Research Grants2

Successful Research Grants January 2005 - 2008
Title	Principal Investigator	Co-applicants	Institutions	Funding Body
Domain: Self Care
Information for Choice: what people need, prefer and use	Sally Wyke	Vikki Entwistle, Kate Hunt, Sue Ziebland, Andy Thomson, Ruth Jepson	Stirling, SDHI, Edinburgh	SDO
Researching the occupational demands of offshore work in upstream oil and gas industry	Steve MacGillivray	Sue Cowan, Jennie Guise, John McLeod	Abertay	Dept of Trade
Pilot study of a new behaviour-focused tool based on evidence for weight loss	Vera Araujo-Soares	Stephan Dombrowski, Jennifer Brown, Falko Sniehotta, Iain Broom	Robert Gordon, NHS Grampian	NHS Grampian
Tackling the obesity problem at an early stage: Modifiable determinants of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in Scottish Primary School Children	Falko Sniehotta	John Speakman, Vera Araujo-Soares	Aberdeen, Robert Gordon	CSO
A Multimedia Electronic 'Patient Profile' for Adults with Moderate to Profound Communication Impairment in Hospital	A Waller	Thilo Kroll, S Balandin, P Walker, L Murdach, S Prior	Dundee	Capability Scotland
Tracking of physical activity behaviours during childhood, adolescence and young adulthood: A systematic review	Josie Evans	Ian Crombie, Alison Kirk, Steve MacGillivray	Dundee, Abertay	CSO
Promoting Health and Preventing Complications through exercise	Thilo Kroll		Dundee, National Rehabilitation Hospital, USA	MEDSTAR
Response to being informed of weight status and body fat composition. Understandings, reactions and motivation to achieve a healthy weight	Sally Wyke	Kate Hunt, Annie Anderson, Michaela Benzeval, Cindy Gray	Stirling, Glasgow, Dundee, MRC	CRUK
Illness Perceptions and Imagery: exploring the importance and usefulness of patients' images of cancer	Brian Williams	Gerry Humphris, Mary Wells	SDHI, Dundee	CSO PhD Studentship
Understanding and Enhancing Recovery from Stroke: An Examination of Patients and Health Professionals Illness beliefs	Sara Joice	Martyn Jones, Marie Johnston	Dundee, Robert Gordon, Aberdeen	NMAHP Training Scheme
Domain: Self Care Support (Community)
Exploring patients' views of self managing community acquired pneumonia at home	Debbie Baldie	Vikki Entwistle, Peter Davey	SDHI, NHS Tayside	NHS Tayside Acute Division
Living with Stroke: a qualitative interview study for www.dipex.org module for stroke patients, families and teaching health professionals	Sue Ziebland	Sally Wyke	Stirling, DIPEX	MCN's on the Web
Responses to chest pain. Development and initial evaluation of an evidence-based information resource	Sally Wyke	Kate Hunt, Helen Richards, Patricia Thomson	Stirling, SPHSRU, MRC	CSO Phd Studentship
A review of effectiveness of interventions, approaches and models at individual, community and population level that are aimed at changing health outcomes through changing knowledge attitudes and behaviour	Ruth Jepson	Norah Kearney, Neneh Rowan-Dewar, Steve MacGillivray	Stirling, Abertay	NICE
The use, application and role of advanced technologies in the lives of disabled people	J Harris	Thilo Kroll, J Arnott, H Hine	Dundee	ESRC
The effectiveness of mass media interventions which both encourage quit attempts and reinforce current and recent attempts to quit smoking and tobacco use.	Ruth Jepson	Fiona Harris, Steve MacGillivray, Gerard Hastings, Nora Kearney, Neneh Rowan-Dewar, Julie Glanville	Stirling, Abertay	NICE
Barriers to accessing and utilising universal health care services among women with domestic abuse experiences in Fife	F Duncan	Thilo Kroll, J Taylor, M Moy	Dundee	QNIS
Understanding the challenges in accessing universal health care services for children living with domestic abuse experiences	F Duncan	Thilo Kroll, J Taylor, M Moy	Dundee	CIHR
Pilot study of a practice nurse supported psychological self help intervention for patients with diabetes or coronary heart disease and co-morbid depression	Margaret Maxwell	Christopher Williams, Jill Morrison, Christopher Burton, Philip Watson, Simon Naji, Rebecca Martinez	Robert Gordon, Glasgow, Gartnavel Hospital, Stirling	CSO
Domain: Self Care Support (NMAHP & Other Health Professionals)
