NIHR HPRU in Evaluation and Behavioural Science

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📢Blog!📢Increasing #HIV testing & improving access to PrEP using a Dragon’s Den style collaboration.
The project had two objectives; develop & refine training for healthcare professionals & to create public information to aid HIV testing, prevention & reduce stigma. ▶️ tinyurl.com/bdepr666

Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB joins national rollout of groundbreaking exercise programme REACT - Bristol Health Partners Older people in and around Bristol will soon be able to benefit from REtirement in ACTion (REACT), a group-based exercise programme proven to support people to improve and maintain their mobility and ...

🙌🏽More REACT classes coming to Bristol, North Somerset and South Glos!

REACT is the evidence-based exercise programme which helps people to keep moving as they age. Thanks to @vivensa.bsky.social for funding this new @unibirmingham.bsky.social implementation study.

bit.ly/3HqQcxQ

Three men stood around a laptop attending an online group discussion about what boys and men know about their reproductive health.

📢Blog!📢What do boys & men know about their reproductive health? @bristoluni.bsky.social PhD Student Ewan Walker attended the HPRU EBS Dragons Den initiative exploring men’s knowledge of testicular health & fertility aiming to improve their awareness & when they sought help. More➡️ bit.ly/4fqIy2Q

Illustration of a character in a study investigating the risks of combining opioids with sedatives like benzos and z-drugs.

📰News!📰We are celebrating the launch of a new booklet sharing findings, stories & recommendations from a study investigating the risks of combining opioids with sedatives like benzos and z-drugs. @hannah-family.bsky.social @jokesten.bsky.social @arc-west.bsky.social
Read more ➡️ bit.ly/453HUF9

A whole year of impact summarised in 90 seconds? ✅

Thank you to everyone in our partnership and beyond who has helped us to achieve all this (and much more!) in 2024-25.

For even more about the impact we're making to health and care locally, go to bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/impact

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📰News!📰 New research shows worldwide scale of HCV among babies & children.
“Given the availability of effective medicine & further progress in this field, it’s vital that testing & diagnosis rates improve so more people can be treated & cured.”
➡️ bit.ly/4oh4zFI #WorldHepatitisDay @nihr.bsky.social

Prof Richard Amlot

📰News!🎉Prof @richardamlot.bsky.social has been made a Fellow by Distinction by the @fphuk.bsky.social🎉The Faculty recognises those making significant contributions to the following areas: the science, literature or practice of public health, raising the profile of public health or the work of FPH.

A smiling brown woman is sat in what could be an interview setting, reaching her hand across the table to shake hands with another person, who we can only see partly from the back. White text on a purple background to the side reads "New job vacancies: Senior Research Evaluator (quantitative) and Senior Research Evaluator (mixed-methods). Closing date: Monday 14 July 2025."

📢 We have two new job vacancies in our Evaluation and Insights team for Senior Research Evaluators - one quantitative & one mixed-methods - to help us assess the potential impact of healthcare innovations.

The closing date for both vacancies is Monday 14 July: www.healthinnowest.net/careers/job-...

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Exhibition flyer

1/3 Coming up: Life in a Coastal Town - a new free exhibition exploring #MentalHealth and community, Weston Museum, Weston-super-Mare, 8-17 July 2025.

The exhibition shares original artwork by local people exploring their experiences during some of life's toughest times.

More info: bit.ly/4ltc4H8

📰In the news!📰
📢Continuing to #vaccinate for #mpox through a routine targeted programme for #gay & #bisexual men delivered by sexual health services will greatly reduce the number of cases & save the #NHS millions, new research has found.
More➡️ bit.ly/402nw4m @bristoluni.bsky.social

📢New event!📢
Get your ticket now for the:
🎫CARRii workshop: Understanding and reducing respiratory infection risk and infections @carriiuk.bsky.social
2 Sep 11-3pm
📍 @unisouthampton.bsky.social
More info▶️ bit.ly/3HXNvDQ
Register ▶️ bit.ly/3IesZPi

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📢Do you work in the field of #vaccinations?
Get your ticket now for:
🎫 #JITSUVAX presents the Empathetic Refutational Interview (ERI) – a new approach to vaccine conversations
18 Sep 9:30-5
📍Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science & the Arts, Brussels
▶️ bit.ly/40obJxg @lewan.bsky.social

OPINION: People who work in research do not look like me. I want to change that. - Bristol Health Partners Coming from Zimbabwe, it has always been hammered into me that education was the only way to succeed. So, I pursued most of the educational opportunities that came my way, with my last academic qualif...

"People who work in research don't look like me. I want to change that."

Meet Connie, team member, clinical research nurse and @nihr.bsky.social Senior Research Leader.

www.bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/news/constan...

#nursing #inclusion #research @researchnbt.bsky.social

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📢Are you a research, health or outreach worker in the field of #vaccines & #communication? Get your ticket now for:
🎫Improving vaccine conversations in a world of misinformation: A day of discussion, networking & knowledge exchange.
9 July, 9:30-4:30 @ Bristol DT Hilton
▶️https://bit.ly/4n80brK

📢Do you provide support services for people who use image and performance enhancing drugs?📢
@bristoluni.bsky.social researchers want to talk with you about your experiences.
Learn more and sign up: tinyurl.com/4s82axj8 or scan the QR code.

Fred

Francis

Taking part in research can be life-changing. Huge thanks to Fred & Francis for sharing their stories of how taking part in the NIHR-funded Game of Stones study helped them lose weight & improve their wellbeing.

