Saturday 29 May 212, 12noon - 3pm @ CISHE, 1-3 Museum Place, Cardiff, CF10 3BD
ALPHA is a group of 14-19 year olds who meet to advise researchers about conducting research with young people. For more information contact Hayley Reed (ReedHM@cf.ac.uk).
11th June, 1pm - Lecture Theatre 3, Tower Building, Cardiff University
Professor Linda Bauld (University of Stirling) will be delivering the third talk of the 2012 Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Alcohol and Young People seminar series. Attendance at the seminars is free, but to assist with catering we ask that you register in advance by emailing Jeremy Segrott (segrottj@cardiff.ac.uk).
Seminar 18 – Smoking and pregnancy: future directions for policy, practice and research
Tuesday 26th June: 1.15 to 4.30 p.m.
Council Chamber, Glamorgan Building, Cardiff University
Contact: Zoe Macdonald (Booking Form)
Thursday 5th July 2012 - Friday 6th July 2012
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Calman Learning Centre, Durham University
Fuse to host UKCRC conference 2012 - Fuse, the Centre for Translational Research in Public Health, is delighted to announce that it will be hosting this year’s UKCRC Public Health Centre of Excellence conference. Public health experts will gather to Durham University campus on Thursday 5th and Friday 6th of July 2012.The event gives researchers across the five world class Centres the opportunity to showcase their work, to network and learn from each other and to engage with research users.
Wednesday 11 July 2011, 2pm, (venue tbc) Cardiff University.
Speaker: Professor David Foxcroft (Oxford Brookes University). Title: 'Prevention frameworks, theories and evidence: a critical perspective'. Attendance is free, but to assist with catering we ask that you register in advance by emailing Jeremy Segrott (segrottj@cardiff.ac.uk).
The increased awareness of beauty during puberty can make teenagers insecure about their own attractiveness. A study from the Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer) is the first to identify an association between media exposure and changes in eating behaviour. The study finds that teenagers who look at gossip magazines are more likely to binge eat, skip meals or make themselves sick after meals. "It's the type of images and accompanying messages found in gossip magazines which may be significant," says DECIPHer Research Fellow Dr James White, Cardiff University. "What distinguishes gossip magazines is the way they ridicule celebrities who are overweight or even just don’t conform to unrealistic ideals.
Past News & Events:
Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement
9 - 11 May 2012, University of Bristol
The main aim of this course is to provide an introduction to multilevel and systems perspectives, most notably the socio-ecological model of health, and to understand how this framework can be used to inform the design of multilevel complex interventions.
Population Health - Methods and Challenges
24 - 26 April 2012, Birmingham
The MRC Population Health Sciences Research Network, the five UKCRC Public Health Research Centres of Excellence and the Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy are convening the first UK conference on population health research methods. The call for papers is now open. Deadline Friday 4 November 2011.
ESRC Studenship in Public Health Research
Closing date: 12 noon, 10th April 2012
In addition to the general announcement of ESRC Doctoral Studentships in Cardiff School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University commencing in 2012, applications are being sought for a three-year (‘+3’) full time PhD Studentship, funded jointly by the MRC Doctoral Training Grant and the ESRC Doctoral Training Centre for Wales (Wales DTC).
Association for Young People's Health : Improving Young People's Health Outcomes – Research into Practice, 27 March 2012, Cardiff, Millennium Stadium
This conference was run in conjunction with the Royal College of GPs' Adolescent Health Group, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, the Welsh Government and DECIPHer. Keynote speakers included the Welsh Chief Medical Officer, Dr Tony Jewell, Dr Chris Bonell from Oxford University and Dr Simon Murphy from DECIPHer. http://www.youngpeopleshealth.org.uk/tier.aspx?page=21&id=4
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Nineteen young people participated in a parallel programme at the AYPH Conference on 27th March 201 2 in the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. The young people were from, ALPHA a research advisory group within DECIPHer; the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health; Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust; and Cardiff and Vale College. The focus of their day was to think about a research agenda for young people’s health that is led by the ideas of young people themselves. During the day, through small group discussions and regular plenary feedback, the young people examined further the issues that might limit the feasibility and impact of health research with young people. They developed a series of key statements and practical advice that were presented back to the full conference audience in the final session and produced into a video which has been uploaded to You Tube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB6rDYLPf0A and the AYPH website http://ayph.org.uk/tier.aspx?page=68&id=4.
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Alcohol and Young People (IPAP) - seminar 2 Tuesday 13th March, 4pm, Council Chamber, Main Building, Cardiff University. Speaker: Professor Gill Valentine, Leeds University. Title: Generational Patterns of Alcohol Consumption: Continuity and Change. Attendance is free, but to assist with catering we ask that you register in advance by emailing Jeremy Segrott (segrottj@cardiff.ac.uk). Further information is available at http://bit.ly/zdjYOm
Inaugural talk of the 2012 Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Alcohol and Young People seminar - 31 January 2012, 1pm - 2pm, Room: 1F09, Michael Griffith Education Centre, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN . Professor Glyn Lewis (Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology; Bristol University) will be delivering the inaugural talk of the 2012 Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Alcohol and Young People seminar series. Attendance at the seminars is free, but to assist with catering we ask that you register in advance by emailing Jeremy Segrott (segrottj@cardiff.ac.uk).
Introduction to Public Health Research Advocacy
26 January 2012, Cardiff University. This course is designed for researchers and health and social care professionals who wish to learn how to extend the policy and practice impact of their research and how different factors contribute to this process.
DECIPHer Impact wins Innovation Award
DECIPHer Impact was the overall winner of the BRIG-H Health Innovation Award 2011, which was presented to Sally Good, General Manager by Deborah Evans, Chief Executive of NHS Bristol. The event was held at the Challenge of Innovation Event celebrating Bristol’s outstanding health innovation achievements and organised by the Bristol Research and Innovation Group for Health (BRIG-H).
