Effectiveness through research

Enhancing the effectiveness of substance misuse, offender health and public health services through social research, innovation, science and training.

Bespoke Data Analysis

We offer expert bespoke analysis of datasets across substance misuse, crime, offender and public health.

We provide rigorous analytical insights to inform needs assessments, evaluation and other studies.

Research and Evaluation

We have undertaken over 50 service evaluations across substance misuse, mental health and offender health using a range of quantitative and qualitative methods.

We specialise in use of advanced quasi-experimental methods to assess treatment effectiveness in community and criminal justice settings.

Interventions

Training, advice and consultancy support for node-link mapping, alcohol brief interventions and support for services in community and custodial settings.

We also provide provide links to an educational, preventative, harm minimisation resource for children aged 0 to 9 years promoting safety and developing a child’s resilience.

Latest Insights

Search here for links to reports, papers and toolkits. Our latest publications include:

Using a retrospective case review, we deployed a hierarchical cluster analysis using Ward’s linkage method to examine segments in an inner-London treatment population.

We analysed 1,313 online responses from around Europe to assess the association between relationship status and living with dependent children on recovery capital of people in recovery from drug addiction.