All Outputs (19)

Psychology at work : improving wellbeing and productivity in the workplace (2017)
Report
Weinberg, A., & Doyle, N. (2017). Psychology at work : improving wellbeing and productivity in the workplace

This report, written by Dr Ashley Weinberg, CPsychol., AFBPsS, and Nancy Doyle CPsychol., AFBPsS, brings together evidence from across the discipline to demonstrate how policy makers can work to improve psychological wellbeing and productivity in the... Read More about Psychology at work : improving wellbeing and productivity in the workplace.

Agency workers and zero hours : the story of hidden exploitation (2017)
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Ball, M., Hampton, C., Kamerāde, D., & Richardson, H. (2017). Agency workers and zero hours : the story of hidden exploitation

This report highlights the extent and experiences of workers on temporary agency and zero-hours contracts.Using interviews with the workers themselves and data from the Annual Population Surveys it examines the impacts of hidden exploitation. It m... Read More about Agency workers and zero hours : the story of hidden exploitation.

Understanding independent living customers at Trafford Housing Trust : an evaluation (2017)
Report
Rogers, M., Ahmed, A., Jones, C., Lawrence, J., & Wilding, M. (2017). Understanding independent living customers at Trafford Housing Trust : an evaluation

This report provides the findings of the evaluation of TrustCare, an independent arm of Trafford Housing Trust which offers independent living services. The report offers the findings of the evaluation reporting on each stage of the process and drawi... Read More about Understanding independent living customers at Trafford Housing Trust : an evaluation.

What evidence is there to support the impact of gardens on health outcomes? A systematic scoping review of the evidence (2017)
Report
Howarth, M., Brettle, A., Hardman, M., & Maden, M. (2017). What evidence is there to support the impact of gardens on health outcomes? A systematic scoping review of the evidence

According to the World Health Organisation Global
Health Observatory (2017), non-communicable diseases
(NCD’s) present a significant cause of death through
cardiovascular disease, respiratory conditions and type
2 diabetes. The impact of NCDs on... Read More about What evidence is there to support the impact of gardens on health outcomes? A systematic scoping review of the evidence.

Assessing the impact of Gateshead’s Innovation Fund projects on social isolation (2017)
Report
Irving, A., Crossley, S., & Visram, S. (2017). Assessing the impact of Gateshead’s Innovation Fund projects on social isolation. Institute for Local Governance

Post-implementation evaluation of the homelessness legislation (part 2 of the Housing Act (Wales) 2014) interim report (2017)
Report
Ahmed, A., Wilding, M., Gibbons, A., Jones, K., Rogers, M., & Madoc-Jones, I. (2017). Post-implementation evaluation of the homelessness legislation (part 2 of the Housing Act (Wales) 2014) interim report

Research aims and methodology:


1.1 Part 2 of the Housing Act (Wales) 2014 introduced major changes to the way homelessness is being addressed in Wales (from April 2015), with the core changes aimed at extending services to include prevention o... Read More about Post-implementation evaluation of the homelessness legislation (part 2 of the Housing Act (Wales) 2014) interim report.

From sick kids to SicKids! (2017)
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Rowland, A., Livesley, J., Ngov, C., Eno, M., Dim, D., & Carter, D. (2017). From sick kids to SicKids!

This report outlines the varied activities undertaken by <font color="blue">SicKids</font> in Cambodia up to and including the April 2017 visit by Dr Joan Livesley and Professor Andrew Rowland. Both the November 2016 and April 2017 visits were part-f... Read More about From sick kids to SicKids!.

Testing the Not Just a Thought model with young people and professionals (2017)
Report
Long, T. (2017). Testing the Not Just a Thought model with young people and professionals

The Iris Project, Manchester Women’s Aid : an independent consultation with older clients (2017)
Report
Rogers, M. (2017). The Iris Project, Manchester Women’s Aid : an independent consultation with older clients

The University of Salford worked in partnership with Manchester Women’s Aid to conduct a consultation of older service users who access DVA intervention via IRIS. This included service users, both female and male, who are over 50 years of age. This p... Read More about The Iris Project, Manchester Women’s Aid : an independent consultation with older clients.

