Health Research Faculty of Social Science

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Health Research Faculty of Social Science
Business

• Prof. E. Ettorre Associate Dean (Research and
  Enterprise)

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Social Science Business

• Faculty made up of 3 Schools
• Plymouth Business School
• Geography
• Sociology Politics Law

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Interests in Health Research

• Spans the faculty
• February 2005 establishment of new Faculty Health
  Researchers Group to gather together interested
  researchers in the Social Science Business
  Faculty
• The hope is that we will collaborate more with
  Faculty of Health Social Work in future
• To launch this on 18th May 2005

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Faculties of SSB and HSW joint Research Seminar

• Speaker Dr Jonathan Gabe, Reader in Sociology,
  Royal Holloway University of London
• Title Is Nursing Down the Line Part of a
• Professional Project? The Case of NHS Direct
• Time Wednesday 18 May 2005, 12 Noon 2pm
• Place Plymouth Lecture Theatre Portland Square

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Types of Health Research

• Wide variety of health areas in which individual
  researchers are involved

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Types of Health Research

• Plymouth Business School
• Inter professional collaboration in out of
  hospital emergency care
• Organisational learning in the NHS
• Leadership Development
• Generational Leadership
• Economics of heath

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Types of Health Research

• Geography
• Rural health and rural economies with Social
  Research Regeneration Unit
• Health service provision in rural areas and
  particularly in the role of Information
  Communication Technology

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Types of Health Research

• Sociology, Politics Law
• Drug misuse and prevention
• Gambling and Risk
• Evaluation of Harbour centre
• Solo Living project

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Types of Health Research

• Sociology, Politics Law (continued)
• Nanotechnology and news production
• Computerised DSS in a delivery suite
• Genetics and reproduction
• Geographies of rural health

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Types of Health Research

• Sociology, Politics Law (continued)
• Older carers with learning disabilities
• Meeting health needs in rural areas
• Drug use by sexual minority women
• Women and drugs
• Autoethnography and health

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SRRUSocial Research Regeneration Unit

• Sure Start Evaluations
• Cornwall Health for the Homeless project
  evaluation
• South West Biotechnology sector training needs
• Eastleigh Health Living Network Evaluation

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Conclusion

• Collaboration
• Establish synergies
• Especially as regional researchers in health