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Keeping warm at home during winter in Wales: Differences in heating behaviours, coping strategies, and wellbeing from 2022 to 2023

People’s homes can have a significant impact on their health and well-being. This includes the ability to keep warm at home during winter. This report describes the findings of a national household survey of residents in Wales aged 18 years and over between January to March 2022 (wave one) and repeated between January to March 2023 (wave two). The findings use a sample of 507 participants who completed both survey waves.

Authors: Kat Ford, Nicholas Carella+ 5 more
, Rebecca Hill, Hayley Janssen, Lauren Heywood, Daniella Griffiths, Sumina Azam
Report - EnglishReport - Welsh

A practical handbook on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Delivering prevention, building resilience and developing trauma-informed systems: A resource for professionals and organisations

This new resource aims to support action on ACEs by providing practical advice on implementing work to prevent ACEs, build resilience, and develop trauma-informed organisations, sectors and systems. It supports the development of a trauma-informed society that is invested in action to prevent ACEs and better support those affected by them.

Authors: Sara Wood, Hayley Janssen+ 3 more
, Karen Hughes, Jonathon Passmore, Mark Bellis
Report - English Report - Welsh

Cold indoor temperatures and their association with health and well-being: a systematic literature review

Evidence suggests that indoor temperatures <18°C are associated with negative health effects. This study aimed to identify, appraise and update evidence on the association between cold temperatures (i.e. <18°C) within homes (i.e. dwellings) and health and well-being outcomes. Significant gaps in the current evidence base are identified, including research on the impacts of cold indoor temperatures on mental health and well-being, studies involving young children, and the long-term health effects of cold indoor temperatures.

Authors: Hayley Janssen, Kat Ford+ 5 more
, Ben Gascoyne, Rebecca Hill, Manon Roberts, Mark Bellis, Sumina Azam
Journal - English only

Cold homes and their association with health and well-being: a systematic literature review

As part of a wider project to determine whether current indoor temperature standards for households in Wales are optimal for people’s comfort, health, and well-being, this review aims to identify and appraise the current evidence on the association between cold homes and health and well-being.

Authors: Hayley Janssen, Ben Gascoyne+ 4 more
, Kat Ford, Rebecca Hill, Manon Roberts, Sumina Azam
Report -EnglishReport - Welsh

Adverse childhood experiences and COVID-19 in Bolton

This report seeks to explore, for the Bolton population, any association between ACE exposure and COVID-19 infection. It will also seek to identify if ACE exposure is associated with: trust in COVID-19 health information; attitudes towards, and compliance with COVID-19 restrictions (e.g. use of face coverings, social distancing); and attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination. A better understanding of such relationships will help local services understand how they can encourage compliance with public health restrictions and vaccine uptake; information crucial for targeting health messaging and the management of threats to public health, including future pandemics.

Authors: Kat Ford, Karen Hughes+ 2 more
, Hayley Janssen, Mark Bellis
Commissioned report

Understanding non-emergency and non-deployed demand to North Wales Police: An observational study of the Joint Communications Centre

As part of the Early Action Together (EAT) programme, North Wales Police (NWP) pursued the opportunity to design a research study with the EAT research team, to gather initial evidence on non-emergency and nondeployed calls, to further inform decisions on how best to address these calls to support vulnerable individuals through multi-agency working arrangements. This study was a priority for NWP to outline evidence-based areas for consideration; to help shape recommendations for early intervention targeting vulnerable callers and reduce future demand.

Authors: Hayley Janssen, Gabriela Ramos Rodriguez
Report - EnglishReport - Welsh

Adverse Childhood Experience Trauma Informed Multi-agency Early Action Together (ACE TIME) training: A 15-month police and partners follow-up

This report is based on a follow-up evaluation with ACE TIME training participants. It sets out to find whether the positive changes identified in the initial ACE TIME training evaluation were sustained at nine to fifteen months after attending the training.

