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Research and education improving how healthcare is delivered in the community. From clinical trials and data science to digital health and disease prevention – at the University of Oxford.
Oxford Tobacco Addiction Group
Primary research and systematic reviews on interventions to prevent and treat tobacco addiction – covering cessation support, prevention of uptake, and the effectiveness of public policy approaches to reducing smoking.
Behaviour, Implementation Science and Qualitative methods in Infections research Team (BISQIT)
- Analogue to digital
- Hospital to community care
- Sickness to prevention
- clinical-trials-&-evaluation
- health-behaviours-community
- infection-respiratory
- research-methods-&-evidence
Applying behavioural science and qualitative methods to improve how infections are managed in primary care, including the adoption of point-of-care diagnostics and approaches to antibiotic stewardship that work for clinicians and patients.
Social Prescribing
Studying how linking people to community groups, activities and support services – addressing social isolation, practical needs and wellbeing – can complement clinical care and improve health outcomes in primary care.
Hypertension
Developing better ways to monitor, diagnose and manage high blood pressure in primary care, with a focus on self-monitoring, self-management and interventions that increase patient involvement in their own care.
Stroke Prevention and Atrial Fibrillation
Working to reduce stroke risk through better detection and management of atrial fibrillation, high blood pressure and other risk factors in primary care, including community screening and patient self-monitoring.
Chronic Kidney Disease Group
Investigating how chronic kidney disease is detected, monitored and managed in primary care – including which patients are most at risk, how screening can help, and how kidney disease affects cardiovascular health.