Resources: Blogs

Making evidence work: How can “embedded researchers” support decision-making in local government?

In this blog, we explore how embedded researchers working alongside local government teams can help bridge the gap between academic evidence and real-world public health decision-making and how to spot the early signs that it's actually working.

Health Economics Healthy Families

The Proof of the Intervention is in the Maintenance: Evaluating the Cost-Effectiveness of the JU:MP Whole System Approach to Increasing Physical Activity in Children

In this blog, our Health Economics & Healthy Families theme explore findings from the JU:MP programme, a five-year whole-system intervention in Bradford, which demonstrates the potential for community-based physical activity programmes to be cost-effective, while highlighting that sustained investment is critical to securing long-term public health gains.

Core Projects

Making the Invisible Impacts of Research Visible

In this blog, Natalie Jones explores VICTOR (Visible ImpaCTs Of Research), the UK’s first online platform designed to capture the real-world changes that traditional academic metrics often miss. Led by NIHR ARC Yorkshire and Humber, this co-produced tool allows health and care organisations to evidence research impact across six key domains, including health benefits, workforce development, and service innovation.

Older People

Broken Systems: Broken Bones- The Osteoporosis Care Crisis

In this blog, we explore how the "silent" crisis of osteoporosis—costing the UK £4.4 billion annually—is worsened by broken healthcare systems that leave older women isolated, and we introduce new co-produced resources designed to bridge the gap between sub-optimal primary care and the integrated support patients deserve.

Healthy Families Mental Health

ACCESS-ED

In this blog post, Kelis Durkin—a Research and Implementation Assistant for Born in Bradford—discusses her involvement with ACCESS-ED and explores the methodologies involved in conducting eating disorder research among youth populations.

Older People

From Electronic Frailty to INCLUDE

From personal interest to active research: PPIE member David Smith shares his journey within our Older People theme. See how David’s interest about the Electronic Frailty Index (eFI) paved the way for his vital involvement in the INCLUDE study, highlighting the power of patient and public involvement in shaping healthcare research.

Healthy Families

Dancing into Wellbeing: How Creative Arts are Building Confidence and Community in Yorkshire Schools

In this blog, Born in Bradford researchers explains: "Embedding high-quality, creative dance education directly into the school curriculum isn't just about fitness—it's a powerful, accessible intervention for boosting children's wellbeing and life skills."

Improvement Science

Celebrating the Legacy of ARC 1.5 in Yorkshire and Humber: People, Projects and Passion for Improvement Science

In this blog, the Improvement Science team highlights a few of the many projects, partnerships, and innovations they have been privileged to be part of over the past five years. They detail how YHARC has secured significant funding, trained the next generation of researchers, and built lasting relationships with over 40 partner organisations, demonstrating the potential when research teams, practitioners, policy-makers, and communities work together.

Implementation

What we learned from implementing a set of health care guidelines to support patients with complex mental health conditions: Primrose

This blog outlines research carried out by University College London and ARC Yorkshire & Humber researchers, investigated how health professionals worked together to set up and deliver a new approach to care for people with complex mental health conditions.

Urgent Care

Are ambulance handover delays the new normal in urgent and emergency care?

Long ambulance waits at hospitals are a major problem, but are they the new normal? In this blog, ARC Yorkshire & Humber's Urgent Care theme explores the challenges of ambulance handover delays and how a new study is using data and first-hand accounts to find solutions.

Older People

Addressing inequities in palliative and end of life care: reflections from the ARC Yorkshire & Humber Older People theme – palliative care research stream

In this blog, YHARC Older People Theme's palliative care research stream reflects on the urgent need to address inequities in end-of-life care.

Mental Health

Standing Together: Reflections from the ARC multimorbidity theme Lived Experience Advisory Panel

This blog post offers a firsthand perspective from members of the Lived Experience Advisory Panel (LEAP) within YH ARC. The authors share their journey of joining the panel with cautious optimism, having experienced both positive and negative co-production work previously.