Bereavement Research
@BRIG_Strath
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A multidisciplinary Bereavement Research & Innovation Group (BRIG) at the University of Strathclyde.
Glasgow, Scotland
Joined October 2017
New research from BRIG members @S_M_Paul and @weeneens on the prevalence of childhood bereavement in Scotland and its relationship with disadvantage
“More than half of Scottish children have experienced bereavement by age 8.” 📢NEW - our research with @UniStrathclyde on the prevalence of childhood bereavement and its relationship with disadvantage @GUS @S_M_Paul @weeneens #NGAW2020 #ShareYourStory
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We are very proud to announce the publication of our new research briefing series! In the first issue @S_M_Paul and Laura Del Carpio discuss coverage of loss and grief in the school curriculum. Take a look here 👇 https://t.co/Kg4SQqOUPq
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Exciting news! We have just released a searchable corpus of grief experiences, collected as part of a phenomenological survey. Read more & explore the Grief Experience Survey here:
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Suicide researchers - I read two papers this week that challenged me to think critically about how we as a community of academics frame and talk about suicide & the people who are the subjects and participants in our work. This from @HazelMarzetti et al.
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Want a new challenge in 2022? We're recruiting for a Deputy Director: Practice & Participation Lead. If you want to change things for children & young people and aren't afraid to have difficult conversations, then apply below by 6/2. #JobAlert #vacancy
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Results from my PhD study exploring fathers' experiences of partner bereavement are now publically available!! Find the reseach summary at https://t.co/TLqYIq2WID
@cbukhelp @CBNtweets @hospiceuk @mariecurieuk @goodgrieftrust @CruseSupport @WidowedAndYoung @theUKCB
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Exclusive: 67% of ppl in UK experienced social isolation/loneliness due to bereavement during pandemic. Research (first on large scale) by @mariecurieuk Palliative Research Centre comes as UK Bereavement Commission calls for evidence and charities warn of ‘bereavement crisis’
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Are you interested in helping to shine a light on death, dying and bereavement in Scotland? Could you put on an event as part of Demystifying Death week this May? Our new resource pack provides ideas, resources and event templates. #DemystifyDeath
Hot of the press- a new Digital Event Resource Pack to help people to hold events as part of Demystifying Death week this May. It includes ideas, event templates and hosting tips. https://t.co/ofvoJR9hKE
#DemystifyDeath
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📢Job alert!!📢I'm hiring postdocs to work @EdinUniHealth on my @wellcometrust funded @suicidecultures project: 3 posts; 3 years; awesome project (obvs biased) - looking for folks w/ expertise in #qualitative #ethnographic methods & interest in 'reimagining' suicide research!
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As we come to the end of the first week #backtoschool for most pupils, here’s a reminder of ways to support those who’ve been bereaved. https://t.co/LJqfHMkMFm
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Just a reminder to any parents, carers, children, teachers or other people who work with children. This comic, written by bereaved children for other children, is available for free. Either download or contact me for a hard copy. https://t.co/c3gOBnwkaZ Please RT
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SURVEY NOW OPEN! Please share across UK bereavement services to help describe their response to the #COVID19 pandemic and its impact on services. This is part of our national @UKRI_News @ESRC study and will directly inform policy, advocacy and practice. @EmilyHarrop10
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1 year on from High Court ruling that denying #bereavement benefits to surviving cohabiting parents & their grieving children breaches their human rights, Gov has still not acted to right this wrong @CPAGUK @WidowedandYoung @NCBtweets
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On the anniversary of a landmark judgment from the High Court, campaigners are calling on the Government to make good on
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LEGO can be a key tool in research with children & young people - sign up to learn why from @ross_acg_gibson at this FREE @UniStrathclyde @CrimSocJust seminar on 17/2, along with two other interesting research presentations. Please RT! https://t.co/bPGvIzPl1k
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❓How do we protect children when they're not in the family home? Our #InfoSheet looks at Contextual Safeguarding - and how this is being used across the UK in responding to extra-familial abuse. Please RT: https://t.co/Nn7oQ4srGe
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Don’t miss our next Coffee & Chat event this Thursday 14 January with @DebbieAnne84 & @Ruth_Kerracher from The Children and Young People’s Centre for Justice (CYCJ) @CYCJScotland Grab a ☕️ & join us at 11:00. It’s free! All welcome! Please RT https://t.co/acqbppMYL9
@EventbriteUK
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Share your coffee break with people working in the Justice sector. Make a cuppa and join us!
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As Grief Awareness Week draws to a close, read our paper on why bereavement is a public health issue that needs our collective attention. With half of all 8-year-olds bereaved of a family member, we can't afford not to. https://t.co/BuN7baActY
#NGAW20 @S_M_Paul @growingupinscot
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Background and Method: There is an absence of research on the prevalence of bereavement during early childhood and the relationship between childhood bereavemen...
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Our research about childhood bereavement out today might be hard to hear, or provoke sad or difficult feelings. Any of the UK bereavement charities have great advice on their websites about how to talk with, and support, children who are bereaved. We also have a free comic👇 1/2
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