DISCOVER CUTTING EDGE GENERAL PRACTICE AND PRIMARY CARE RESEARCH AT QUEEN'S
Queen's University Belfast conducts research that is important for the health of our population.
We work towards developing screening and interventions to reduce the burden of chronic diseases and advancing the health of the public at a regional, national and international level, by increasing knowledge and influencing clinical and public health practice and policy.
INFLUENCING POLICY
The mounting burden of chronic conditions has been referred to as one of the biggest global challenges facing the health care systems and services in the 21st century. Queen's is dedicated to enhancing health services and support for individuals with chronic conditions through conducting investigations of issues and problems such as need and demand for services, service organisation and delivery, health care quality and efficiency and the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of health service interventions.
- An Analysis of the Primary Care Systems of Ireland and Northern Ireland
- An evaluation of palliative care services for cancer patients in the Southern Health and Social Services Board of Northern Ireland
- Early-Onset Cancers in Adults: A Review of Epidemiology, Supportive Care Needs and Future Research Priorities
- Northern Ireland Pancreatic Cancer audit: measuring the quality of care for patients diagnosed 2019-2020
WORKING TO DELIVER PRIMARY CARE IN THE COMMUNITY
Queen’s has conducted groundbreaking research that focuses on enhancing the quality and delivery of healthcare services within the realm of public health. Through a variety of funded projects, our team has developed comprehensive indicators for assessing quality in areas such as palliative care and mental health services.
- A qualitative study to inform adaptations to a brain health intervention for older adults with type 2 diabetes living in rural regions of Ireland
- Co-Design of an Evidenced Informed Service Model of Integrated Palliative Care for Persons Living with Severe Mental Illness: A Qualitative Exploratory Study
- Developing trauma informed care in Northern Ireland: Health and mental health care systems
- Interventions aimed at alleviating loneliness and social isolation among the older population: perspectives of service providers
- Integrated palliative care in oncology: a protocol for a realist synthesis
- Healthcare professionals’ perspectives of deprescribing in older patients at the end of life in hospice care: a qualitative study using the Theoretical Domains Framework
DIGITAL SOLUTIONS
Data analysis is crucial to the effectiveness and survival of healthcare systems. If policymakers and healthcare managers understand what the data is telling them about the issues facing health services, they are better able to tackle them.
Queen's researchers have developed cutting-edge statistical models and data analysis which contribute to the UK's healthcare management and readiness for epidemics and pandemics.
- Digital interventions and their unexpected outcomes - time for digitalovigilance?
- Economic analysis of digital health infrastructure: the case of OneLondon’s impact on time efficiency and safety in healthcare services
- Managing disruptive technologies for innovative healthcare solutions: the role of high-involvement work systems and technologically-mediated relational coordination
- Process mining the performance of a real-time healthcare 4.0 systems using conditional survival models
