This report seeks lessons from the evidence-based healthcare movement, which has a track record of using evaluation to develop practice, to consider what it might take to develop evaluation capacity in the emerging field of counter-violent-extremism.
A study to examine the factors associated with engagement among NHS employees as part of a project with the Health Foundation, a charity committed to bringing about better health and healthcare in the UK. The study looked at the potential link between organisational, personal and health-related factors and employee engagement, and how engagement is linked with the outcomes at the individual or organisational level.
This study uses a technique known as 'stated preference discrete choice experiments' to understand what sort of Brexit the British people really want and what trade-offs they would be willing to make in negotiations for a deal with the EU.
This longitudinal study uses stated preference discrete choice experiments to explore and quantify how the British public value key dimensions of a future relationship with Europe and how these have changed between 2017 and 2018. Key dimensions included freedom of movement for working and holidays, contributions to the EU, free trade with other countries, access to the EU single market for goods and services and sovereignty.
This policy memo provides an overview of policies and initiatives in EUcountries supporting family-friendly workplaces, allowing employeesflexibility in their working hours and location to help them balance theirprofessional and family lives.
This report documents a survey of 2,465 researchers from 109 countries on the patterns, enablers, obstacles and outcomes of international movement. Over three quarters of respondents had moved to live in another country during their career. Nearly all respondents said research benefits from international movement — helping form collaborations and develop ideas, skills and expertise, but also presenting challenges on a personal level.
This study presents metrics to help work out what Tommy's should measure and how Tommy's should report impact. These metrics cover four different elements of Tommy's strategy: the research centres, the implementation centre, the pregnancy information service, and the clinics. The aim is to work out how each contributes to Tommy's desired outcomes, namely the reduction of stillbirth, preterm birth and miscarriage.
Ammonia emissions in the UK have been rising since 2013, with the main source being agriculture. The impacts on biodiversity are significant and together with the costs to human health could be equivalent to over £700m per year in the UK by 2020.
Q is an initiative is led by the Health Foundation and supported and co-funded by NHS England to connect people working in quality improvement across the healthcare system throughout the UK. RAND Europe was commissioned to provide an independent evaluation of Q, starting in 2016 and reporting in early 2020. This is the interim report of that evaluation, documenting progress towards the overarching evaluation aims.
The first Q Improvement Lab ('Q Lab'), funded by the Health Foundation and NHS Improvement, was launched in the spring of 2017. RAND Europe and the University of Cambridge conducted a real-time, formative evaluation to address the overarching question: 'Is the Q Lab approach likely to become an effective, valuable way of developing ideas or interventions to support positive change at multiple levels of the health and care system?
This report documents the implementation of the demand models that form part of the South East Wales Transport Model (SEWTM). The model implementation structure and the mode-destination choice model parameters have been transferred from the strategic model developed for the West Midland region, PRISM West Midlands.
This report documents the methodology and estimation results of the frequency model components of the South East Wales Transport Model (SEWTM). Frequency models have been estimated for seven home-based tour purposes. Models were also developed for work and non-work related non-home-based tours and detours.
This report documents the development of the mode-destination models that form part of the South East Wales Transport Model (SEWTM). The South East Wales mode-destination models were developed by transferring the mode-destination models developed for the PRISM West Midlands model to South East Wales.
Synthesis of the results of two national evaluations of the research impact assessment exercise and reflections for the future.
Using both qualitative and quantitative methods, this study found improving transportation connectivity has a positive impact on multilateral trade. Assuming that this relationship is causal, with the proposed level of investment in transport infrastructure in the BRI region, total trade volumes increase not only in the China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) region, but also in the countries outside the initiative.
By using both qualitative and quantitative analysis, this study found improving transportation multimodal connectivity has a positive impact on multilateral trade across countries and regions along China Belt and Road Initiative.
The final report in a three-part series on citizen science looks at the growing number of online tools for gathering and understanding opinions.
This study, commissioned by the European Defence Agency, identifies key defence skills within the governmental domain and proposes recommendations for their sustainment.
This policy memo prepared for the European Platform for Investing in Children, provides a short resource guide for child-serving organisations to support effective implementation of evidence-based practices.
This report is a review of teaching and practice in childcare settings. It identifies areas of early years childcare practice that are well evidenced and provides an accessible overview of the research for policymakers and practitioners.
This annual thematic report of the European Platform for Investing in Children provides a snapshot of recent changes and new developments in the area of child and family policies across the EU in 2017.
This policy memo provides a brief overview of national and school-level approaches to the inclusion of unaccompanied migrant children in formal education systems across EU countries.
This policy memo provides an overview of the current paternity and parental leave provisions across EU countries.
Initial evaluation of the impact of the Transformation Support Unit of Eastern Academic Health Science Network. We developed a logic model, surveyed stakeholders and analysed 4 case studies of innovations supported. Signs are that the Unit is improving implementation of innovations in the National Health Service in eastern England. We recommended collection of more data to enable estimation of the return on investment.
This document is a proof-of-concept operational toolbox designed to facilitate the development of national-level cybersecurity capacity building programmes and of holistic policy and investment strategies to tackle complex challenges in the cyber domain. The document seeks to enable a better translation of the results of national cyber maturity reviews and assessments into tangible policy recommendations.
