Past events Health and Behaviour Research Centre

7th Annual Interdisciplinary Health and Wellbeing Research Conference

Friday 23 February 2024, 10am - 5pm

The mission of this conference was to share our research showcasing new and in-progress projects conducted by London Met staff and students at all degree levels.

'It’s my diabetes': Children and young people lived experiences

Wednesday, 6 December 2023, 4pm

During the event, children and young people shared their thoughts and feelings about their lives with diabetes.

Self-management by older people living with cancer and multi-morbidity

Wednesday 15 November 2023, 4pm

In this talk, Dr Teresa Corbett discussed the conclusions from a qualitative synthesis, as well as findings from qualitative interviews she has conducted.

Pharmacists as clinicians: past, present and future

Wednesday 18 October 2023, 4pm

The talk provided an overview of the development of the pharmacy workforce in England across all settings (primary care, community pharmacy, and hospital pharmacy).

Free sugars and health: the UK perspective

Wednesday 31 May 2023, 4pm

In this presentation, we reviewed some of the evidence around the negative health benefits of free sugar and sugar-sweetened snack intakes.

Evolving models of workforce organisation in primary care: What do we know?

Wednesday 15 March 2023, 4pm

This seminar covered research in the following areas: paramedics working in general practice and first-contact physiotherapy in primary care.

6th Annual Interdisciplinary Health and Wellbeing Research Conference

Wednesday 24 February 2023, 10am - 5pm

Skill-mix Change and Outcomes in Primary Care

Wednesday 7 December 2022, 4pm

We examined outcome responses to changes in skill mix across general practices in England and presented qualitative evidence to interpret these findings.

Cultural explanations of non-pharmaceutical interventions for COVID-19

Wednesday 02 November 2022, 4pm

COVID-exceptionalism may have caused not only the issue of reinforcing existing “(East) Asian”/“Western” stereotypes but also other problems.

Integrating Forum Theatre into Dementia Care Mapping (DCM)

Wednesday 19 October 2022, 4pm

A scoping project attempted to integrate a well-established dementia care training tool with a drama-based, empowering training technique in a local care home.

Autism as a social phenomenon: analysing the changes in autism diagnosis

Wednesday 22 June 2022, 4pm

In this presentation, Dr Cinzia Greco explored the possibility that the rise and transformations in autism could be understood by looking at wider transformations in sociality.

Public and Patients Involvement (PPI) in research

Wednesday, 18 May 2022, 4pm

"Public and Patients Involvement (PPI) in research: Why it is important and how to do it in practice"

Improving physical activity in people with a musculoskeletal condition

Wednesday, 27 April 2022, 4pm

The reach and benefits of a digital intervention to improve physical activity in people with a musculoskeletal condition delivered during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK.

Medication adherence to hormone therapy in breast cancer survivors

Wednesday 6 April 2022, 4pm

Hormone therapy medication is prescribed to women with breast cancer for up to ten years to reduce their risk of recurrence and mortality.

Fifth Interdisciplinary Health and Wellbeing Research Conference

25 February 2022

Exploring different dimensions of health and wellbeing

National Institute for Health Research funding opportunities

9 February 2022

Funding priorities and opportunities available at National Institute for Health Research

Using psychological interventions to promote face covering during the COVID-19 pandemic

26 January 2022

Compliance with wearing a face covering during the COVID-19 pandemic is varied. What psychological interventions can promote adherence?

A rapid evidence assessment of Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy

8 December 2021

Who is more likely to be vaccine hesitant and why people are vaccine hesitant?

Empowering ethnic minority communities during the pandemic in Norway

20 October 2021

Empowering communities in Sandefjord, Norway.

Neuropsychology of Addiction: Beyond the Substance

14 July 2021

How drug addiction changes the brain?

Clay ingestion: integration of biomedical & indigenous knowledge systems?

19 May 2021

Is there a potential to integrate biomedical science and indigenous knowledge systems in relation to clay ingestion?

Food and health from the public health perspective

21 April 2021

Examining traditional dietary habits and their relationship with mortality in Eastern Europe.

Is Vaccine Hesitancy Anti-Science?: A review of resistance

23 March 2021

How does the resistance against vaccines develops and what can be done to combat it?

Conduct of a trial in community pharmacy: challenges and implications

13 January 2021

How community pharmacists supported conducting a pilot trial of an alcohol intervention?

Fourth Interdisciplinary Health and Wellbeing Research Conference

26 February 2021

From how communities dealt with COVID-19 pandemic, to medicalisation of trauma and the sociology of shoes.

Third Interdisciplinary Health and Wellbeing Research Conference

14 February 2020

Discussing key issues in a public health: from bullying in education, through migrant access to healthcare, to the health of carers and breast cancer survivors.