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The home of collaborative applied health and social care research in Oxford and the Thames Valley.
Empowering New Mums: Taking Charge of Your Blood Pressure After Pregnancy (SNAP2)
The SNAP2 project helps new mothers manage blood pressure after pregnancy to reduce long-term cardiovascular risks through self-management techniques, emphasizing health equity and involving a diverse group of women in its research and trials.
Using Behavioural Insights to Improve Effectiveness of Digital Weight Loss Interventions
- Apps, Databases, and Digital Health
- Changing Behaviours for Better Health and Preventing Disease
- Self-managament
Researchers from the University of Oxford and Second Nature, a digital weight management service provider, are collaborating to develop and test new features to improve digital weight loss programmes using behavioural science insights.
Understanding the rapid implementation of self-monitoring of blood pressure during pregnancy due to the Covid-19 pandemic
This research examines the rapid adoption of self-monitoring blood pressure during pregnancy due to the COVID-19 pandemic, aiming to improve antenatal care by identifying barriers and facilitators to its successful implementation.
Activity Changes in MULtiple long-term conditions To Identify Decline (MULTI)
- Apps, Databases, and Digital Health
- Helping Patients to Manage Their Own Conditions
- Self-managament
- Social Care
The MULTI project explores how monitoring activity changes in older adults with multiple long-term conditions can help detect early signs of health decline, using technologies like smartphone apps and fitness watches to create an innovative self-management intervention.
The role of lifestyle interventions in high-risk pregnancies
- Apps, Databases, and Digital Health
- Helping Patients to Manage Their Own Conditions
- Self-managament
- Weight, Health, and Behaviour
This project explores lifestyle interventions for high-risk pregnancies, particularly focusing on the DAPHNY App to support women with hypertension, aiming to promote healthy behaviours and enhance prenatal care.
The OSCAR Study: Optimising Structured Medication Reviews
- Apps, Databases, and Digital Health
- Evaluation
- Helping Patients to Manage Their Own Conditions
- Implementation
- Self-managament
OSCAR focuses on optimising Structured Medication Reviews in England, investigating their implementation and impact on patient safety and treatment effectiveness, aiming to enhance care quality for those with long-term conditions.
The SHIP Study: A Service Evaluation and Mixed Methods Implementation Research Study of Hypertension Plus
- Apps, Databases, and Digital Health
- Evaluation
- Helping Patients to Manage Their Own Conditions
- Implementation
- Self-managament
The SHIP Study evaluates the Hypertension Plus system for self-monitoring high blood pressure, assessing its integration into UK primary care to improve patient outcomes and inform future health policy.
A Feasibility Trial of the MyPregnancyCare App
This feasibility trial explores a new approach to managing high blood pressure (hypertension) in pregnancy. It will test the real-world effects of women using our My Pregnancy Care app, developed in another ARC project.
Development of the MyPregnancyCare app
The My Pregnancy Care project aims to develop a comprehensive digital app to support women with hypertensive (high blood pressure) disorders during pregnancy, a condition affecting roughly 10% of pregnancies.