Effectiveness of Talking Mats with people with dementia	Joan Murphy	Sylvia Cox	Stirling	Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Promoting the use of personal asthma plans in Scotland through development of an evidence-base for healthcare practice	Nicola Ring	Sally Wyke, Cari Malcolm, Steve MacGillivray, Diane Dixon, Gaylor Hoskins, Hilary Pinnock, Aziz Sheikh	Stirling, Abertay, Edinburgh	NHS QIS
Improving consumer communication during consultations for non-prescription medicines in community pharmacies	Margaret Watson	Marie Johnston, Christine Bond, Vikki Entwistle, Amanda Lee	SDHI, Robert Gordon	CSO
Reducing time to presentation with symptoms of lung cancer: phase II complex intervention study	Neil Campbell	Sarah Smith, Peter Murchie, Sally Wyke, Lewis Ritchie, Marianne Nicolson, Marie Johnston, Amanda Lee, Rachael Powell	Aberdeen, Stirling, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary	Cancer Research UK
Interventions to address weight gain in outpatients suffering from schizophrenia. - systematic review	Ross Hamilton	Simon Naji, Steve MacGillivray	Robert Gordon, Abertay	Millar-Mackenzie Trust
Exploration and development of bereavement care for older people using NHS services	Audrey Stephen	Sylvia Wilcock, Peter Wimpenny, Henk Schut	Robert Gordon, Utrecht University	CSO
Living well with multiple morbidity. The development and evaluation of a primary care-based complex intervention to support patients with multiple morbidities	Graham Watt	Mercer Stewart, Sally Wyke, Elizabeth Fenwick, Bruce Guthrie, Terry Findlay	Glasgow, Dundee, Stirling	CSO
Scoping review to inform the development of patient directed self management interventions in people with chronic illness	Martyn Jones	Steve MacGillivray, Sally Wyke	Dundee, Stirling, Abertay	NHS Tayside
A review of strategies to promote involvement, a study to explore patient's views and attitudes and a pilot study to evaluate the acceptability of selected patient involvement strategies	Ian Watt	Vikki Entwistle, Y Birks, Brian Williams, T Sheldon, J Glanville, J Wright	York, SDHI	Patient Safety Research Programme
What are the perceptions of those working in mental health services of the role of the occupational health service in management of work related stress?	Jennifer Gibb	Isobel Cameron, Ross Hamilton, Elizabeth Murphy, Simon Naji	Robert Gordon, NHS Grampian, Aberdeen	NHS Grampian
An analysis of community nurses' support for self care with patients who have long term conditions	Colin MacDuff	Peter Wimpenny, Bernice West, Simon Naji, Thora Baeyens	Robert Gordon	QNIS
Using visualisation to change illness perceptions and improve recovery following a diagnosis of cancer. A pilot study to inform the development of an intervention for a randomised controlled trial	Alison Harrow	Cara Taylor, Mary Wells, Gerry Humphris, Brian Williams	Dundee, SDHI	NHS Tayside
Bereavement and bereavement care: Consultation and Mapping of Practice.	Peter Wimpenny	Audrey Stephen, F Work, P Dempster, S Wilcock, A M Brown, Colin MacDuff	Robert Gordon	NHS QIS, SEHD, NES
Healthforce - Development and feasibility of a peer-led, bodyweight and lifestyle management programme	Annie Anderson	Jim Belch, Graeme Houston, Alan Struthers, Edwin Van Teijlingem, Brian Williams	Dundee	NPRI
Domain: Self Care Support (Health Care Systems and Policy)
A comparative study of the construction and implementation of patient choice policies in the UK	Stephen Peckham	Pauline Allen, Nicholas Mays, David Hughes, Lesley Griffiths, Huw Davies, Vikki Entwistle, Andy Thomson, Leslie Prior	SDHI, Edinburgh, London	SDO
The multiple and shifting emphases of quality initiatives in primary care: a preliminary qualitative investigation of GPs' views	Vikki Entwistle	Penny Lockwood, Ian Watt, Lyndal Trevena	SDHI, York, University of Sydney	EastRen Research Bursary
What health care experiences matter to patients and how can we assign value to them for policy making purposes?	Mandy Ryan	Vikki Entwistle, Jill Francis, Cynthia Fraser, Helen Tyrell	Aberdeen, SDHI	NIHR
What scope is there to improve the use of patient experience feedback data in primary care?	Debbie Baldie	Vikki Entwistle, Brian Williams	SDHI	CSO
A knowledge exchange network for policy makers, practitioners and researchers promoting self-care for long term conditions	Simon Naji	Sally Wyke, Thilo Kroll, Steve MacGillivray, Huw Davies	Robert Gordon, Stirling, Dundee, Abertay, St Andrews	SFC