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    • Exploring lived experiences & perspectives
    • Understanding pathways to care
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    • Survivor research
    • Developing and optimising therapeutic interventions
    • Developing PROMs & Guidelines
    • Optimising recruitment and retention
    • Qualitative process evaluations
    • Evaluating services & therapeutic interventions
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    • Introduction to Qualitative Methods Summer School
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Early findings from the REACH Video Diary Study

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Qualitative research to understand how Recovery Colleges improve lives

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REACH Covid-19 Diary Study

QUAHRC Launches!

The Qualitative Applied Health Research Centre (QUAHRC) at King’s College London (KCL) promotes the rigorous and innovative application of qualitative research within the health field, raising the visibility of high-quality qualitative research and providing opportunities for knowledge exchange, training and support.

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Qualitative Spotlight

Listen to our10-15 minute podcasts introducing the innovative work of qualitative researchers across King's College London.  Then meet the qualitative researchers doing it!

Utopia Now
15 Mar 2021

QUAHRC Methods Podcast: Engaging Young People

Clair Le Boutillier chats with Dr Charlotte Kühlbrandt and Dr Hannah Cowan about Utopia Now and the novel methods they are using to engage young people in research

Podcast
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09 Jan 2021

QUAHRC Methods Podcast: Evidence-Based Co-Design

Sarah McAllister speaks to Alan Simpson about using Evidence Based Co-Design on acute mental health wards

Podcast
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23 Nov 2020

QUAHRC Methods Podcast: Iterative Categorisation

Professor Jo Neale chats about Iterative Categorisation

Podcast
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Events

Upcoming seminars, journal club meetings, and other events at King's College London. 

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17 May 2021, 12:00 to 13:00

Qualitative Special Interest Group Midday Talk

Sohail Jannesari on poetic analysis in qualitative research

Zoom
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03 June 2021, 16:00 to 17:00

Health Ethnography Reading Group

Ship to shore: Mercy Ships, healing and faith along the southern West African coast
by Dr Isabelle Lorraine Lange

Online
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7 Jun 2021, 11:00 to 12:00

Mental Health Research Meeting

The Mental Health Research Meeting is aimed to be an open forum for staff in KCL and SLaM doing work in Mental Health.

Zoom
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28 June 2021, 12:00 to 13:00

Qualitative Special Interest Group Midday Talk

Steve Marshall from the Cicely Saunders Institute presents about implementing qualitative findings in practice

Zoom
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Meet the Qualitative Researchers

Get to know qualitative researchers at King’s College London in our blog showcasing creative research and the people doing it

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Meet the Qualitative Researchers

Samuel Swidzinski reflects on the benefits of qualitative collaboration
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Meet the Qualitative Researchers

Dr Sharli Paphitis discusses the role of storytelling and laughter in qualitative research and her passion for Community-Based Participatory Research
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Meet the Qualitative Researchers

Sergio Silverio discusses the role of lifecourse analysis and critical approaches in qualitative research, and his determination for better cross-disciplinary health collaborations
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News & Tweets

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“Feeling lost” to “a better understanding of yourself”: How did lockdown impact the mental health of young people in inner city London?

The REACH team provide an update on the findings from their diary study

01 Apr 2021
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Bored on the ward: service user experiences of activities on acute mental health inpatient wards

QUAHRC Member Clair Le Boutillier writes for The Mental Elf

09 Mar 2021
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An Introduction to Qualitative Methods Summer School - 19-22 July 2021

Attend our qualitative summer school - a four day course that equips students with skills and understanding in the purpose and use of qualitative research methodologies in health care.

“The whole course was excellent and I wish I had done it years ago!”

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Research projects

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DAISIES

A multi-centre RCT comparing effectiveness of inpatient treatment versus stepped care day patient treatment for people with severe Anorexia Nervosa
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Recovery-focused care planning and coordination in community (COCAPP) and inpatient (COCAPPA) mental health settings

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APTT

Understanding and improving assessment processes for talking therapies
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QUAHRC Team

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Dr Vanessa Lawrence

QUAHRC Director and Senior Lecturer in Qualitative Social Sciences
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Professor Alan Simpson

QUAHRC Deputy Director and Professor of Mental Health Nursing
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Dr Clair Le Boutillier

Qualitative Research Fellow
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Dr Stan Papoulias

Research Associate and Assistant Director of the Service User Research Enterprise

Dr Angela Sweeney

Senior Lecturer in User Led Research in the Service User Research Enterprise
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Catherine McCombie

PhD Student and QUAHRC Research Assistant
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Sohail Jannesari

PhD Student
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Dr Norha Vera San Juan

Postdoctoral Research Associate
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QUAHRC Affiliated Partners

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ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health
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King's Clinical Trials Unit
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NIHR ARC South London
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  • Spotlight your work and methodological developments in a podcast, news item or blog
  • Attend the Introduction to Qualitative Methods Summer School
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  • Contact us with ideas to develop the QUAHRC 

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