HSPRC

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HSPRC

• The Health and Social Policy Research Centre

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Research Focus

• Health and Social Care
• Community Development and Neighbourhood
  Regeneration
• Crime and Community Safety

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Research strategies

• Research bank of available researchers
• Quantitative techniques
• Qualitative techniques
• Participatory research/user empowerment
• Evaluation

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Support for bids

• We also work with local agencies to develop bids
  for example, for the evaluation of local
  services by the Horsham and Chanctonbury PCT, the
  South Downs Trust and a Neighbourhood Care
  Voluntary Agency in Brighton and Hove

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Evaluation tool kit

• Evaluation of the impact of winter pressures
  projects 2000-2001 for the Northern and Coastal
  health districts as they then existed.
• Subsequent development of an evaluation toolkit
  for the Adur, Arun and Worthing NHS Trust
• (2001 2002)

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Evaluation of homelessness projects in Worthing

• For AAW Trust with West Sussex County Council
  evaluation of three projects for homeless people
  in Worthing.
• Discovery of the extent to which helping people
  with substance misuse was taking over from the
  original objectives of supporting homeless
  people.
• (2002)

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Substance Misuse

• Drugs reference atlas of West Sussex
• Substance Misuse Strategy for West Sussex (Dr
  Phil Haynes)
• PhD child sexual abuse and drugs misuse (Daren
  Britt)
• Perceptions of Drugs Misuse in rural areas
  (Chichester and Horsham DCs)

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Needs assessment of sexual health services in
West Sussex

• Mapping of existing services into an Excel
  database by type of service and PCT
• Interviews with service providers to identify
  issues of concern, opportunities and barriers to
  service delivery
• Interviews with service users to complete the
  analysis of need
• (November 2002 to July 2003)

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Teenage pregnancy in seaside towns

• National project with the University of Hull (Dr
  Lynda Measor)
• Interviews with young people and transient
  populations to understand more about issues
  around adolescent sexuality and teenage
  pregnancy.
• 2003-2003

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Community Profiles

• Development of community profiles in East and
  West Sussex electronic databases and written
  reports provide extensive health data as well as
  related data on demography, deprivation, housing
  and so forth. Much of the health data has been
  derived from series collected and analysed by the
  health agencies. These are to be updated shortly.
• (2002, 2003)

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Workforce Studies

• Child care workers in Brighton and Hove
  (2002-2003)
• Social care workers, qualifications and training,
  in residential care, home care and day care
  services for older people and those with
  disabilities in East Sussex, Brighton and Hove
  (2003)
• Interviews with managers of the above regarding
  the training gap (2003)

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Age Discrimination in Mental Health and Older
People

• A project to evaluate the impact of age
  discrimination in health and social care services
  for people over sixty in Brighton and Hove
  jointly with the City Council and PCT. (2002)
• Found evidence of discrimination, particularly at
  the transition point between adult and older
  peoples services.
• Link with the universitys research group linking
  different types of research into older people

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Health Gain in Stepney

• Ten year series of studies evaluating the health
  gain related to housing regeneration
  demonstrated a seven-fold improvement in the
  health of people relocated over the ten year
  period.
• Carried out by Professor Peter Ambrose shows
  the potential of neighbourhood regeneration for
  health improvement.

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Community and University Partnership (CUP)

• We will be working with CUP to support the
  development of the universitys capacity to serve
  local communities in a wide range of contexts.
  This will extend to health, social care and other
  issues affecting the quality of life.
• Staffcentral,brighton.ac.uk/cup
• 01273 642401