School of Nursing and Midwifery Research

Reproductive health spans topics across the life course, including topics such as: fertility, pregnancy and postpartum, menopause and men’s health.

Current and previous projects of group members include family planning, preconception health in pre-existing medical conditions, endometriosis, obesity, hyperemesis gravidarum, cold water swimming in pregnancy and gestational diabetes. We work with clinical and third sector organisations using a range of research methods and collaborate internationally.

We are keen to expand our portfolio of research topics. We welcome anyone in SNAM interested in any aspect of reproductive health to join this group, irrespective of your research experience. For specific queries on research topics, please see below for contact details.

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The health of children and young are integral to meeting their needs as well as the needs of their family to ensure that quality of care is informed by evidence-based practice.

The primary aims of the research group are derived from the School of Nursing and Midwifery research strategy. These are to:

· Identify and nurture the talents of our colleagues from across our specialties and partner organisations

· Energize and amalgamate our creative thoughts and actions to deliver productive future collaborations.

Within these aims we as a team seek to identify the gaps in the evidence and work towards addition to the knowledge base of children and young people (CYP) and family health by generating new ideas, fostering research and synthesising and transferring the latest evidence related into practice. We welcome academics with a range of knowledge and skills who are passionate about CYP and family health with an interest in research.

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Linked to the University's Centre for Health Technology, our group is interested in the application of technological innovations to support healthcare with a special focus on accessibility and equity. The group values multidisciplinary approaches and is therefore diverse in nature. The group is purposefully not restricted to the development of hardware or research concerning engineering elements of digital health. Alternatively, the group aspires to be of practical use and aims to consider the whole implementation funnel of innovations, the relationship of digital health with health inequalities, and system wide considerations in translating digital health into practice. The group welcomes the novel use of research methods and scholarly activity that is preoccupied with participatory user centred design. The group aspires to draw together industry, practice, education, and PPIE engagement by fostering greater relationships across the health and social care system.

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This group spans across different types of research and inquiry which shapes, supports and transforms the delivery of Health and (social) care across the communities in the South West Peninsula, nationally and globally.

Health and Social care delivery research focuses on research which supports the perspectives/ experiences of patients, family, wider public, professionals and organisations - within teams, units of care and across wider systems of care.

The aim is to improve the outcomes/ have positive impact for all (particularly patients, families and the workforce who deliver care).

The South West Clinical Schools (SWCS) is a network of clinical schools and partnerships which support our health and care partners in the South West Peninsula. The SWCS supports the development of research cultures, research priorities to meet population need and the nursing, midwifery and allied health professional workforce to develop research and alongside practice all with the aim to improve the health and care of patients, families and professionals.

This is a broad group for all and will to support all aspects of inquiry in SNAM, and support integration with the SWCS and links to all partners in health, social care, charitable sector and beyond.

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This research group is interested in evidence generation, evidence synthesis, evidence transfer and evidence implementation in the practical and research worlds of education and workforce. The group’s leaders welcome you to this diverse, cross-cutting themed group. Our primary aims are:

- to identify and nurture the talents of our colleagues from across our specialities and partner organisations

- to energise and amalgamate our creative thoughts and actions to deliver productive future collaborations

An investigation of violence sustained by nursing and midwifery students*

An exploration of sharps injuries within healthcare students at a UK university*

The nursing associate role in mental health, learning disabilities and autism services: a scoping review protocol*

The South West Clinical School model: an initiative to transform clinical academic career pathways*