Current and previous RRG projects
The Resilience Research Group is committed to accessible, good quality research. As well as academic research, we work closely with companies, councils, and not-for-profit organisations to answer resilience-related questions that can be used to directly improve the lives of communities.
Below you can find a list of our current and previous RRG projects. If you would like partner with us on a project that interests you then please fill in our registration of interest form.
Camden and Islington Trauma informed network
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Project end: 2022
A modified DELPHI analysis of the actions that need to be taken to develop a trauma-informed network
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The outcomes of a traumatic experience can be wide-reaching and overlap, such that individuals who have experienced trauma may be at an elevated risk for behavioural problems, mental health problems, and physical conditions. As such, people who have experienced trauma are likely to require support from a range of services, and trauma experience may necessitate frequent interactions with the care system across the lifespan. In order to effectively meet the needs of this population while reducing the risk of re-traumatisation, multidisciplinary collaboration is required.
Building resilient families using the Haringey Anchor Approach
Project end: 2022
A qualitative exploration of a whole-school approach to improving resilience and school engagement in childhood and adolescence
Worldwide, 10% to 20% of children and adolescents experience mental health problems. High levels of preliminary resilience have been repeatedly found to buffer against mental and physical distress in children and adolescents, as has school engagement: a construct which covers students’ behaviour at school, emotional attachment to their school, and cognitions related to education’.
We aim to explore the perceived impact of a resilience-based whole school intervention to improve school engagement using the Anchor Approach (a whole school approach intervention run in 24 primary schools by Haringey Council for up to four years) as a model.
Promoting youth resilience with the JoyPop app
Project end: 2025
JoyPop is an app designed to improve resilience in adolescents and young adult students.
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The JoyPop research team are teaming up with RRG members to initiate a study to explore the feasibility of using JoyPop to improve resilience and well-being in university students, and evaluate its impact on mental and physical health.
Words Matter charity
Project end: 2023
A DELPHI analysis of the definition of, and actions relating to, a childhood verbal abuse responsive approach.
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‘Verbal abuse’ has been loosely defined as “language intended to cause distress to the target”, however there is no clear definition of verbal abuse currently available in the literature. Without clearly defined parameters it is impossible to confirm whether or not verbal abuse has taken place, or to understand the outcomes specific to verbal abuse, as opposed to abuse in general. As well as understanding the existing literature, it is important to be clear on how experts who interact with children understand verbal abuse - as well as how people who have experienced verbal abuse define it themselves.
Exploring PrEP promotion in Black African communities
Project end: 2022
Raising NHS PrEP Awareness Among Black African Communities in the City and Hackney
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a biomedical human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention strategy that involves the use of HIV antiretroviral medications by HIV-negative people to reduce infection risk. In spite of its
potential, the uptake of PrEP both in the United Kingdom (UK) and worldwide has been limited, with disparities emerging across lines of race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, geography, age, and self-identity. Following men who have sex with men (MSM), the UK’s BA population currently faces the second-highest levels of HIV risk, yet awareness of PrEP within the community remains low and research on the subject is limited.
Promoting youth resilience with the JoyPop app
Project end: 2025
JoyPop is an app designed to improve resilience in adolescents and young adult students.
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The JoyPop research team are teaming up with RRG members to initiate a study to explore the feasibility of using JoyPop to improve resilience and well-being in university students, and evaluate its impact on mental and physical health.