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Good night, sleep well: Impact of sleep environment innovations and effects
PI: Professor Louise McCabe
Funded by: Coventry University
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Technical Support on anti-corruption in Greece
PI: Professor Richard Simmons
Funded by: Queen Margaret College
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Survey of Teacher Workforce
PI: Professor Mark Priestley
Funded by: National Association of School Masters and Union of Women Teachers
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Understanding the outcomes of people with cognitive impairment and/or dementia admitted to the general hospital.
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Funded by: National Institute for Health Research
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A Curriculum for Wales - Pioneer Engagement Programme
PI: Dr Valerie Drew
Funded by: South East Wales Education Achievement Service
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Mapping the impact of educational interventions: a literature review
PI: Professor Mark Priestley
Funded by: South East Wales Education Achievement Service
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The Scottish Longitudinal Survey of Ageing (THSLS)
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Funded by: National Institutes of Health
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The Role of Volunteers in Dementia Care
PI: Professor Vikki McCall
Funded by: Abbeyfield Society
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Guidance for Educators on the Participation of Children and Young People
PI: Professor Gregory Mannion
Funded by: Education Scotland
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An Evaluation of the 415 Hub and Cluster Innovation Project
PI: Professor Vikki McCall
Funded by: Wheatley Housing Group Limited
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Quantitative language research: Exploring the potential of corpus linguistics in education
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Funded by: The British Academy
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Style and/or Substance? Developing Teaching in Statistical Communication
PI: Professor Alasdair Rutherford
Funded by: The British Academy
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Master's programmes in ELT: A survey of UK provision and student experiences
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Funded by: The British Council
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Moving Memories: The role and meaning of possessions in the context of housing transitions for people entering care
PI: Dr Richard Ward
Funded by: Abbeyfield Society
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The Constitutional Future of Scotland and the United Kingdom
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Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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British Society of Gerontology Conference 2016
PI: Professor Louise McCabe
Funded by: Delegates - Short Courses
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Effective Allocation of Adapted Social Housing (Stage 1)
PI: Professor Isobel Anderson
Funded by: Horizon Housing Association
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Research Brief for East Ayrshire Child Protection Committee
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Funded by: East Ayrshire Council
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Process Evaluation of Alcohol Brief Interventions in wider settings (Young People and Social Work)
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Funded by: NHS Health Scotland
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Development of a Supervision Practice Guide for Workers in Scotland's Social Services
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Funded by: Scottish Social Services Council
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Creating conversations: Activity Toolkit for People with Dementia
PI: Professor Vikki McCall
Funded by: Scottish Funding Council
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Creativity and Effectiveness in the Use of Electronic Monitoring as an Alternative to Imprisonment in EU Member States
PI: Professor Gillian McIvor
Funded by: European Commission (Horizon 2020)
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Pathways through Health and Social Care for Older People with Dementia
PI: Professor Alasdair Rutherford
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office
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Informal Learning and Citizen Science
PI: Professor Richard Edwards
Funded by: The British Academy
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Corpus linguistics and teacher education: new perspectives for Brazilian pre-service teachers of English to speakers of other languages
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Funded by: The British Academy
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Enhancing Informal Learning Through Citizen Science
PI: Professor Richard Edwards
Funded by: The Wellcome Trust
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Research to identify what good leadership looks like in Scotland's social services
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Funded by: Scottish Social Services Council
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Teaching, Learning and Play in the Outdoors: a national survey of provisions in schools and pre-schools
PI: Professor Gregory Mannion
Funded by: NatureScot (Formerly Scottish Natural Heritage)
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Evaluation of the activities and impact of Dementia Friendly Communities CIC
PI: Dr Alison Dawson
Funded by: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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Sight loss, dementia and meaningful activity: A scoping study’
PI: Dr Alison Dawson
Funded by: Thomas Pocklington Trust
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Sustainable homes in contrasting contexts: integrating social and architectural
