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Research projects

Below are a links to Health Research research projects

 

 

Applied clinical and practice-based research

Management of posterior leg pain referred from conditions of the lumbar spine

The biomechanical and analgesic effects of lumbar mobilisations

Self-management of acute and chronic low back disorders

Foot complaints Lupus

Foot characteristics in gout, diabetes and chronic kidney disease

Evaluating physiotherapist and podiatrist independent prescribing

Exploring the nature and extent of foot complaints in rheumatoid arthritis

The lived experience of active Charcot Foot in Diabetes Mellitus

Osteopathy research priorities

The OPEn project

Standardised data collection in osteopathy

Communicating risks of treatment to patients in osteopathic practice

NCOR Adverse Events Project 2

Complaints and claims against osteopaths

NCOR Adverse Events Project 3 - Trends in insurance claims and complaints to the regulator

The use of exercise and exercise prescription in physiotherapy

Measurement of ADLs in two different wheelchairs

Comparing the activities of daily living performed in both the Neater Uni-wheelchair and a dual handrim equivalent wheelchair

One-hand user wheelchair development

Measures of energy expenditure and comfort in an ESP wheelchair by hemiplegic users

Comparison of vertical reaction forces in one-arm wheelchairs

Measures in Electromyography (EMG) in one-arm drive wheelchairs

Measurement of hand/handrim grip forces

Study using two different one arm drive wheelchairs

The PARO project

Exploring the introduction of PARO to dementia care within Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Improving gross motor function for non-ambulant children with cerebral palsy

A pilot randomised trial examining a six-week exercise intervention

Small Steps

Managing children's foot health

University Campus E-bikes

Trialling 10 Electrically Assisted Power Cycles (EAPCs) between the university’s campus in Eastbourne and the town’s rail station.

Breaking down barriers and improving quality of life for wheelchair users

Exploring manual wheelchair provision in Brazil to look to influence government health care policy

Pain and quality of life in paralympic sports participants

User evaluation of the Neater Uni-wheelchair

Art and health

Significant walks project

Health promotion, policy and practice (HPPP)

SIALON II

Capacity building in combining targeted prevention with meaningful HIV surveillance among men who have sex with men (MSM)

Developing a psychosocial index

Developing a psychosocial index of women's sexual health risk for use in community settings

Everywhere project in Japan

A small feasibility study into whether the Everywhere project can be successfully implemented in a Japanese context

Multi-sectorial network for the prevention of HIV/AIDS for Men Having Sex with Men (MSM)

Evaluation of sexual health services

Evaluation of sexual health services for young people in East Sussex

Modelling sexual healthcare

Modelling sexual healthcare for substance misusing women

The Sussex LGBTU Training and Development Research Partnership

Addressing the training needs of practitioners and/or professionals working with young people across Sussex

LGBTU youth research

West Sussex Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Unsure (LGBTU) youth research project

Addressing the social determinants of health

Multilevel governance of policies aimed at families with children in Norway

Action for Health

Reducing health inequalities: preparation for action plans and structural funds projects

GRADIENT

Assessing public health policy approaches to level-up the gradient in health inequalities

NowHereLand

Improving Services for Undocumented Migrants (UDM) in the EU

IMHPA

Integrating mental health promotion interventions into countries' policies, practice and mental health care system

Developing the 91¶¶Òõ as a health promoting university

A review of 91¶¶Òõ and Hove as a Healthy City

HEPCOM

Community initiatives to prevent obesity among children and adolescents

Breakfast and satiety

Collaborative study between the 91¶¶Òõ and the University of Sussex

Engaging fathers in supporting breastfeeding

A concept analysis

Eurodoc

Developing a European doctorate in health promotion and public health

Transatlantic Exchange Partnership (TEP)

CEIHPAL

Canada-Europe initiative in health promotion advanced learning

PHETICE

Public health education and training in an enlarging Europe

ECHIM

European Community health indicator monitoring system

EUMAHP

European masters in health promotion Phase 1 and Phase 2

EUHPID

European health promotion indicator development

Action for Health

Project evaluation of the Action for Health project

GRADIENT

Assessing public health policy approaches to level-up the gradient in health inequalities

Evaluation of sexual health services

Programme evaluation of sexual health services for young people in East Sussex

Project evaluation of the Everywhere Project

A review of 91¶¶Òõ and Hove as a Healthy City

Benchmarking Regional Health Management

Project 1 and 2

The haemophilia and HIV life history project

Collecting an extensive series of life history interviews recorded with people who had haemophilia and HIV

