Research projects
Advancing knowledge of how social factors affect our health
We investigate how social connections and behaviours impact people’s health, including:
- Social assets: e.g. social connections, arts and culture, communities, leisure, nature, social prescribing
- Social deficits: e.g. loneliness, isolation, social restrictions during health emergencies
All our past and current projects are listed below
(Note that completed projects are indicated by a tick)
YES: Youth sector Enabling Social prescribing
Investigating the impact of youth sector provision on young people’s mental health
Arts, society and public health: an exploration of the major UK cohort studies
Investigating how arts and cultural engagement are linked to health and wellbeing at a population level.
The psychological, social and economic impact of musculoskeletal conditions
Using cohort study and social prescribing data to explore peoples' experiences of musculoskeletal conditions
MARCH Network
Investigating how social, cultural, community engagement can support our mental health
Music and Motherhood: Europe
Supporting and evaluating the European roll-out of singing sessions for postpartum depression
One Nation One Project
A major national evaluation of social prescribing across 22 sites in the US
Social Prescribing for Severe Mental Illnesses (SuPreME)
Improving access to social prescribing for people with severe mental illnesses
SHAPER (Melodies for Mums)
Investigating the impact of singing for postnatal depression, via a randomised controlled trial and an implementation science study.
Music and Motherhood
Initial trial exploring the impact of singing for symptoms of postnatal depression