DECIPHer Research Symposium - The DECIPHer Research Symposium took place on Thursday 24 November 2011 at the Trevithick Building, Cardiff University.
Professor Laurence Moore debated the smoking ban in playgrounds on 7 December on BBC Radio Wales 'Good Morning Wales' programme and is highlighted on BBC News online.
Girls with high childhood IQs are more likely to take illegal drugs in their 30s, Dr James White's research has uncovered. He examined data from just under 8000 people in the 1970 British Cohort Study, a large ongoing population based study, which looks at lifetime drug use, socioeconomic factors, and educational attainment.
Professor Laurence Moore hosted a parallel session on Lifestyle factors in cancer prevention at the 7th NCRI Cancer Conference, 6-9 November in Liverpool. Tweet
Professor Laurence Moore was invited to present at a Scientific evidence and recommendations workshop in Stockholm in October looking at the grading of evidence in public health.
Today programme interview - Professor David Gunnell was interviewed on the Today programme, Radio 4 on Friday 7 October talking about the reporting of suicide following his recent publication on the same subject in the BMJ.
ALPHA residential - Twelve young people attended the Public Involvement Advisory Group (ALPHA) Residential weekend from 9 – 11 September 2011 in Abergavenny. In addition to team building, they also created a digital film for new ALPHA recruits.
The Journal of Public Health has published a supplement with articles from a Symposium on Multiple Risk Behaviours in Adolescence organised by DECIPHer in September 2011.
Multiple Risk Behaviours in Adolescence Symposium: Causes, consequences, prevention and interventions
Friday 9th September 2011
Victoria Rooms, University of Bristol
Organised by Professor Rona Campbell, Professor Matthew Hickman, Professor David Gunnell & Dr Ruth Kipping. With funding from the MRC, the University of Bristol Alumni, the University of Bristol Institute of Advanced Studies and DECIPHer.
Health Challenge Wales: Evidence for Policy Seminar Series: Are Early Years Interventions effective? Reflections on Policy Trials in England and Wales
Seminar 16 will be taking place on 18 July 2011 at 1.15pm in the Council Chamber, Glamorgan Building, Cardiff University. Confirmed speakers include:
Ann Rowe, Department of Health
Dr Mike Robling, South East Wales Trials Unit, Cardiff University
Martin Swain, Head of Supporting Children and Families, Welsh Government
Dr Tracey Bywater, University of York.
Conference: Integrating perspectives on schools-based research
Thursday 14th July 2011
Main Building, Cardiff University
A team of researchers from Cardiff University and Cardiff Institute of Society and Health (CISHE) invite you to attend a one-day conference entitled ‘Integrating perspectives on schools-based research.’ The conference is being held at Cardiff University on Thursday 14th July 2011 and has received funding from the Graduate College at Cardiff University. It will be of interest to PhD students, staff, and early careers researchers who are currently conducting research in schools or who have an interest in schools-based research. Guest speakers include Prof Carrie Paechter from Goldsmiths University, Dr Emma Rich from Bath University, Dr Gabrielle Ivinson from Cardiff University and Dr Adam Fletcher from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The focus of the event is on the practical aspects of researching in schools, including research governance, ethics, field relations, dissemination and feedback as well as methodological issues relating to schools-based research.
Joint summer school - DECIPHer staff and students participated in the UKCRC Centres of Excellence and HRB Centre for Health and Diet Research Summer School at Queen's University Belfast on 30 June - 1 July 2011. Dr Ruth Kipping (Bristol), Dr Graham Moore (Cardiff) and Dr James White (Cardiff) presented on their research findings and Professor Ronan Lyons (Swansea) gave a masterclass on 'Optimising the use of routine data in public health evaluation'. A BMJ blog featured Graham and James. Further details are available from the Centre of Public Health Excellence, Belfast.
DECIPHer supported training course: Advanced Analysis of Linked Health Data
20 - 24 June 2011, Swansea University
HIRU is hosting a prestigious 5-day training course on the theory and practice of analysis of large sets of linked health and social data at an intermediate to advanced level.
The Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer) and Public Health Wales NHS Trust invite you to register your interest in participating in a Welsh pilot action learning set around the focus of Health Promoting Schools. The aim is to develop and improve research skills within the research areas/theme of children and young people and we are very keen to bring together practitioners, specialists and academics to share ideas. Further information is available from Lynnette Thomas (029 2087 4739) or Claire Barley (029 2082 7641). Information about action learning sets and an expression of interest form with a timetable of activities is attached. Deadline 6 June 2011.
New piloted DECIPHer course
Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement
13 - 15 April 2011, University of Bristol
Health Challenge Wales Seminar 15
DECIPHer policy relevant trials was a key theme in the most recent Health Challenge Wales Seminar.
2011 South West Annual Scientific conference
Public Health Collaboration: Across Research Policy and Practice
2 February 2011,
The Winter Gardens, Weston-Super-Mare
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Undertaking Research with Children and Young People
11 - 12 January 2011, Cardiff University
This two day event for researchers will focus on developing the capacity of staff to undertake effective research with children and young people.
Public Health Research Advocacy
22 October 2010, WISERD, Cardiff
This course is designed for researchers and health and social care professionals who wish to learn how to extend the policy and practice impact of their research and how different actors contribute to this process. Participants should have knowledge of current public health research.
DECIPHer supported training course: Introductory Analysis of Linked Health Data
12 - 16 April 2010, Swansea University
The Health Information Research Unit (HIRU) for Wales is hosting a prestigious 5-day training course on the analysis of linked health data.
Annual Reports
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