ActEarly Spring Conference 2024 – information pack
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ActEarly Methods Club: Research ethics and getting to “Yes” | 20th March 2024 | 13:00 – 14:00
Dr Vishal Sharma, Improvement Academy, Bradford Institute for Health Research Abstract: A core part of any research project is to apply for NHS ethics approval. This begins with the IRAS form and ends with attending an ethics committee. Time and time again, researchers are making very similar mistakes, which can unnecessarily hinder their application and […]
ActEarly Methods Club: Routine data is not dirty research data | 22nd February 2024 | 13:00 – 14:00
Prof Tom Lawton, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & Bradford Institute for Health Research Abstract: In our roles as clinicians, health care professionals, and researchers, we are constantly striving to improve the care we provide to patients. A key part of this is collecting and analysing data to answer a specific question. However, we […]
Tackling the Wider Determinants of Health: Research into Policy’ conference | 18th April 2024
Our ActEarly ‘Tackling the Wider Determinants of Health: Research into Policy’ conference will take place on 18th April 2024, at Bradford City Football Club. This is shaping up to be an interesting day of conversations. We have some great speakers and panel members confirmed and more to be announced! Register via Eventbrite here
Born in Bradford Open Space Event, 22nd November 2023, 12.00-3.00pm
Born in Bradford will be hosting an open space event to share information about our research This is a drop in event where you can speak to staff from various research projects. There will be no presentations or workshops, instead there will be conversations about the work we are doing and some key findings. Booking […]
ActEarly Methods Club: Fingertips – the OHID public health profiles tool | 22nd November 2023 | 11:00 – 12:00pm
An Introduction to Fingertips – the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities public health profiles tool by Dr Kath Roberts, University of York Abstract: ‘Fingertips’ is the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities public health data collection and analysis tool. Data are organised into themed ‘profiles’ and additional analytical tools to facilitate exploration and analyses […]
ActEarly Methods Club: The COMPLEX-IT Platform and Smart Methods | 4th October 2023 | 11:00 – 12:00pm
Abstract: Smart platforms constitute an entirely new field of methods that are still in the emergent stage, requiring critical engagement and also the real potential to develop a new methodological toolkit for social and health inquiry. Smart platforms are comprised of bespoke tools that facilitate user-driven learning by building expertise into the platform to create […]
Actearly Methods Club: Designing behavioural interventions for megastudies| 6th September 2023 | 11:00 – 12:00pm
Abstract: The megastudy is a promising concept for testing and evaluating behavioural interventions. As a scaled up RCT, it allows an apples-to-apples comparison of a battery of interventions applied to the same sample. But the devil is in the details: the megastudy is useful insofar as the interventions are designed and selected appropriately. This talk […]
ActEarly Methods Club: A GIS approach to measuring environmental exposure | 21st June 2023 | 11:00 – 12:00pm
Abstract: Environmental exposures (EE) are increasingly recognised as important determinants of health and well-being. Understanding the influences of EE on health is critical for effective policymaking, but better-quality spatial data is needed. In this seminar, Dr Kimon Krenz will outline the theoretical and technical foundations for the construction of longitudinal individual-level environmental exposure measurements for […]
Tower Hamlets ‘Festival of Family Wellbeing, 15th March 2023
On 15th March 2023, ActEarly researchers took part in the Spring Festival of Family wellbeing in Tower Hamlets, London organised by Bromley by Bow Centre. Approximately 360 people attended the community and family event, taking part in interactive sessions. To read more, click here
Telling a story or reporting the facts in qualitative health research? | 19 April 2023 | 11:00 – 12:00pm
Telling a story or reporting the facts? The potential for interpretation vs the dominance of description in applied qualitative health research analyses? Abstract: Interpretative analysis of qualitative data has been likened to a form of creative storytelling. However, analysis of qualitative health research data is often subject to concerns derived from quantitative empiricism such as replicability, […]
Spring Festival of Family Wellbeing, 15th March 2023
On 15th March 2023, ActEarly researchers took part in the Spring Festival of Family wellbeing in Tower Hamlets, London organised by Bromley by Bow Centre. Approximately 360 people attended the community and family event, taking part in interactive sessions. To read more, click here t
ActEarly Methods Club: Introduction to causal graphs for study design & analysis | 15th March 2023 | 2:00 – 3:00pm
A casual introduction to causal graphs for study design and analysis: what are they, how do we build them, and why should we care? Abstract: Graphical causal models, such as directed acyclic graphs or DAGs, are a valuable tool for synthesizing the known and unknown relationships relevant to our research questions. Using these tools can help […]
ActEarly Methods Club: Measuring Social Trust in the Community | 17th January 2023 | 12:00 – 13:15
Measuring Social Trust in the Community Abstract: Stronger Communities has been funded by the Council of Europe to test/develop a mechanism for measuring, and acting upon, levels of Social Trust in neighbourhoods throughout the Bradford District. The work is led by the Social Trust Collaboratory in Canada, but co-designed and delivered here. Bradford is the […]
Webinar: Policy, inequality and the cost of living crisis – 13th December 2022
This is a free event open to anyone interested in issues of social justice. We’ll discuss policy, inequality and rising living costs. Sign up now for this webinar on 13th December where researchers will share insights and learning from research being carried out by the Cost of Living Research Group at the University of York […]
ActEarly Methods Club: A Whole Systems Data Linkage Accelerator | 16th November 2022 | 11:30-13:00
A Whole Systems Approach to Addressing Wider Determinants of Health: The Case of Connected Bradford Abstract: The Connected Bradford Whole System Data Linkage Accelerator was set up to link health, education, social care, environmental and other local government data to drive learning health systems, prevention and population health management. Data spanning a period of over […]
