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Developing and Adapting Interventions

QUAHRC members have expertise in using qualitative methods to develop and adapt health interventions. We use person-based intervention designs with involvement of diverse stakeholders to identify how an intervention is expected to lead to its effect and under what conditions.

Examples of studies where the QUAHRC team have used qualitative methods to develop programme theories for complex interventions, and/or used qualitative methods to optimise the relevance, acceptability and feasibility of interventions for different populations and contexts can be found below.

Qualitative Design

  • Qualitative Research in Trials
  • Participatory and Creative Research
  • Implementation Research and Improvement Science
  • Exploring Illness, Wellbeing and Recovery Experiences
  • Evaluating Services and Interventions
  • Developing and Adapting Interventions
  • Systematic Reviews and Evidence Syntheses
  • Consensus Building Methods
  • Methodological Research
  • Longitudinal Research Evidence
  • Survivor Research

    • Projects

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    Addressing the Challenges Associated with Menstruation in South Africa (The Siyahluma Project)

    A community-engaged research project to understand and address menstruation‑related challenges faced by school‑going girls and women

    COMMEND

    Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Improving Psychological Health in People with Motor Neurone Disease

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    CommonGround

    Co-produced Online Peer Support and Psychoeducation for People Living with Long-Term Physical Health Conditions

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    Developing a culturally tailored digital mental wellbeing intervention for people from Black communities

    Wellcome-funded PhD using participatory qualitative approaches

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    Developing a mental health support package for women survivors of domestic violence and modern slavery in South Asia

    Creating a contextually adaptable, trauma‑informed mental health support package for women survivors of domestic violence and modern slavery in South Asia

    FACTOID

    Development and Feasibility of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Older People with Treatment-Resistant Generalised Anxiety Disorder

    PATHFINDER

    Problem Adaptation Therapy for Individuals with Mild to Moderate Dementia and Depression

    Personalised cancer care and support

    Identifying what good looks and feels like and co-designing improvements

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    The Modern Slavery Core Outcome Set (MSCOS)

    A survivor‑driven, consensus‑based framework defining a minimum set of outcomes that should be reported in research, policy, and interventions supporting adult survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking

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    Understanding and supporting the mental wellbeing of survivors of coercive control

    Understand how survivors of coercive control define and experience mental wellbeing over time, and identifying the factors and resources that support it

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    WHELD

    Well-being and Health for People with Dementia in Care Homes