Centre for Applied Psychological Science

Projects

Projects per year 2013 2020 2021 2023 2026

• 2 Curtailed
• 10 Not started
• 17 Active
• 54 Finished

Projects per year

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• Finished

  NIHR ARC NENC: An evaluation of the impact of ‘A Weight off Your Mind’ through the development of a Nutrition and BMI Clinical Link Pathway in Mental Health and Learning Disability Inpatient Services

  Stevens, H., Smith, J., Walker, L., McGeechan, G. & Giles, E.

  1/02/21 → 31/01/22

  Project: Research

  • Morbid Obesity 100%
  • Overweight 76%
  • Meta-Analysis 64%
  • Systematic Reviews 63%
  • Obesity 60%

• An exploration of the use of wearable technologies in the management of long term conditions and to support student health and wellbeing.

  Swainston, K.

  1/02/21 → 30/07/21

  Project: Research

  • student 100%
  • health 41%

• Developing policy and practice guidelines for working with young people aged 18 and under in relation to self-harm - suicide attempts and deaths by suicide

  Newbury-Birch, D., Swainston, K. & Smith-Paul, S.

  NIHR ARC NENC

  1/01/21 → 31/08/22

  Project: Research

• An exploration of the impacts and effects of C-19 in hospitalised patients.

  Swainston, K., Dismore, L. & Reay, A.

  2/11/20 → 31/01/22

  Project: Research

• A systematic review and qualitative synthesis of the long term biopsychosocial impact of cutaneous malignant melanoma.

  Healey, R., Taylor, J. & Swainston, K.

  1/11/20 → 31/10/21

  Project: Research

• Developing a Local Authority Research System: Middlesbrough Council, Redcar & Cleveland Council and Teesside University

  Newbury-Birch, D., Connor, N., Crosbie, T., Zohoori, V., Van Der Graaf, P. & Divers, A.

  NIHR Public Health Research

  1/10/20 → 31/10/21

  Project: Research

• Be Clear on Cancer 2018 Third National ‘Breast Cancer in Women over 70’ Campaign: Final Evaluation

  Eberhardt, J. & Ling, J.

  Public Health England

  1/10/20 → 30/04/21

  Project: Research

  • General Practitioners 100%
  • Referral and Consultation 79%
  • Breast Neoplasms 69%
  • England 35%
  • General Practice 17%

• Life at a distance: a study of mutual aid and social connectedness in coastal communities during COVID-19

  O'Neill, C., Poulter, H., Moore, H., Crow, R., O'Malley, C. & Walker, T.

  ESRC, UKRI

  29/09/20 → 30/06/21

  Project: Research

• Rapid scoping review of evidence of best practice in the design and delivery of self-harm and suicide prevention training

  Barker, J., Giles, E., Byrnes, K., Lilley, R., Fishburn, S., Ramtohul, A., McGeechan, G., Thompson, P., Robinson, J. & Hodgson, J.

  22/09/20 → 19/02/21

  Project: Research

  • Suicide 100%
  • Practice Guidelines 50%
  • England 26%
  • Education 17%

• The effects of COVID-19 on substance misuse services within North East England.

  Swainston, K. & Reay, A.

  7/09/20 → 1/03/21

  Project: Research

  • Pandemics 100%
  • Mental Health Recovery 77%
  • England 70%
  • Loneliness 59%
  • Social Isolation 58%

• Public Health Practitioners experiences of managing a dual identity as front-line staff and a mother during the COVID-19 pandemic

  McGeechan, G., Giles, E. & Scott, S.

  3/08/20 → 31/07/21

  Project: Research

• A Weight off Your Mind: Assessing staff views, and engagement with, weight management groups, as part of a lifestyle intervention delivered in two Specialist Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Trusts in England (Pilot Study 2020)

  Pakunwanich, N., Smith, J., Walker, L. & Giles, E.

  13/07/20 → 28/08/20

  Project: Research

  • Public Health Schools 100%
  • Work Engagement 96%
  • Weights and Measures 87%
  • Learning Disabilities 84%
  • England 68%

• Exploring in-patient and healthcare professionals experiences of self-care and personal hygiene within a hospital ward.

  Swainston, K., Dismore, L. & Reay, A.

  2/03/20 → 30/07/21

  Project: Research

• Children and Young People Tier 2 Weight Management evaluation

  Giles, E., McGeechan, G., Lake, A., Jones, S., Watson, P., Miles, L. & Whittaker, V.

  1/02/20 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

  • Family Support 100%
  • Evaluation 39%

• Understanding the successful implementation of a stop smoking model in England

  Haste, A., Rodrigues, A., Haighton, C. & Wearn, A.

  1/01/20 → 30/09/20

  Project: Research

• A participatory approach to developing a creative self-management programme for people with long-term conditions

  Kilinc, S., Shepherdson, N. R., Cole, J., Gilling, R., Taylor, J., Campbell, M., Devon, J., Hudson, G., Williams, D., Williams, G., Logan, S., Chalkley, R., Eberhardt, J., Newbury-Birch, D. & Ells, L.

  1/01/20 → 2/12/20

  Project: Research

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  • management 100%
  • assistant 81%
  • research approach 28%
  • health care 21%
  • worker 18%

• The impacts and effects of auricular acupuncture for individuals experiencing problematic drug and alcohol use: A systematic review.

