CHAMPION: AlCohol HArM PreventIOn iN pregnancy

Professor Lesley Smith Lesley.Smith@hull.ac.uk
Professor of Women's Public Health

Ms Judith Dyson

Professor Judith Cohen J.Cohen@hull.ac.uk
Director, Hull Health Trials Unit

PEOPLE: Primary care and community Engagement to Optimise time to Presentation with Lung cancEr symptoms in HULL Jun 1, 2017 - Jun 30, 2023
More people are diagnosed with and die from lung cancer in Hull than any other place in Yorkshire. Our aim is to improve earlier diagnosis of lung cancer by [1] getting people to see their doctor if they get lung symptoms and [2] getting GPs to refe... Read More about PEOPLE: Primary care and community Engagement to Optimise time to Presentation with Lung cancEr symptoms in HULL.

BREATHE: Breathlessness RElief AT HomE Apr 1, 2019 - Oct 31, 2021
A feasibility study to address this RQ:
Does a paramedic-administered short non-pharmacological complex breathlessness intervention improve breathlessness and reduce conveyance to ED for people with breathlessness crisis compared with usual practice... Read More about BREATHE: Breathlessness RElief AT HomE.

LIPS: A prospective registry-based cohort study to monitor the diagnosis and management of acute leukaemia in pregnancy Jun 1, 2018 - Feb 28, 2022
Acute leukaemia (AL) is an aggressive but potentially curable cancer that can affect women of childbearing age. When a pregnancy is complicated by a diagnosis of AL, clinicians face a complex dilemma: to balance risking the mother’s survival through... Read More about LIPS: A prospective registry-based cohort study to monitor the diagnosis and management of acute leukaemia in pregnancy.

Development of a community based intervention to increase bowel screening uptake in South Asians living in a diverse area of Oxford City (OX4): a mixed methods study - date extension 31/07/20 Oct 15, 2018 - Jul 31, 2020
Bowel cancer screening uptake for South Asians in the UK (~30%) falls short of the national target of 60%. This together with frequent presentation with a more advanced stage of the disease at diagnosis contributes to poor health outcomes of UK South... Read More about Development of a community based intervention to increase bowel screening uptake in South Asians living in a diverse area of Oxford City (OX4): a mixed methods study - date extension 31/07/20.

Organic Disease masquerading as IBS: an RCT in primary care: The Lincolnshire Poacher Study (Promoting Optimal Assessment to Change Health and Engineer an Economic Revolution Jun 1, 2020 - Apr 30, 2023
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) affects up to 1 in 5 people in Britain. IBS can have a huge impact on a sufferer’s daily activities, general wellbeing, and overall health. IBS often carries major financial implications because of time lost from work,... Read More about Organic Disease masquerading as IBS: an RCT in primary care: The Lincolnshire Poacher Study (Promoting Optimal Assessment to Change Health and Engineer an Economic Revolution.