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NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) West
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The NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) West is one of 15 @nihrarcs.bsky.social funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (@nihr.bsky.social). We work with our partners in the West of England on applied health and care research
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🤔 What is knowledge mobilisation and why does it matter to public contributors?

Dr Helen Baxter explores how conversations, relationships and shared perspectives help turn research into real-world impact.

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#KnowledgeMobilisation #PublicInvolvement
Conversations about knowledge mobilisation with public contributors - ARC West
Dr Helen Baxter, Research Fellow in Knowledge Mobilisation and Implementation at NIHR ARC West, reflects on how knowledge mobilisation is relevant to public contributors. This blog was written by Hele...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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⏰This Friday! 11am-12pm
💻Webinar: Benzodiazepines/Z-drugs and Opioid Co-use: Research and Recommendations💊

Hear presentations from our colleagues Jo Kesten @jokesten.bsky.social, Gabriele Vojt, Hannah Family @hannah-family.bsky.social and Jenny Scott @jscottuob.bsky.social
Sign up!👉 bit.ly/43QBSXr
Benzodiazepines/Z-drugs and Opioid Co-use: Research and Recommendations - Drug Research Network Scotland
Join us for Benzodiazepines/Z-drugs and Opioid Co-use: Research and Recommendations, a webinar in collaboration with the University of Bristol and University of Bath. 28 November 2025 11:00 AM - 12:...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Coming up: Experiences of grief in ethnically diverse communities: panel discussion and film launch 📢

📆Thurs 4 Dec 2025
📍Online
🕛7-8pm

🔹Highly recommended
🔹New research findings
🔹Led by @lucyselman.bsky.social & colleagues @goodgrieffest.bsky.social

Details & register: 🔽
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goodgrieffest.bsky.social Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 6d
How is grief experienced in ethnically diverse communities? And how well do current services meet the needs of all bereaved people? Join us to explore these questions in a special panel discussion for #NationalGriefAwarenessWeek on 4 December at 7pm: www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...
November 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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📢 In our latest newsletter:

➡️News and photos from our BIGGEST EVER conference
➡️How a pioneering local group is helping stroke survivors get back to work
➡️ England’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer visits Bristol

Read: mailchi.mp/bristolhealt...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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New article presents findings from a co-produced evaluation, funded by the NIHR Three Research Schools Mental Health programme, on the role of lived-experience involvement in improving services for people facing multiple disadvantage. www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/how-liv...

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New article presents findings from a co-produced evaluation, funded by the NIHR Three Research Schools Mental Health programme, on the role of lived-experience involvement in improving services for people facing multiple disadvantage. https://www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/how-lived-experience-can-improve-support-for-people-facing-multiple-disadvantage @ashmore1973.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Shaping Futures Together: a new online training resource to help improve mental health support for children in care.

It builds on ADaPT, which aimed to improve access to trauma-focused mental health care for care-experienced young people.
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New online resource aims to transform mental health support for children in care - ARC West
Shaping Futures Together is a new online training resource to help improve mental health support for children in care. Although care-experienced young people often have significant mental health needs...
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November 18, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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🚨 Our latest #newsletter is here!

In this edition:
🥬 Nudging patients towards healthier hospital food
💊 New weight loss pill
🤾‍♀️ Space for play ‘designed-out’ of urban childhoods
...plus much more!

👉 Read what we've been up to: mailchi.mp/7552d348cf23...
The Bristol Biomedical Research Centre newsletter November 2025 edition
In this edition: Nudging patients towards healthier hospital food choices; New weight loss pill; Space for play ‘designed-out’ of urban childhoods; plus much more
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November 18, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Over 150 came along to our webinar on creative and inclusive techniques in research on 6 November!

If you want to know how LEGO, sandboxing, Play-Doh or drawing could be used in research projects, read our news story, download the slides and watch the recording here
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Webinar showcases creative and inclusive techniques in research - ARC West
More than 150 people gathered online for a seminar showcasing creative and inclusive approaches in research on 6 November. Chaired by ARC West’s Head of Communications, Zoe Trinder-Widdess, the webina...
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November 17, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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22,000 babies in England have been protected from developing cerebral palsy, thanks to PReCePT - a programme to increase uptake of magnesium sulfate - according to data from the national neonatal audit.

This great news comes ahead of #WorldPrematurityDay tomorrow
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22,000 babies protected from cerebral palsy thanks to PReCePT programme - ARC West
A programme to increase uptake of magnesium sulfate, a low-cost drug that protects premature babies from developing cerebral palsy, has protected more than 22,000 babies in England, according to data ...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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📣 New research shows the ICON program plays a crucial role in helping new parents cope with infant crying 🤱
Helping to prevent #AbusiveHeadTrauma

👉 Read more: www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/parents-expe...

#PublicHealth #parenting #InfantSafety
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Parents’ experiences of infant abuse prevention programme ICON - ARC West
A new study has found that the ICON programme, an infant abusive head trauma prevention initiative in the NHS, plays a crucial role in helping new parents cope with infant crying. The evaluation of IC...
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November 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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🏆 We are super proud of 6 years of achievements, including:
202 projects 🧑‍🔬
596 papers 📓
£157 million funding leveraged 💰

🙏 Big thanks to our partners, public contributors and study participants!
👉 Read more: arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/six-years-of...
#6YearsOfARCWest #ARCimpacts
November 13, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Our November email newsletter is out!

