The NIHR Annual Report for 2012/2013 is now published.
The report is in a new format with four main sections illustrating the work carried out by the NIHR in the last year.
The four sections are:
Section 1: Patients and the public – looks at how patients and the public…
SPHR@L Seminar Series
NIHR School for Public Health Research @ LSHTM
Telling policy stories: an ethnographic study of the use of evidence in policy-making in the UK
Speaker: Professor Alex Stevens (University of Kent)
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Tuesday, 19th November 2013
Time: 12.45…
Be wary of policy-makers bearing evidence
The use of evidence in policy-making is subject to systematic bias, argues Professor Alex Stevens, who observed behind the scenes in a Whitehall government department
How do civil servants use evidence in their everyday work as they create policies? That’s what…
Second SPHR Annual Scientific Meeting held in London [Posted on 17th October, 2013]
The second NIHR SPHR Annual Scientific Meeting was held in London on 8th October 2013 at the UCL Institute of Child Health. The meeting was held the day after an evening reception for researchers, who were addressed…
Involve minorities and the socially disadvantaged to help them to become healthier
By Alison O’Mara-Eves
These days, public health and health promotion interventions are particularly concerned with reaching and influencing minority and socially disadvantaged groups. Why? Because disadvantaged groups tend to have higher rates of certain health problems…
SPHR@L Seminar Series
NIHR School for Public Health Research @ LSHTM
Can specific approaches to community engagement help to reduce inequalities in health?
A mixed-methods evidence synthesis
Speakers: James Thomas, Alison O’Mara-Eves and Ginny Brunton (from Institute of Education)
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Thursday, 10th October 2013
Time…
