by Mo Sadiq | 7 Oct, 2022 | Blog, News
Once upon a time, a conference presentation and publication in an academic journal were the extents of a researcher’s responsibility to share the results of their research. People assumed that those who could use the findings to make a difference would be actively...
by Mo Sadiq | 27 Sep, 2022 | Blog
There is an ongoing challenge across public services in responding to pressing social issues. A default position is often to commission research about the problem, but may do little to provide evidence beyond what is already known, or challenge taken for granted...
by Chris Sharp | 4 Mar, 2021 | Blog, News
In this blog, Kris Southby, from the Centre for Health Promotion Research at Leeds Beckett University, provides an update on how work to set up a research-practice ‘hub’ themed around public health and communities at Leeds Beckett is progressing. There is a...
by Chris Sharp | 4 Mar, 2021 | Blog, News
Part of the work the Office of Health Improvement and Disparities do in Yorkshire and Humber is to support the Y&H ADPH Network on their Sector Led Improvement workstream. My role in this as the healthy Weight and Physical Activity lead is to support the Healthy...
by Chris Sharp | 8 Sep, 2020 | Blog, News
Research carried out at Leeds Beckett University (LBU) is directly applicable to challenges on healthy ageing, health inequalities, devolution, and inclusive growth.We are working on a six-month project to scope the feasibility of a research-practice hub at the...
by PaRC Admin | 1 Apr, 2020 | Blog
Dr Annette Haywood, Manager Public Health Practice and Research Collaborative (PaRC) YH I completed a BSc in Psychology from SHU in 1997, graduating with a 2:1 and hold a PhD from the University of Sheffield. My thesis explored whether there was evidence of an...
