The DWELL project research team reflect on experiences and implications of remote data collection via Online Focus Groups during lockdown.
Category: Health
Why a vaccine for Covid-19 is only part of the solution: broader prevention measures are the key
Adele Phillips discusses how a broad public health campaign with an emphasis on prevention is still important in the fight against Covid-19.
A response to PHE’s reports on disparities in risks and outcomes of Covid-19 for BAME communities
Academics from across different faculties question whether the recent Public Health England reports have made any ground-breaking revelations around the inequalities faced by BAME people during the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK.
UK’s Covid-19 contact tracing app: What went wrong?
Dr Abhaya Induruwa looks at the problems of developing the NHS Covid-19 contact tracing app.
- June, 24
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- Computing, Cybersecurity, Health
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Mental Health Awareness Week. #KindnessMatters
Dr Kristy Howells explains how physical activity can help this Mental Health Awareness week.
Protect and support public service provision at universities to rebuild Britain
Vice-Chancellor Professor Rama Thirunamachandran explains how and why the government urgently needs to support universities with training key public service professionals.
Does soil make you feel good?
A recent report suggests microbes found in soil may have an antidepressant effect and as it’s National Gardening Week, and the country is still on lockdown – some are spending more time planting and pruning. John Hills asks if soil can make us feel good?
- April, 27
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- Health, human science
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Five ways to wellbeing in lockdown
Principal Lecturer Anne Cooke gives five tips to help look after our mental health and wellbeing during lockdown.
- March, 31
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- Health, Psychology
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‘When schizophrenia isn’t schizophrenia’
This Saturday marks ‘World Encephalitis Day’ raising awareness of syndromes caused by brain inflammation, but as Joel Petch, Senior Lecturer in Mental Health and Bioscience at Christ Church and Dan W Joyce, Research fellow from the University of Oxford discuss, some cases may be misdiagnosed as a form of schizophrenia, not encephalitis and this has the potential to delay the correct treatment.
Yes, it is political: looking at our children’s mental health.
Joel Petch, Senior Lecturer in Mental Health and Clinical Science, discusses the dramatic rise of food banks in the UK and why we should take a closer look at how this is affecting our children’s mental health.