Mobilising global knowledge to address the social impacts of COVID-19
In Phase 2, IPPO will extend its work to engage with a broader range of thematic areas that have a direct impact of public policy making
Vaccine hesitancy is not a new phenomenon, though today it may be more likely to be exacerbated by misinformation, such as that which spreads through social media.
An early pandemic survey found that respondents’ intentions to receive COVID-19 vaccines were linked more to their media literacy and opinion of health experts than knowledge of the virus or previous vaccination behavior.
Ahead of our joint event with the Future of City Centres Network, Robert Rogerson (Institute for Future Cities, University of Strathclyde), and Bob Giddings (Department of Architecture and Built Environment, Northumbria University), set out...
Surveys and interviews from over 70,000 participants over two years provided rare, privileged insight into the effects of the pandemic on people’s daily lives
An Australian study of the perspectives of primary school teachers has explored how schools can better support the mental health of their students.
Providers of NHS mental health services are now seeing young people with very severe and complex needs, and if they are admitted to hospital, they are staying longer
Volunteering was one of the few good news stories from the pandemic. Read four policy takeaways on how to support its future, by Eddy Hogg
A range of factors cast doubt on the nature and level of the volunteering response we can expect when tackling our cost-of-living crisis
Academics from the Schleider Lab for Scalable Mental Health discuss what factors and challenges policymakers need to take into account and overcome when looking at rolling out interventions
