from National Institute for Health Research
20th August 2009
The University of Kent is one of three universities in the south-east to receive a share of £5 million to provide research support services to the NHS in Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
An observational longitudinal study using a previously
validated tool of the anti-cholinergic burden in a cohort
of 224 people with Alzheimer’s disease (AD)
13th July 2009
A new paper from Simon Coulton, Centre for Health Services Studies
Nutrition and addiction: can dietary changes assist with recovery?
13th July 2009
A new paper from Margherita Grotzkyj-Giorgi, Centre for Health Services Studies discusses that there is a close, exacerbating relationship between problematic substance use and poor nutrition.
Regulating Khat - Dilemmas and Opportunities for the international drug control system
23rd June 2009
A new publication from Axel Klein, Addictive Behaviour Group, Centre for Health Services Studies, the results, from work in Africa, provides a strong argument for promoting evidence-based approaches to khat regulation.
The Effectiveness of Interventions for Drug-Using Offenders in the Courts, Secure Establishments and the Community: A Systematic Review
18th June 2009
A new publication from Simon Coulton, Centre for Health Services Studies. Interventions for drug-using offenders are employed internationally to reduce subsequent drug use and criminal behavior. This paper provides information from a systematic review of 24 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) conducted between 1980 and 2004.
Evidence-based guidelines on health promotion for elderly people
17th June 2009
The central aim of the healthPROelderly project was to contribute fundamentally to the development of health promotion for older people through producing guidelines and recommendations for potential actors in this field at EU, national and local level. A report looking at healthy ageing in the European Union (in PDF format) is now available.
Overview on health promotion for elderly people
17th June 2009
The healthPROelderly project aims to gather information from the partner countries and identify best practices in the field of health promotion for older people. A report looking at healthy ageing in the European Union (in PDF format) is now available.
A Longitudinal Population-Based Study of Factors in Adolescence Predicting Homelessness in Young Adulthood
15th June 2009
A new publication from Adrian Bonner, Addictive Behaviour Group, Centre for Health Servcies Studies which aims to examine which factors, in a population-based sample of adolescents, independently predict homelessness in young adults.
Is our data on teenage pregnancy across ethnic groups in England fit for the purpose of policy formulation, implementation, and monitoring?
15th June 2009
A new article from Peter Aspinall and Ferhana Hashem, Centre for Health Servcies Studies
The future of ethnicity classifications
15th June 2009
A new publicaton from Peter Aspinall, Centre for Health Servcies Studies
Suicide rates in people of South Asian origin in England & Wales
15th June 2009
Correspondence from Peter Aspinall, Centre for Health Servcies Studies.
Concepts, terminology, and classifications for the 'mixed' ethnic or racial group
15th June 2009
A new article from Peter Aspinall, Centre for Health Servcies Studies. The way to categorise people born of inter-ethnic and racial unions - the ‘mixed’ group - remains unclear and requires new insights, given the increasing size and complexity of the group and its emerging health profile.
Evaluation of the Relativity Project Focus Group - report
7th May 2009
This report forms part of an evaluation of activities undertaken by the Relativity Project at Aylesham. The overall aim of the Relativity Project is to engage families from the Aylesham community in a variety of fun and creative activities which will broaden family learning skills and provide opportunities for all family members to get actively involved. It also aims to develop community involvement in a variety of settings and target excluded and vulnerable families.
A brief cognitive behavioural preimplantation and rehabilitation programme for patients receiving an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator improves physical health and reduces psychological morbidity and unplanned readmissions
23rd March 2009
A new report from Simon Coulton, Centre for Health Servcies Studies
The Effectiveness of Interventions for Drug-Using Offenders in the Courts, Secure Establishments and the Community: A Systematic Review
23rd March 2009
A new article from Simon Coulton, Centre for Health Servcies Studies
Am I Bovvered? - phase one report
11th February 2009
The ‘Am I Bovvered?’ project is a two-year study aiming to develop, implement and evaluate sustainable exercise-based interventions with girls aged 11-15 years in order to improve their engagement in regular physical activity. Available here as a PDF.
'Mixed race', 'mixed origins' or what? Generic terminology for the multiple racial/ethnic group population
5th March 2009
A New article from Peter Aspinall, Centre for Health Services Studies discusses the disatisfaction with the term 'mixed race'.
Risk Factors for Homelessness: Evidence from a Population-Based Study
5th March 2009
A new article from Adrian Bonner, Addictive Behaviour Group, Centre for Health Servcies Studies.This study examined factors associated with lifetime experience of homelessness among young adults.
Effectiveness of nurse delivered endoscopy: findings from randomised multi-institution nurse endoscopy trial (MINuET)
24th February 2009
A new article from Simon Coulton, Centre for Health Services Studies to evaluate the feasibility, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of opportunistic screening and a stepped care intervention in primary care.
Cost effectiveness of nurse delivered endoscopy: findings from randomised multi-institution nurse endoscopy trial (MINuET)
24th February 2009
A new article from Simon Coulton, Centre for Health Services Studies which compares the cost effectiveness of nurses and doctors in performing upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy.
Communicating Information to Stroke Survivors
26th January 2009
This study explored current approaches to communicating information to stroke
survivors and their relatives. The project’s aim was to gain better understanding
of information provision about stroke from health professionals. It explored the
perspectives of stroke survivors, their carers and professionals. The study
aimed to explore, through qualitative interviews, how information is provided,
what works well in information giving, what the barriers to good information
provision are and how these arise. Available here as a PDF.
Am I Bovvered? - phase one report - executive summary
26th January 2009
A participative action research study to develop, implement and evaluate physical activity interventions with girls.
The ‘Am I Bovvered?’ project is a two-year study aiming to develop, implement and evaluate sustainable exercise-based interventions with girls aged 11-15 years in order to improve their engagement in regular physical activity. This report summarises the findings from the first phase of this three-part project. This was an exploratory phase of the study, using focus groups with girls aged 11-12 and 14-15, recruited from two schools in Thanet, East Kent. Available here as a PDF.
University researchers encourage public participation in new Kent Survey of Health and Lifestyle
2nd December 2008
Researchers at the Centre for Health Services Studies [1] (CHSS), University of Kent, are delighted with the current number of responses to the 2008 Kent Health and Lifestyle Survey but remind anyone who has received a questionnaire that the deadline for returns is fast approaching.
Findings from the survey, which has been sponsored by Kent County Council [2], will help the NHS and local government target money and services to local needs. The focus this year is on exercise and physical activity.