Projects and case studies

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  • NIHR - Supporting healthy lifestyles among young adults in the workplace

    Qualitative research with young people and employers to develop an intervention pathway for employers to support healthy lifestyles in the workplace. Industries of focus will be: leisure and food, health and social care, education, and construction.

  • Looking After You Too Year 3

    IES has been commissioned to conduct qualitative research into the barriers and enablers to effective coaching for wellbeing and an animation for potential coachees to improve readiness for coaching.  The context is of a primary care...

  • ESF Workplace Health Champions Evaluation

    IES are partnering with Rocket Science in an evaluation of  Active Lancashire's Workplace Health Champions training for SMEs. It will examine the benefits SMEs gain from having Workplace Health Champions as part of their workforce as well as...

  • #LookingAfterYouToo Year 2 Evaluation

    IES will assist the #LookingAfterYouToo core project team, led by NHS England and NHS Improvement in partnership with Royal College of GPs, to co-design, implement and evaluate a successful coaching support offer for primary care staff and teams,...

  • Recording the lived experience of people working with obesity

    A survey and associated report to determine the level of stigma and discrimination that employees living with obesity experience in the UK.

  • Obesity Return to Work Guide

    A return to work guide following the Covid-19 lockdowns to ensure that people living with obesity who have a greater vulnerability to more negative outcomes from Covid-19 are provided with a safe and stigma free return to the workplace

  • Obesity Stigma Webinar

    An evidence review to understand the elevated risks that people living with obesity have for experiencing anxiety, depression, stigma, and social inequalities - which can all have implications for their work, productivity and success in the labour...

  • Evaluation of #LookingAfterYourCareer

    IES is designing and implementing an impact evaluation of the newest offer in NHS England and NHS Improvement's suite of coaching support offers for primary care staff.  To capture longer term impact we will be using a multi-method approach...

  • Developing a Work Instability Scale for anxiety and depression

    This project involves developing a dedicated screening tool (self-report questionnaire) specifically designed to recognise and support employees at risk of job absence or loss as a result of anxiety and depression.This questionnaire, similar to...

  • Development of new employment offer options

    IES is providing consultancy and research support to the Northern Ireland government, to develop a new employment support offer for disabled people and those with health conditions.Coverage topics include: employment policy research, equality and...