Meeting the housing needs of the armed forces community in Tameside (2017)
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Wilding, M. (2017). Meeting the housing needs of the armed forces community in Tameside

The project aimed to review the extent to which the housing needs of the armed forces community in Tameside are being met and to make recommendations for potential improvements. This required collating information about the ways in which organisation... Read More about Meeting the housing needs of the armed forces community in Tameside.

An interim evaluation of the Sahara Project (2017)
Report
Rogers, M. (2017). An interim evaluation of the Sahara Project

The University of Salford has been commissioned
by Manchester Women’s Aid to conduct an
interim evaluation following the first two years
of the Sahara Project from 1 November 2014 to
1 November 2016. This will provide Manchester
Women’s Aid with... Read More about An interim evaluation of the Sahara Project.

Start in Salford. An evaluation of Start in Salford's Mental Health Support Group from a Service Users Perspective (2017)
Report
Cusack, F., & McAndrew, S. (2017). Start in Salford. An evaluation of Start in Salford's Mental Health Support Group from a Service Users Perspective

Evaluating the impact of the Beth Johnson Foundation's cancer and dementia advocacy projects on servicer users' lives (2017)
Report
Amir, Z., Coffey, M., & Smith, L. (2017). Evaluating the impact of the Beth Johnson Foundation's cancer and dementia advocacy projects on servicer users' lives

Evaluation (and related activities) of a NHS supported local delivery model for non-credit bearing Multi-professional Support for Learning and Assessment in Practice in Greater Manchester (2017)
Report

Background:
HEE North West (HEE NW) is currently piloting for 12 months a partnership of Trusts within Greater Manchester to deliver non-credit bearing Multi-Professional Support of Learning and Assessment in Practice (MSLAP) programme in NHS, priv... Read More about Evaluation (and related activities) of a NHS supported local delivery model for non-credit bearing Multi-professional Support for Learning and Assessment in Practice in Greater Manchester.

Optimax 2016 : peer observation of facilitation (2017)
Report

In August 2016, a 3-week research Summer School
was delivered at University of Salford. The Summer
School, known as ‘OPTIMAX’ was in its fourth year
of delivery. Previous iterations were held in the
Netherlands (2015), Portugal (2014) and Salford... Read More about Optimax 2016 : peer observation of facilitation.

Care farming and green care in Salford (2017)
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Gibbons, A., Hardman, M., Howarth, M., James, C., & Sherriff, G. (2017). Care farming and green care in Salford

This report presents a University of Salford (UoS)
investigation into the potential for care farming in
Salford as part of the University’s teaching, research and
enterprise activities.

The work has critically engaged with the notion of care... Read More about Care farming and green care in Salford.

Promoting diversity and inclusiveness in dementia services in Salford (2017)
Report
Ahmed, A., Wilding, M., Haworth-Lomax, R., & McCaughan, S. (2017). Promoting diversity and inclusiveness in dementia services in Salford

Although dementia is now recognised as the most serious health and social care challenge facing UK society, there is little knowledge of the experiences of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) people with dementia. The National Dementia Strategy states th... Read More about Promoting diversity and inclusiveness in dementia services in Salford.

Evaluating the impact of Cheshire East Emotionally Health Schools Pilot Project. Research report April 2017 (2017)
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Foster, C., Rayner, G., & Allen, M. (2017). Evaluating the impact of Cheshire East Emotionally Health Schools Pilot Project. Research report April 2017

‘Seeing it from a cyclist’s point of view is totally different.’ : understanding the impact of cycling awareness training for HGV drivers (2017)
Report
different.’ : understanding the impact of cycling awareness training for HGV drivers

Cycle training organisation BikeRight! delivers a Safe
Urban Driving course aimed at professional drivers. With
concern about safety on the road being an oft-cited
reason for low take-up of cycling, and with incidents
involving an HGV and a cycli... Read More about ‘Seeing it from a cyclist’s point of view is totally different.’ : understanding the impact of cycling awareness training for HGV drivers.