Professor Ben Barr
University of Liverpool
PHIRST LiLaC
Our team comprises researchers from Liverpool and Lancaster universities, Directors of Public Health with extensive strategic public health expertise, and public co-applicants and collaborators with lived expertise.
LiLaC’s approach has been refined over more than two decades of evaluating complex public health interventions and establishing responsive evaluation schemes in local government settings.
With a wealth of experience of coproduction with local authorities, third sector organisations and communities, our work is also underpinned by principles of co-production, public involvement and health equity assessment.
We have expertise in a range of methods including in-depth qualitative investigation, quasi-experimental and economic methods. Our place-based research platforms combine multi-sectoral whole population linked datasets with narratives on lived experiences of inequalities, which can be used to rapidly evaluate public health interventions across the UK.
Evaluations
- Building and facilitating system capability to create healthy environments in East Sussex and Southampton: a qualitative process evaluation
- Evaluation of the Bristol City Council Substance Use Support Team (SUST) Trauma Informed Recovery Pathway (TIRP)
- Liverpool funded local welfare schemes evaluation
- Evaluation of Money and Mental Health advice service, Kent
- Evaluation of a Trauma Informed Schools Pilot, Bolton
- Evaluation of a housing retrofit programme delivered across Liverpool City Region
- An evaluation of the Our Rochdale social prescribing helpline
- Using Greenslate Farm as a community rehabilitation setting to support individuals recovering from drug and alcohol misuse
- Understanding #CovConnects and its influence on digital inclusion as a wider determinant of health
LiLaC members
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Dr Emma HallidayLancaster University
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Professor Matthew AshtonLiverpool City Council
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Professor Karen BroadhurstLancaster University
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Professor Iain BuchanUniversity of Liverpool
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Dr Michelle CollinsLancaster University
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Ms Jacqui CannonPublic Contributor
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Professor Bruce HollingsworthLancaster University
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Dr Sakthi KarunanithiLancashire County Council
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Professor Jennie PopayLancaster University
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Professor Sarah RodgersUniversity of Liverpool
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Professor David Taylor-RobinsonUniversity of Liverpool
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Mr Timothy WilsonPublic Contributor
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Dr Emma CoombesUniversity of Liverpool
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Mr. Jon Wood -
Dr Huihui SongUniversity of Liverpool
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Dr Harris KaloudisUniversity of Lancaster
Key contact(s)
Ben Barr B.Barr@liverpool.ac.uk,
Co-Chief Investigator