In this edition: Celebrating six years of ARC West; Co-designing research into school behaviour management; Cancer care for people with disabilities and long-term conditions

Plus much more...

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The NIHR ARC West newsletter - November edition
In this edition: In this edition: Celebrating six years of ARC West; Co-designing research into school behaviour management; Cancer care for people with disabilities and long-term conditions; Plus muc...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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💡Last week, our researchers called for changes to advertising laws for unhealthy products at @senseaboutsci.bsky.social’s Evidence Week at the Palace of Westminster.

🐻The team presented findings from the Bristol Evaluation of Advertising Restrictions (BEAR) study.
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Researchers call for unhealthy product advertising changes at Evidence Week - ARC West
The Bristol Evaluation of Advertising Restrictions (BEAR) study team have called for changes to advertising laws for unhealthy products at Sense About Science’s Evidence Week at the Palace of Westmins...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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In the last 6 years, we have reached…

📱 Over 13k social media followers, including:
⭐ 9764 on X
⭐ 2512 on Bluesky
⭐ 1068 on LinkedIn
…and more than 1,200 newsletter subscribers 📰

👀 You can find out more too! arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/six-years-of...
👉 Follow #6YearsOfARCWest #ARCimpacts
November 11, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Working alongside people with lived experience of multiple disadvantage can transform services – and lives.

Our new study with Changing Futures Bristol shows how trauma-informed, co-produced work makes a difference.

📄 Read more: arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/evaluating-h...
#HealthResearch #CoProduction
Evaluating how people with lived experience of multiple disadvantage can improve services - ARC West
Working alongside people with lived experience of multiple disadvantage to improve services can have multiple benefits, according to a new study published in Health Expectations. Multiple disadvantage...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Cross-sector collaboration & long-term stable funding are key to making services more trauma-informed for people facing multiple disadvantage, according to new research.

The study evaluated the 'Changing Futures' programme in Bristol, UK.

📰News: tinyurl.com/2t4b3j54
📄Paper: tinyurl.com/mr3shaxc
November 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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New paper: A systematic review of vaccine uptake intervention studies has shown a lack of economic analysis to support decision making.
The review, led by @yhamashima.bsky.social et al, looked at 37 randomised controlled trials, the gold standard of research study.
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Review reveals lack of economic analysis of vaccine uptake interventions - ARC West
A systematic review of vaccine uptake intervention studies has shown a lack of economic analysis to support decision making. The review, led by ARC West researchers and published in Vaccine, looked at...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Thanks UWA for sharing our evaluation of the #ICON program, helping parents manage infant crying safely and prevent #AbusiveHeadTrauma

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It's okay to walk away: the program saving babies' lives
Researchers who evaluated a UK program designed to prevent shaken baby syndrome say a similar approach could Australian parents struggling with crying babies.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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In the last 6 years, we have…
💰 Leveraged nearly £157 million in external research funding

🏆 Find out about our other achievements: arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/six-years-of...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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The research, led by academics @capcbristol.bsky.social & @arc-west.bsky.social is published in the journal BMC Public Health.

🔗Read the paper: tinyurl.com/45eebzjx
Healthcare leaders and professionals’ perspectives of the ICON programme to prevent abusive head trauma in infants: a qualitative study - BMC Public Health
Background Abusive head trauma (AHT) in infants is the most common abusive injury in young children, and increased awareness has resulted in the development of prevention programmes. Most research eva...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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🆕 New project!
Can we help prevent #ChronicPain in patients who've had #TotalKneeReplacement?🦵

We're working with patients and healthcare professionals to see if #PainScienceEducation could help 🔽
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Using pain science education to help patients having total knee replacement surgery - Bristol Biomedical Research Centre
About 1 in 5 patients who have a total knee replacement have chronic pain after their surgery. We need to find new ways to prevent this pain, to improve care for patients. Pain science education is a ...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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ICON is a UK-wide programme to reduce the risk of abusive head trauma in infants. How do healthcare managers & frontline staff influence the delivery & sustainability of the programme?

New research has revealed organisational barriers & facilitators.

📰 Read the news: tinyurl.com/59vdh2t3

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November 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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In the last 6 years, we have hosted…

280 events 🎟️ including:
✍️ 149 training and capacity-building events
💬 116 public engagement events
… with over 5,000 attendances 🧍‍♀️🧍‍♂️🧍

👉 Find out more: arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/six-years-of...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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📢New website launch!🎉
Six months into our new chapter of funding, we’re thrilled to unveil our new digital home! Explore our refreshed look, designed to make accessing our latest projects, research & collaborative opportunities easier than ever.
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New website launch
October 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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In the last 6 years, we have…
💬 Involved 101 public contributors
🧍 Recruited nearly 24k research participants

🙏 Thank you to everyone who helped us!
🎉 Find out what we achieved together: arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/six-years-of...

👀 Follow #6YearsOfARCWest #ARCimpacts
October 30, 2025 at 7:54 AM