Health, wellbeing and resilience

Below you will find our most recent research projects from 2020 onwards.

Live projects

• Understanding unmet support needs among victims of crime in Scotland [Ref 4.12]. This project aims to produce practical, evidence-informed typology of victim support needs and provide actionable recommendations to help Victim Support Scotland strengthen services, target resources effectively, and ensure that no victim's needs go unrecognised or unsupported.
• Navigating maternity journeys: Collaboratively investigating challenges and identifying barriers for women of colour in UK police forces [Ref 4.11]. This research aims to address these issues by exploring the maternity journeys of women of colour in UK police forces.
• Evaluating and enhancing support mechanisms for baby loss: A model or nationwide implementation [Ref 4.10]. This research aims to evaluate the effectiveness and reach of the Baby Loss Support Network and the training provided by the national baby loss charity SANDS.

Completed projects

• Are forces past their 'due date'? The impact of a mother's experience during pregnancy and returning to the workplace after a period of maternity leave [Ref 4.09]. This research seeks to join up the actual experiences of both officers and staff who have been pregnant and had a period of maternity leave.
• Examining decision-making on the use of evidence-led prosecutions: including their effect on victims' satisfaction levels and subsequent re-engagement with the criminal justice system [Ref 4.08]. This project seeks to address the current gap in UK research by understanding how and when ELPs are used, and importantly, how this is experienced by victims.
• Investigating police family wellbeing and support needs UK [Ref 4.07]. This study will address the lack of UK research on policing families.
• Building resilience: Co-designing an online rainbow toolkit for public health systems to promote wellbeing and resilience in LGBTQ+ youth (The PRIDE project) [Ref 4.06]. A pressing public health challenge is addressing the adverse effects of the social violence LGBTQ+ adolescents experience on a day-to-day basis in the UK.

Archived projects

Below you will find our archived projects that were conducted from 2014-2019.

• Games for health and mHealth apps for police and blue light personnel: A scoping review [Ref 4.05]. This project will undertake an in-depth scoping review to ascertain what existing literature is available relating to G4H, and mHealth Apps aimed at emergency and Blue Light service providers associated to health and wellbeing.
• Cognitive impact of circadian misalignment experienced by UK police officers [Ref 4.04]. The project intends to evaluate if shift working behaviour can impact 4 well-defined aspects of cognitive performance.
• Police wellbeing charities [Ref 4.02]. Understanding the types of wellbeing interventions and mechanisms by which charities support policing personnel
• Assessing the health, wellbeing and welfare of the first responder's community in the UK [Ref 4.01]. Reviewing the current landscape of on-going research projects pertaining to the mental health, well-being and welfare of First Responders and their families.