Authors: Gabriela Ramos Rodriguez, Freya Glendinning+ 2 more
, Sophie Harker, Hayley Janssen
Report - EnglishReport - Welsh

Police perspectives on the impact of the Adverse Childhood Experience Trauma Informed Multi-Agency Early Action Together (ACE TIME) training across Wales

This report looks in depth at the experience of police during a national programme of transformation and cultural change. The report consists of interviews with police officers and staff who received the ACE TIME Training. It examines their perspectives on the impact of the training on their knowledge and practice and their attitudes towards the ACE Coordinator service who delivered the training and ongoing support to operational policing.

Authors: Hayley Janssen, Sophie Harker+ 4 more
, Emma Barton, Annemarie Newbury, Bethan Jones, Gabriela Ramos Rodriguez
Report - EnglishReport - Welsh

A rapid assessment of re-opening nightlife whilst containing COVID-19 and preventing violence

To support the work of partner agencies in re-opening nightlife safely following the first COVID-19 lockdown, the Wales Violence Prevention Unit conducted rapid research to assess the evidence and emerging global best practice for re-opening nightlife whilst containing COVID-19 and preventing violence. The report includes key examples of how nightlife has re-opened across the world, how measures to reduce risks of COVID-19 may impact on risks of violence, and provides key considerations for opening up nightlife in Wales.

Authors: Hayley Janssen, Katie Cresswell+ 7 more
, Natasha Judd, Karen Hughes, Lara Snowdon, Emma Barton, Daniel Jones, Sara Wood, Mark Bellis
Report - EnglishReport - Welsh

An evaluation of the Adverse Childhood Experience Trauma Informed Multi-agency Early Action Together (ACE TIME) training: national roll out to police and partners

The pan-Wales Early Action Together (E.A.T.) programme aimed to develop a whole systems response to vulnerability to enable police and multi-agency (MA) partners to recognise signs of vulnerability at the earliest opportunity and to work together to provide access to support beyond statutory services. Key to achieving this was the development and delivery of the Adverse Childhood Experience Trauma Informed Multi-agency Early Action Together (ACE TIME) training programme. The current report evaluated the phase one roll out of the ACE TIME training (from September 2018 to January 2019).

Authors: Freya Glendinning, Emma Barton+ 7 more
, Annemarie Newbury, Hayley Janssen, Georgia Johnson, Gabriela Ramos Rodriguez, Michelle McManus, Sophie Harker, Mark Bellis
Report - EnglishReport - Welsh

Understanding the Landscape of Policing when Responding to Vulnerability: Interviews with frontline officers across Wales

This report is the first in a series of reports that has sought to understand the landscape in policing vulnerability across Wales, which in turn will support the E.A.T programme approach. It outlines the reality of responding to vulnerable individuals for frontline officers, the enablers and blockers in current service delivery and examines the introduction of the Adverse Childhood Experience Trauma-Informed Multi-agency Early Action Together training (ACE TIME training). This report provides the individual, situational and organisational context within which to view post-ACE TIME training findings and provide key recommendations when preparing to deliver a National transformational and cultural change programme within policing.

Authors: Emma Barton, Michelle McManus+ 7 more
, Georgia Johnson, Gabriela Ramos Rodriguez, Annemarie Newbury, Hayley Janssen, Felicity Morris, Bethan Morris, Jo Roberts
Report - EnglishReport - Welsh

Transitioning from Police Innovation to a National Programme of Transformation

This report provides a high-level overview of the journey and transition from the localised South Wales Police PIF project to a National Programme of Transformational change. It details the key framework of the E.A.T programme, its aims and objectives, key roles, mechanisms of delivery in the ACE TIME training and evaluation measures used. The findings from a small pilot study are presented, which considers the fidelity of the training package and the evaluation tools developed to measure the impact of the training prior to national roll-out.

Authors: Annemarie Newbury, Emma Barton+ 5 more
, Michelle McManus, Gabriela Ramos Rodriguez, Georgia Johnson, Hayley Janssen, Freya Glendinning
Report - EnglishReport - Welsh
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