Theme 4: Health, wellbeing and resilience
Below you will find our most recent research projects from 2019 onwards.
4.09 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
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.
4.08 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
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.
4.07 Investigating police family wellbeing and support needs UK
This study will address the lack of UK research on policing families.
4.06 Building resilience: Co-designing an online rainbow toolkit for public health systems to promote wellbeing and resilience in LGBTQ+ youth (The PRIDE project)
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.
4.05 Games for health and mHealth apps for police and blue light personnel: A scoping review
This project will undertake an in-depth scoping review to ascertain what exisiting literature is available relating to G4H, and mHealth Apps aimed at emergency and Blue Light service providers associated to health and wellbeing.
4.04 Cognitive impact of circadian misalignment experienced by UK police officers
The project intends to evaluate if shift working behavior can impact 4 well-defined aspects of cognitive performance.
4.02 Police wellbeing charities
Understanding the types of wellbeing interventions and mechanisms by which charities support policing personnel
4.01 Assessing the health, wellbeing and welfare of the first responders community in the UK
Reviewing the current landscape of on-going research projects pertaining to the mental health, well-being and welfare of First Responders and their families.
News
2023 Annual Report
This annual report features a selection of the work undertaken across 2023 which we consider to be highly relevant for the current policing environment.
- Dr Sarah-Jane Lennie and Dr Keely Duddin receive award for Services to Women in Policing 24th July 2024
- Launch of Openlearn Policing Practice and Leadership Hub 14th May 2024
- Ten-years of Policing at the OU 5th April 2024
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