Read the blog: bit.ly/4mXdFqa
#BePartOfResearch

Two men with their arms around each other and laughing, looking like they're having a lot of fun. The man on the left has learning disabilities, not sure about the man on the right - learning disabilities are often not always visible and evident in photos. The text alongside reads: New blog: Do you see me? Why experience matters and must be at the heart of service improvement.

📢 NEW BLOG: Why experience matters & must be at the heart of service improvement.

Susie Beresford, Senior Project Manager, celebrates #LearningDisabilityWeek2025, reflecting on the theme “Do you see me?” in connection to our Learning Disability Collaborative

www.healthinnowest.net/2025/06/do-y...

🎉We have a winner!🎉We had a fun few days taking part in #BASHH2025. Our very own @jhorwood.bsky.social won STI Journal Most Publishable Award for Pharmacy PrEP delivery: The development and implementation of a UK pilot! @bashhuk.bsky.social @temilolaadeniyi.bsky.social

pregnant couple using smartphone app

📰News!📰 ChinaHarrison, Research Fellow with us @bristoluni.bsky.social & @arc-west.bsky.social concludes that a new study has found that using MediEmo, a fertility-focused smartphone app, may improve key outcomes for patients undergoing IVF treatment.
Read more➡️ bit.ly/43Nnb6w

New Friends and Family Handbook gives advice on how to support someone experiencing domestic abuse A new Friends and Family Handbook, written by Dr Alison Gregory, an Independent Academic and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Academic Primary Care, University of Bristol, has been la...

Would you know what to do or say if someone you know is, or may be, experiencing domestic abuse?

A new 'Friends and Family Handbook' written by @dralisongregory.bsky.social and published by @womensaid.bsky.social gives advice & support.

Find out more: bit.ly/3ZdG6WV

#DomesticAbuse #VAWG

HPRU EBS Seminar: Supporting vaccine uptake in under-served populations in Australia.

📅Coming up this FRIDAY📅
HPRU ESB Seminar - 23rd May 12:30-13:30:
Supporting vaccine uptake in under-served populations in Australia. bit.ly/42xqzmL

Short course: Essentials of Infectious Disease Modelling and Economic Evaluation

📝Training Opportunity!📝Up & coming two-day online short course (23-24 June):
Essentials of Infectious Disease Modelling & Economic Evaluation. The course will provide attendees with the ability to start understanding modelling studies & work with modellers. For more info ▶️ bit.ly/4mshtPW

Barbershop: Ref Trust and testing: Community-led HIV effort breaks down barriers in African and Caribbean communities

📰In the news!📰A community-led HIV testing initiative @commonambitionbs.bsky.social which included outreach in barbershops & other familiar venues, helped break down barriers in African and Caribbean communities. @temilolaadeniyi.bsky.social @jhorwood.bsky.social
More ➡️ bit.ly/45kU4Kc

Join our Research Conversation! They're an informal event designed to give researchers & public contributors a chance to interact, ask questions & learn about local projects. Today's session is Sequencing bacteria & virus genomes for disease control: hprubse.nihr.ac.uk/events/ @carmel93.bsky.social

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🚨New blog!🚨from @hpoults.bsky.social "At the conclusion of our research into Heroin Assisted Treatment (HAT) in the North East of England, so many questions remained for me, one of which was: What’s with the zoppie (zopiclone) ‘buzz’ in Teesside?" More➡️ bit.ly/4kv65Bb

Barbershops, trust and testing: Community-led HIV effort breaks down barriers in African and Caribbean communities - ARC West A new study has revealed that HIV testing becomes far more trusted, accessible and routine when it is co-designed and delivered by the communities it aims to serve. The research, led by NIHR ARC West ...

📢 New research highlights how community-led HIV testing initiative @commonambitionbs.bsky.social breaks down barriers and stigma in African and Caribbean communities.

This is community researcher @temilolaadeniyi.bsky.social's 1st paper!

Read more: arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/barbershops-...

Optimizing the Implementation of Opt-Out Blood-Borne Virus Testing in Emergency Departments Optimis ing the Implementation of Opt-Out Blood-Borne Viru s Testing in Emergency Departments By  Dr Tom May , Research Fellow,  NIHR Heal...

🚨New blog🚨In 2022, to increase access to Blood-Borne Virus (BBV) testing in areas with very high #HIV prevalence, NHS England introduced routine opt-out testing for HIV & #Hepatitis B&C in emergency departments. Read more about optimising this method➡️ bit.ly/44oaUaJ @jhorwood.bsky.social

In our newsletter:

🎟️ booking opens for #Conference on 22 October,
🏆 celebrating national recognition for Common Ambition Bristol #HIV programme,
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 improving #PPI in research,

and much more...

Read in full: mailchi.mp/bristolhealt...
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newborn in mother's arms post vaccine

Post #worldimmunisationweek, ICYMI, our researchers looked at the #vaccination provision across maternity services. Read the blog Protecting Newborns Nationally, here➡️ bit.ly/3T40jeX @bristoluni.bsky.social

HPRU ESB Seminar flyer: Supporting vaccine uptake in under-served populations in Australia.

📅Date for your diary! 📅HPRU ESB Seminar:
Supporting vaccine uptake in under-served populations in Australia.
23rd May 12:30-13:30
bit.ly/42xqzmL