PI: Professor Isobel Anderson
Funded by: The British Academy
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A Proposal to Conduct Research into the Impact of the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act
PI: Dr Niall Hamilton-Smith
Funded by: Scottish Government
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Digital R&D Fund for Arts & Culture in Scotland: Research Consortium
PI: Professor Claire Squires
Funded by: The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts
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Making Sense of Place: supporting schools to develop geocache trails for place-responsive science education
PI: Professor Gregory Mannion
Funded by: The Primary Science Teaching Trust
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Day care for people with dementia in Scotland
PI: Professor Louise McCabe
Funded by: Alzheimer Scotland
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Leadership learning pathway for middle managers across Scotland’s social services
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Funded by: Scottish Social Services Council
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North Lanarkshire Integrated Addiction Service (NLIAS) Evaluation
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Funded by: North Lanarkshire Council
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Literature Review - Assistive Technology
PI: Professor Alison Bowes
Funded by: Dementia Services Development Trust
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Bandits In Southern Italy And The Ottoman Empire: The Dichotomy Between The Resistance And Submission
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Funded by: The British Academy
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Ordinary support & 'liveable lives': the Glasgow Study
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Funded by: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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Community Impact of Marches and Parades
PI: Dr Niall Hamilton-Smith
Funded by: Scottish Government
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Evaluation of 0-3 Gaelic early years sector
PI: Dr Christine Stephen
Funded by: Bord Na Gaidhlig
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Identification of middle manager leadership learning needs in Scotland’s social services
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Funded by: Scottish Social Services Council
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THe Scottish Longitudinal Survey of ageing (THSLS) - Admin Supplement
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Funded by: National Institutes of Health
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Support of people with dementia in remote areas
PI: Professor Alison Bowes
Funded by: ESEP Ltd (Lowlands & Uplands)
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Feantsa/Habitact Peer Review Of Athens Homelessness Services
PI: Professor Isobel Anderson
Funded by: European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless
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Evaluation of the Dementia Home Care Environments service
PI: Professor Louise McCabe
Funded by: Cumbria County Council
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Exploring views on 'nurture' approaches to early years provision in Glasgow
PI: Dr Christine Stephen
Funded by: Glasgow Centre for Population Health
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Assessing the population of people with ARBD in Forth Valley and current levels of need
PI: Professor Louise McCabe
Funded by: NHS Forth Valley
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How do Forth Valley services meet identified needs and ideas for the future?
PI: Professor Louise McCabe
Funded by: NHS Forth Valley
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How young people’s participation in school supports achievement and attainment
PI: Professor Gregory Mannion
Funded by: Scotlands Commissioner For Children & Young People
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Food for Thought: Food based training, assessment and intervention tools for carers of looked after young people
PI: Professor Ruth Emond
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Scoping, clarification and analysis of the middle manager role across Scotland's social services
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Funded by: Scottish Social Services Council
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Best practice in the design of residential environments for people with dementia & sight loss - Stage 1
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Funded by: Thomas Pocklington Trust
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Piloting a Collaborative Quantitative Research development Programme in the Third Sector: Understanding Volunteering in Scotland
PI: Professor Alasdair Rutherford
Funded by: Applied Quantitative Methods Network
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Exploring satisfaction with personal social care services amongst Pakistani, Bangladeshi and White British people
PI: Professor Alison Bowes
Funded by: National Centre for Social Research
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Highland aquatic resources conservation and sustainable development
PI: Professor Samantha Punch
Funded by: European Commission (Horizon 2020)
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Stories in the Land
PI: Professor Gregory Mannion
Funded by: The Ernest Cook Trust
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Cumbria Dementia Strategy 2012 - 2014
PI: Professor Louise McCabe
Funded by: Cumbria County Council
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Community Childminders: a model for early intervention
PI: Dr Christine Stephen
Funded by: Scottish Childminding Association
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The Games People Play
PI: Professor Alasdair Rutherford
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Supporting community resilience in Scotland through public policy and practice? Who is involved, how is it happening, and what needs to change?