  Reay, A. & Swainston, K.

  1/11/19 → 9/08/21

  Project: Research

  • acupuncture 100%
  • drug use 64%
  • alcohol 55%

• Teesside Voices: A creative, co-production approach to understanding the needs and aspirations of the Tees Valley community

  Kilinc, S. & Newbury-Birch, D.

  2/09/19 → 30/06/22

  Project: Research

  File

  • Co-production 100%
  • Scrapbooks 55%
  • Aspiration 38%
  • Prosperity 37%

• Transforming Construction Network Plus: ‘Putting people at the heart of future social housing design and manufacture’

  Dawood, N., Van Schaik, P., Rodriguez, S. & Dawood, H.

  ESRC

  1/07/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

  • User experience 100%
  • Productivity 80%
  • Gas emissions 51%
  • Greenhouse gases 50%
  • Carbon 38%

• Evaluation of the Middlesbrough Heroin Assisted Treatment Pilot

  Poulter, H., Moore, H. & Crow, R.

  1/07/19 → 1/03/21

  Project: Research

  File

  • Heroin 100%
  • Opiate Alkaloids 75%
  • Crime 52%
  • Methadone 30%
  • Drug Misuse 25%

• Evaluation of the Little Sprouts health and well-being charity.

  Haste, A. & Moore, H.

  1/06/19 → 31/05/22

  Project: Research

• Development and evaluation of MyLifeTool

  Kilinc, S., Cole, J., Hammond, L., Campbell, M. & Taylor, J.

  7/01/19 → 31/07/20

  Project: Research

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  • Self-Management 100%

• DIGITS : Development of an evidence-based DIGital self-management Intervention Tool for people with primary Sjogren's syndrome (DIGITS)

  McCallum, C., Campbell, M., Rapley, T., Deary, V., Ellis, J. G., Vines , J., Araújo-Soares, V., Kolehmainen, N. & Hackett, K.

  1/11/18 → 1/11/21

  Project: Research

• Survivor stories: midlife and older men's experiences of female perpetrated intimate partner violence

  Carthy, N., Best, C. & Divers, A.

  1/10/18 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

  • Intimate Partner Violence 100%
  • abuse 77%
  • violence 76%
  • Survivors 59%
  • experience 37%

• Evaluation of Sunderland Council’s Time to Care service

  McGeechan, G., O'Neill, C. & Swainston, K.

  1/10/18 → 28/02/19

  Project: Research

  • Self-Injurious Behavior 100%
  • Suicidal Ideation 96%
  • Atmosphere 94%
  • Focus Groups 78%
  • Evaluation Studies 73%

• Evaluation of Middlesbrough Council’s Cancer Screening awareness programme

  McGeechan, G., Burke, S. & Walker, L.

  1/08/18 → 31/08/20

  Project: Research

  • Social Media 100%
  • Early Detection of Cancer 95%
  • cancer 66%
  • campaign 59%
  • Embarrassment 54%

• Systematic review of qualitative studies looking at the experience of patients living with colorectal cancer as a chronic illness

  McGeechan, G., Swainston, K., Eberhardt, J., Paton, W., Carthy, N., Campbell, M., Byrnes, K. & Giles, E.

  1/08/18 → 31/08/18

  Project: Research

  • chronic illness 100%
  • cancer 91%
  • Colorectal Neoplasms 80%
  • Chronic Disease 74%
  • Systematic Reviews 74%

• Nudge Nudge, Switch Switch - Using Gamification and Behavioural Economics to deliver domestic DSR

  Van Schaik, P.

  1/03/18 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

  • Domestic Demand 100%
  • Gamification 88%
  • Nudges 59%
  • Digital Marketing 57%
  • Behavioral Science 53%

• Survivors stories: older women's experiences of intimate partner violence

  Carthy, N. & Best, C.

  1/05/17 → 30/10/20

  Project: Research

  • abuse 100%
  • social opportunity 40%
  • lack 17%
  • experience 10%
  • Group 10%

• Systematic review of lifestyle interventions impacting on alcohol use following cancer

  McGeechan, G., Newbury-Birch, D. & Giles, E.

  3/10/16 → 30/09/17

  Project: Research

  • Alcohols 100%
  • Systematic Reviews 98%
  • Neoplasms 43%
  • Alcohol Drinking 18%
  • Charities 17%

• A multi-centre individual-randomised controlled trial of screening and brief alcohol intervention to prevent risky drinking in young people aged 14-15 in a high school setting (SIPS JR-HIGH) (2015-2018)

  Giles, E., McGeechan, G. & Newbury-Birch, D.

  1/09/15 → 30/09/17

  Project: Research

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  • Alcohols 100%
  • alcohol 50%
  • Drinking 50%
  • Interviews 27%
  • Underage Drinking 23%
• Curtailed

  What are the psychosocial impacts and effects of individuals with autism living with and beyond cancer?

  Brown, G., Taylor, J. & Swainston, K.

  1/03/21 → 1/04/22

  Project: Research

  • Autistic Disorder 100%
  • Neoplasms 32%

• What are the psychosocial impacts and effects of individuals with autism living with and beyond cancer?

  Brown, G., Ingwersen, J., Swainston, K. & Taylor, J.

  1/03/21 → 4/10/23

  Project: Research

  • Autistic Disorder 100%
  • Neoplasms 32%