DECIPHer: Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health ImpRovement

What is DECIPHer?

The Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer) is one of five new UKCRC Public Health Research Centres of Excellence.

DECIPHer will bring together leading experts from a range of disciplines to tackle public health issues such as diet and nutrition, physical activity; and alcohol, tobacco and drugs, with a particular focus on developing and evaluating multi-level interventions that will have an impact on the health and well-being of children and young people. The Centre will engage strongly with policy, practice and public user communities to translate the research results into practical outcomes.

The Centre is led by Professor Laurence Moore, Director of the Cardiff Institute of Society, Health and Ethics (CISHE), School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University in a strategic partnership with colleagues at the University of Bristol, led by Professor Rona Campbell at the Department of Social Medicine, and Swansea University, led by Professor Ronan Lyons from CHIRAL.

DECIPHer is part of a £20 million investment into public health research, funded by the UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC) comprising the Economic & Social Research Council, The British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, the Wellcome Trust, the Welsh Assembly Government and the Medical Research Council.

The other recently established Public Health Research Centres of Excellence are:
North East Centre of Excellence for Translational Research in Public Health, led by Newcastle University
UKCRC Northern Ireland Public Health Research Centre of Excellence, led by Queens University Belfast
UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies, led by The University of Nottingham
Diet and Physical Activity Public Health Research Centre (link to Press release), led by University of Cambridge

New - Public Health Research Advocacy course This course is designed for researchers and health and social care professionals who wish to learn how to extend the policy and practice impact of their research and how different actors contribute to this process. Participants should have knowledge of current public health research.

DECIPHer's work in involving young people was showcased at Chapter Arts Centre in Canton, Cardiff on Wednesday 17th March as part of a series of activities across the UK to mark the Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC) Festival of Social Science. The event, which comprised the launch of the a public involvement strategy for DECIPHer as well as digital films produced by young people on public health issues was well attended and picked up widely by the national press, including the BBC and the Guardian newspaper.
The films produced by the young people involved in the project have been uploaded to youtube and can be viewed at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5WPDxLpawg (homelessness)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVZ5jY2pZNg&feature=channel (eating disorders)
Or to see press coverage of the event please visit DECIPHer's press page

DECIPHer Studentships 2010/11 (Late applications considered)

DECIPHer Study Adoption Process

DECIPHer Study Adoption Process Form

DECIPHer Background Information

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