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Primary care is the first point of contact for, and manages the vast majority of, patients with infectious disease. Primary care is also responsible for over 80% of all health service antibiotic use. Antimicrobial resistance is at the top of the international public health agenda and is responsible for over 30,000 premature deaths in Europe annually. The CAPC infection group conducts internationally recognised research to improve the management of acute infections and the use of antibiotics in primary care. We use mixed methods and collaborate with a wide range of disciplinary experts to conduct research in five areas:
1. To develop and evaluate the clinical and cost effectiveness of interventions promoting self-care of infections at home
2. To improve the targeting and effective use of antibiotics
3. To investigate the relationship between primary care prescribed antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance
4. To develop and evaluate the clinical and cost effectiveness of interventions to reduce the severity of infection associated symptoms
5. To understand the social and cultural influences on the management of infections by clinicians, patients and carers, including health care utilisation, prescribing practices, and clinician-patient/carer communication.
I lead a 15 strong group, who include two Research Fellows, a Trial Manager, three Research Associates/Assistants, a Research Nurse, a PhD student, an Executive Assistant and five Research Administrators. Together, our success is built on the talent and commitment of our staff; our focus on impactful applied health research with high quality publications; our inter-disciplinary links within the School of Social and Community Medicine and across the University of Bristol; and our collaborative links with like-minded researchers at the Universities of Oxford, Southampton and Cardiff. With these three centres, we have an active multicentre research portfolio of nine studies valued at £14M, three of which are led by Bristol and valued at £4.4M, with a further £1.4M of Bristol-only led research.
Keywords
- antimicrobial resistance
- antibiotics
- primary care
- infection
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Remembering everyday healthcare c.1940-1970: Testing a novel interdisciplinary methodology
Caddick, B. A., Dawson, S., Hay, A. D., Payne, R., Clark, H. & Clapp, S.
12/05/23 → 31/07/23
Project: Research
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Visualising the past: Exploring a data driven approach to investigate and view digitised historical archives.
Caddick, B. A., Payne, R. A., Jones, M. A., Hay, A. D., Huntley, A. L. & Pitts, K. M.
1/01/22 → 4/07/22
Project: Research, Parent
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Can the past inform the present? Exploring attitudes and approaches to the management of common infections
Caddick, B. A., Hay, A. D., Dawson, S. & Lasseter, G.
1/03/20 → 31/07/21
Project: Research
Research output
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Comparing GPs’ antibiotic prescribing decisions to a clinical prediction rule: an online vignette study
Nurek, M., Hay, A. D. & Kostopoulou, O., 1 Mar 2023, In: British Journal of General Practice. 73, 728, p. e176-e185Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Effectiveness of analgesic ear drops as add-on treatment to oral analgesics in children with acute otitis media: study protocol of the OPTIMA pragmatic randomised controlled trial
de Sevaux, J., Damoiseaux, R. A. M. J., Hullegie, S., Sanders, E. A. M., de wit, G. A., Zuithoff, N. P. A., Yardley, L., Anthierens, S., Little, P., Hay, A. D., Schilder, A. G. M. & Venekamp, R. P., 22 Feb 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: BMJ Open. 13, 2, e062071.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Impact of remote vital sign monitoring on health outcomes in acute respiratory infection and exacerbation of chronic respiratory conditions: systematic review and meta-analysis
Creavin, S. T., Garg, M. & Hay, A. D., 2 Feb 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: ERJ Open Research. 9, 2, 00393-2022.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Datasets
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Data from: Adjunctive clindamycin for cellulitis: clinical trial comparing flucloxacillin with or without clindamycin for the treatment of limb cellulitis
Brindle, R. (Contributor), Williams, O. M. (Contributor), Davies, P. (Contributor), Harris, T. (Contributor), Jarman, H. (Contributor), Hay, A. D. (Contributor) & Featherstone, P. (Contributor), Dryad, 10 Mar 2017
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.5q1j0, http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.5q1j0
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Data from TARGET cohort study (subset)
Hay, A. D. (Creator), University of Bristol, 2 Apr 2020
DOI: 10.5523/bris.2if1hyn6u9bdx2wh70yqv24ifv, http://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/2if1hyn6u9bdx2wh70yqv24ifv
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Activities
- 1 Fellowship awarded competitively
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NIHR Research Professorship - Reducing the burden of paediatric respiratory tract infections to the NHS.
Alastair D Hay (Recipient)
1 Jul 2013 → 1 Jul 2018Activity: Other activity types › Fellowship awarded competitively