Ongoing Projects

This project assesses the effectiveness, feasibility, and equity impact of interventions designed to reduce missed healthcare appointments among adults. We will evaluate strategies aimed at improving attendance rates and compare their effects with usual care or alternative approaches to identify what works, for whom, and under which circumstances.

We are reviewing the literature assessing the cost-effectiveness of interventions to prevent dental caries in children aged 0 to 5 years old. We will look at interventions based in the community to update an existing systematic review conducted in 2016. As part of this project, we will develop a new economic evaluation model to examine the relative efficiency of these prevention interventions. The results of this evidence synthesis will inform decisions in the Department of Health and Social Care.

We are conducting an evidence synthesis to assess interventions that reduce the health and well-being impacts of flooding on adults with long-term health conditions in high-income countries. We will focus on respiratory and mental health conditions and examine preventive and preparedness measures, including community-based and household-level interventions. The findings will inform flood resilience planning, public health policy, and support for vulnerable populations, with particular relevance to the UK context.

We are conducting two complementary evidence syntheses to i) assess the performance of breast cancer risk prediction models used to stratify women eligible for breast screening into risk categories and ii) evaluate existing decision-analytic economic models of risk-stratified breast cancer screening programmes.

We are conducting an evidence synthesis to examine the factors that influence the uptake of free school meals and the subsequent dietary choices of children and young people. Guided by the socio-ecological model, we will also explore whether increased participation in free school meal programmes is associated with improved dietary outcomes for pupils.

We are evaluating the impact of two different methods for summarising the findings of a systematic review on knowledge and understanding: a written summary and an audio podcast.