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Our goal for healthier lives

We understand the importance of a world that recognises and protects the most vulnerable and acknowledges the importance of a healthy mind as well as a healthy body. Our ethos is one of equity and helping researchers move beyond the restrictions of traditional subject disciplines.

We aim to support the work and respond to the needs of researchers, practitioners, policy-makers, service users and their families and carers by bridging the gap that can exist between research and practice and different disciplines to achieve good physical and mental health. Focusing on the social and economic factors that contribute to good health (including no poverty or hunger, clean air, water and sanitation, shelter, universal healthcare and the reduction of health inequalities), we aim to help research influence real world change in people’s health and wellbeing.


If you're an author, researcher, or someone who cares as much as we do, we would love to work with you, and help your research to bring about healthier lives for all. Get in touch.

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Health Citizenship: is participation always effective?

Health citizenship has been criticised for not paying enough attention to questions about power, rights, responsibilities and representation. These tensions, therefore, invite further discussion and debate.

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How does behaviour impact health & wellbeing?

Behaviour plays a critical role in people’s health, wellbeing and the lifestyle choices that they make. It’s also widely recognised that social indicators and material circumstances affect both individual and collective behaviours.

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Health education & interprofessional practice

Health educators are increasingly prioritising the role of peer education and the impact of user involvement in health education and promotion. We aim to understand some fundamental objectives of health care education.

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The health & wellbeing of Indigenous peoples

The health and wellbeing of Indigenous peoples is part of a broader campaign, which individually and collectively explores different dimensions of Indigenous culture and identity.

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What is social care research (and why is it important)?

What is distinctive about social care research? And how can practitioners use social care research to deal with problems and improve services?

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Caring for an ageing population

The ageing population of 65 and over is continually rising and presenting various global challenges. Read/watch our latest research, blogs, video and infographic.

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Health inequalities & the pandemic

Has the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated existing inequalities in health care?

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Mental health – social inclusion & loneliness

Can the effects of isolation and loneliness be combatted during COVID-19 lockdowns?

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