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Biography

I am trained as a medical sociologist and I have an interest in mixed-methods research, qualitative research and evaluation research. A large share of my academic work has been in the fields of Public Health, Health Promotion and the Organisation of Maternity Care. I have substantial research experience in conducting large-scale comparative studies, usually applying interdisciplinary and mixed-methods approaches.

I have been involved in evaluating large-scale community-based public-health interventions in Scotland funded by, for example, the Chief Scientist Office (Scottish Government, Edinburgh), the Wellcome Trust, and NHS Health Scotland.

I have has also published on various aspects of research methods in a format easily accessible to a lay audience, including a paper on research ethics published in a midwifery journal.

My international research is largely based in Nepal. We are involved in several research projects in the community with Green Tara Nepal to improve health and well-being of poorer people in Nepal...

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Research

DelPHE (Round 4), British Council: Partnership on Improving Access to Research Literature for HE Institutions in Nepal (PARI Initiative), £ 53,000 for three years (with Prof. Ram Sharan Pathak & Dr. Bhimsen Devkota (both Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, Dr. Padam Simkhada (University of Sheffield) and Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen from BU’s School of Health & Social Care, and also Visiting Professor at Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences (MMIHS) affiliated with Tribhuvan University.

The PARI Initiative aims to improve evidnece-based practice in Higher Education in Nepal, in short trying to move away from textbook teaching in health care and teach Nepali students about finding the most appropriate evidence-based treatment for each patient. PARI will help to refocus curricula in Nepal with greater emphasis on research information.PARI has attracted considerable media coverage in Nepal, e.g. http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Make+education+research-oriented%26sbquo%3B+says+expert&NewsID=367115

For further details on BU webpages see:

www.bournemouth.ac.uk/hsc/news/2013/feb/ne001-pari-project-improves-research-nepal.html

For academic output see:

https://wfpha.confex.com/wfpha/2012/webprogram/Paper9064.html

Edwin is the joint lead with Prof. Aminur Rahman from CIPRB (Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh) of a project called Sonamoni. This project aims to reduce the deaths of newly-mobile toddlers from drowning in rural Bangladesh. BU is leading on this interdisciplinary study of nearly £1.7 million funded by the UK National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) till 2026...

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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person's work contributes towards the following SDGs:

No poverty

"End poverty in all its forms everywhere"

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Good health and well-being

"Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages"

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Gender equality

"Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls"

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Partnership for the Goals

"Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development"

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