Health improvement commissioning for children, families and schools in East Sussex

Conducting engagement and participation activity to provide greater understanding and insight of the views and experiences of young people

Health4LGBTI

Reducing health inequalities experienced by LGBTI people

Behavioural survey for HIV/AIDS and community health workers

Improving the quality of prevention and diagnosis of HIV/AIDS, STI and viral hepatitis and health care services for men who have sex with men

The risks of childbirth in historical perspective

Improving understanding about the risks of childbirth from an interdisciplinary, historical perspective

Pedagogy in health and social care

Students’ experiences of learning and approaches to studying

Improving student’s perception of attainment

Researching the implementation of formative assessment within a PBL curriculum

Physiotherapy students’ lived experiences of formative assessment during practice education

Student’s perception of attainment of primary science learning objectives in a problem based learning curriculum.

Enhancing learning and patient care

Identifying the “Practical Wisdom” of Practice Educators in the Allied Health Professions

The influence of the ‘by learning objective’ module

The influence on the professional practice of newly graduated students.

Alumni’s experiences of group research projects

Development of the PBL directory as a research tool

Developing Interprofessional Education

An Exploratory Case Study in Malta

Student nurses’ anxiety and the management of simulated patient deterioration

A pilot study

Assessing stress, protective factors and psychological well-being among undergraduate students

A collaborative approach

Comparing the efficacy of pre-operative intravenous and oral paracetamol for lower wisdom tooth extraction.

Occupational therapy students' experiences of role-emerging placements

Gaining a deeper understanding of how students experience and ascribe meaning to role-emerging placements

Professional competence

Compassionate nursing care in an acute care trust

Situational awareness of patient deterioration

Investigating the relationship between knowledge, skill performance and situation awareness in a simulated environment

Support for newly qualified clinical practitioners

Mapping and enhancing support across Kent, Surrey and Sussex

Resilience

Bouncing Back - South East coastal communities programme

Resilience to re-offending

Young men's tales of overcoming adversity

The imagine project

A five-year project which brings together different research projects working together across universities and their local communities

Resilience community of practice – targeted youth service

Community university partnerships through communities of practice

Building resilience through community arts practice

A scoping study with disabled young people and young people facing mental health challenges

Building resilience in practice through the supervisory relationship

An exploration of opportunities to develop practitioner resilience in the preparation of practice-based educators

Building community university partnership resilience

Advancing authentic, strategic community university partnerships

Long-term outcomes of preterm birth: risk and resilience

Examining its impact on psycho-social and cognitive outcomes at different stages of development

Resilience among young people in a community affected by drought

A GCRF-funded project to develop collective approaches to environmental challenges and opportunities and co-produce a strategy to help resilience

Wellbeing, health and inequalities research

Exploration of the 'flow' process

Developing the theoretical construct of ‘flow’ – including re-defining its core characteristics and evaluating the current measurements of ‘flow’

Developing the theoretical construct of Flow

Re-defining its core characteristics and evaluating the current measurements of Flow

Further explorations into the conundrum of flow process

Examining the flow experiences of seven participants.

Introducing meaningful activity onto hospital wards for the benefit of older patients

Self-forgetting as a therapeutic property of occupation

Develops the theoretical understanding of the most often cited characteristic of Flow

Exploring embroiderers stories

How embroiderers show the relationship between their craft and their health

EDA - Eastbourne designed for all

Supporting local businesses to enhance their services to people of all ages and abilities

Eastbourne local food project

Providing an ideal opportunity to work more closely with local residents to enhance understanding of their local university

Volunteering for health

Contributing millions of pounds each year into the economy through volunteer work.

Lifestyle matters

How a healthy lifestyle support needs of older people

Fit as a fiddle - the gardening together project

Gardening and older people

Activity Buddies

Improving quality of life for older people

Activity Buddies: promoting quality of life for older people together

Building on the previous Activity Buddies research project

Retain project: work related needs of employed people with mental health problems

Understanding the experience and needs of employed people with mental health problems

Our space

A collaborative research project investigating the well being of Deaf and hard of hearing people

Occupational therapy and people with learning disabilities

Occupational therapy supporting people with profound intellectual disabilities to engage in occupation at home

Play and Cerebral Palsy

How children explain their experience of play in relation to their Cerebral Palsy

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