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Healthcare Practice and Rehabilitation

Health Practice and Rehabilitation research responds to a broad health agenda through research that spans the continuum from the study of factors maintaining and promoting health and wellbeing, to helping health professionals deal effectively with illness, disease, and recovery trajectories.

Led by Dr Kay de Vries, our research is recognised for its distinctive contribution to practice and policy based research outcomes; through sustainable research expertise in a range of cutting-edge quantitative and qualitative methodologies and approaches to knowledge exchange. This contribution is underpinned by European and International links.

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Dr Kay de Vries

Health is defined as “A state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing” (WHO, 1948). It is based on a belief in participation and empowerment, social justice and equity.

Research Design Service South East

Professor Jörg W Huber is both Deputy Director and Academic Site Lead of the Research Design Service South East at the University of Brighton. The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funds the Research Design Service (RDS) to provide research design and methodological support to health and social care researchers across England to develop grant applications for the NIHR and other national peer-reviewed funding programmes. Advice is confidential and free of charge.

The Research Design Service South East is a collaboration between the University of Brighton, University of Kent and the University of Surrey. Covering the counties of Kent, Surrey and Sussex, advice and support is available through research clinics, face-to-face meetings and by telephone and email. RDS advises on all aspects of grant application preparation.

The Research Design Service South East website provides further information including eligibility criteria, case studies and contact details for advisers.

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Professor Jörg W Huber

Our mission

Our mission is to produce high quality research that is sustainable and improves the quality of life for individuals, communities and society in general. We are committed to undertaking research which informs and supports professionals, practitioners, researchers, lecturers and students in the fields of Nursing, Midwifery, Paramedics and the Allied Health Professions (Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Podiatry) Public Health and Health Promotion.

We value all types of research relevant to our mission including, qualitative, experimental, laboratory-based, applied clinical, standardised data collection and theoretical research. We aim to be recognised at local, national and international levels for our distinctive contribution to practice and policy-based research outcomes through sustainable research expertise in a range of cutting-edge qualitative and quantitative methodologies and approaches to knowledge translation and exchange.

We believe our research must reflect the current Government, NHS and EC agendas in order to support and sustain the Health Professions which we represent together with improving care for patients and clients either in the NHS, the private sector or via public health initiatives.

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