PI: Professor Alasdair Rutherford
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Hairdressing, image and body work in care services to older people
PI: Dr Richard Ward
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Exploring Amateur-Professional Relations in the Organization of Work in South Africa
PI: Professor Richard Edwards
Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
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Environmental, psychosocial and pharmacotherapeutic assessment of dementia care in Maltese hospital wards
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Funded by: University of Malta
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Unitisation and modularisation for flexibility and mobility in VET
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Funded by: European Centre for the Development & Vocational Training
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HEA Curriculum for Excellence Scholarship Scheme
PI: Professor Gregory Mannion
Funded by: Higher Education Academy
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The governance of Security and the Analysis of Risk for Sporting Mega-Events: creating a living legacy for Europe from an analysis of security planning for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games (G2014)
PI: Dr Niall Hamilton-Smith
Funded by: European Commission (Horizon 2020)
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Optimised suicide prevention programs and their implementation on Europe
PI: Professor Margaret Maxwell
Funded by: European Commission (Horizon 2020)
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PANICOA: Care Home Final Study; in depth examination of care
PI: Professor Alison Bowes
Funded by: Department of Health
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Preparatory Project - Support of People with Dementia in remote areas (REMODEM)
PI: Professor Alison Bowes
Funded by: European Commission (Horizon 2020)
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Literature review 'Uncertain Legacies: resilience and institutional child abuse'.
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Promotion of dementia standards: literature review
PI: Professor Alison Bowes
Funded by: Care Inspectorate
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Young People Creating Belonging: Spaces, Sounds and Sights
PI: Dr Sarah Wilson
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Enabling health and wellbeing among older people: capitalising on resource
PI: Professor Kirstein Rummery
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office
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Production of e-learning materials on aspects of social housing management
PI: Professor Isobel Anderson
Funded by: Lemos & Crane Ltd
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Evaluation of tele-psychiatry - study 2
PI: Professor Louise McCabe
Funded by: Ashludie Hospital and Millar MacKenzie Trust
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Evaluation of the Memory Spinners: The Scottish Opera singing group developed in partnership with Alzheimer's Scotland
PI: Professor Louise McCabe
Funded by: Scottish Opera
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Scoping Study of Alcohol Related Brain Damage (ARBD) Potential Care Markets and Services in Scotland
PI: Professor Louise McCabe
Funded by: William Simpsons
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Resilience to Housing Crisis: the dynamics of young people's transitions to successful independent living
PI: Professor Isobel Anderson
Funded by: Scottish Council for Single Homelessness
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Meeting the Needs of Homeless People
PI: Professor Isobel Anderson
Funded by: Norwegian Institute for Urban & Regional Research
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Dementia-friendly Stirling: Scoping review and baseline study
PI: Dr Alison Dawson
Funded by: Dementia Services Development Trust
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Scoping a Framework for Children and Young People's Participation in Scotland
PI: Professor Gregory Mannion
Funded by: Scotlands Commissioner For Children & Young People
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Developing effective responses to criminalised women: lessons from Australia
PI: Professor Gillian McIvor
Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
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e-Infrastructure for Social Simulation (e-ISS)
PI: Professor Paul Lambert
Funded by: Higher Education Funding Council for England and Jisc
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Teacher agency and curriculum change
PI: Professor Mark Priestley
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Alcohol Related Brain Damage Scoping Study
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Funded by: NHS Shetland
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MARS Director Multi-Agency Resource Centre
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Funded by: Scottish Government
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Scoping study on the experiences of people claiming employment and support allowance
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Funded by: Socio-Legal Studies Association
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Review of Child Neglect in Scotland
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Funded by: Scottish Government
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Co-ordination of Programmes in Children
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Funded by: UK Government - Department for Education
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Exploring the role of third sector interventions in reducing Scottish older people's use of formal health and social care resources
PI: Dr Alison Dawson
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council and Scottish Council Voluntary Organisation
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Curriculum for excellence/learner journey task group remit.
PI: Professor Richard Edwards
Funded by: Universities Scotland
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The 2012 Homelessness Service
PI: Professor Isobel Anderson
Funded by: Shelter Scotland
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Children Affected by Parental Substance Misuse (CAPSM)
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Funded by: South Ayrshire Council
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Making Decisions about risk? Then please think about these things
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Funded by: Altrum
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Evaluation of Women's Mentoring Programme.
PI: Professor Margaret Malloch
Funded by: North Ayrshire Council
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Self-directed support - evidence base
PI: Professor Kirstein Rummery
Funded by: Scottish Government
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Demographic Issues, Projections and Trends
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Funded by: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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The Integration of health services in a Comprehensive response to homelessness
PI: Professor Isobel Anderson
Funded by: Norwegian Social Research
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