Selected examples of how my research has had wider impacts on policy and practice and ways I have engaged public audiences with my work:
Environmental support for flourishing in older age
I created a summary of research findings for public audiences, ‘Supportive environments for flourishing in older age’, printed as a booklet and accessible at the University of Edinburgh website: https://www.ed.ac.uk/usher/advanced-care-research-centre/programme/understanding-the-person-in-context/wp4-summary-updates
I co-led the design and delivery of public exhibition ‘Worlds of Care’ at the 2022 Edinburgh Science Festival, part of the University of Edinburgh’s programme.
https://www.ed.ac.uk/usher/advanced-care-research-centre/news/responses-to-worlds-of-care
Bereavement care in primary care
Realist review of bereavement care in primary care findings contributed to development of ‘Very Brief Advice tool for general practice staff supporting bereaved patients’: https://bjgplife.com/bereavement-care-in-general-practice-strengthening-compassionate-bereavement-support-in-practice/
The Very Brief Advice tool was included in the Royal College of General Practitioners Palliative and End of Life Care toolkit: https://www.rcgp.org.uk/clinical-and-research/resources/toolkits/palliative-and-end-of-life-care-toolkit.aspx#
I produced an online case study of my work on bereavement care published on the National Institute for Health Research School for Primary Care Research website: https://spark.adobe.com/page/iRRwASUybPF1b/
Bereavement support during COVID-19
Work on bereavement care during the pandemic was featured in global media and on the University of Cambridge website: https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/bereavement
and Department webpages: https://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/pcu/tsunami-of-grief-leaves-bereaved-and-bereavement-care-practitioners-struggling-to-cope/
https://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/pcu/key-issues-in-bereavement-care-and-anticipatory-prescribing
Research on bereavement care during the pandemic cited in the UK Commission on Bereavement report ‘Bereavement is everyone’s business’ published in September 2022: https://bereavementcommission.org.uk/media/jaqex1t5/bereavement-is-everyone-s-business-full-report_1.pdf