Public Health: Back to the Future Online Lecture – Professor Zafar Iqbal. On 6th October 2021, through an interview with David Kidney (Executive Chair of WM Health Technologies Cluster and former CEO of reflected on his 30 years of experience in Public Health and share his views of the future of Public Health. Topics covered…
Evaluation of the heart age test (HAT) July 2021 Dr Victoria Riley, Sophia Fedorowicz, Professor Chris Gidlow. This report summarises the findings from an evaluation of the heart age test (HAT), conducted by the Centre for Health and Development, in collaboration with Public Health England. The HAT is an online test to indicate an individual’s…
Women’s experiences of Covid-19 restrictions during pregnancy and postpartum: “the isolation, [that] was the hardest” Written by Victoria Riley The death toll resulting from the coronavirus (COVID) pandemic has now exceeded 4 million people worldwide (4,002,209; 09/07/2021; www.covid19.who.int/). Restrictions imposed on everyone have been incredibly challenging with considerable changes to life as we once knew.…
On 25th June 2021, the team hosted an interactive webinar to present the findings from the RIsk COmmunication in NHS Health Check study (RICO). NHS Health Check (NHSHC) is a national cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention programme. There is limited evidence regarding how NHSHCs are conducted, how CVD risk is communicated, and the impact of…
COVID-19 and Homelessness: national policy at the local level On Friday 25th September 2020, we hosted CHAD’s first interactive webinar since the COVID-19 lockdown. Over 60 delegates attended our online event that focused on our research around the impact on, and support for, people experiencing homelessness during and after COVID-19. Our team at the Centre…
All our lives have been affected by COVID-19, a new illness that has led to physical and social isolation, shutting down of all non-essential facilities and in some cases serious illness and death. Each of us will be coping with these changes to our daily lives in different ways and we are trying to evaluate…
Data collected by Public Health England (PHE) show that Stoke-on-Trent had a significantly higher rate of hospital admissions of self-harm for 15-19 year olds and 20-24 year olds compared with the national average in 2016/17. Moreover, compared to its statistical nearest neighbours, Stoke-on-Trent had the highest rate of hospital admissions of self-harm for 15-19 year…
Hospital Discharge and Homelessness: Local stakeholder perspectives, this report focuses on local stakeholder’s views about hospital discharge and the wider context for people who are experiencing homelessness within Stoke-on-Trent. We (the CHAD team) were approached by VOICES to carry out this piece of research. This was on the back of previous research we had partnered…
The latest CHAD Research Seminar will take place on Wednesday October 30th. The presenters are: Mike Oliver: Does taking meaningful lunch breaks at work make a difference to your psychosocial health? Sophia Fedorowicz: Suicide Prevention: An Expert by Experience Perspective. The seminar will take place in Ashley Building, LT011, Leek Road Campus, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent,…
The Centre for Health and Development (CHAD) at Staffordshire University hosted a conference on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), in partnership with Stoke-on-Trent City Council and the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner Staffordshire. The event took place on Wednesday, 20 November 2019 at the Leek Road Campus, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent. Following presentation of CHADs…