Tackling inequities in health and wellbeing with Lincolnshire’s east coast communities

The health and well-being of coastal communities in England was highlighted as an important and enduring challenge in the Chief Medical Officers 2021 annual report. Like rural communities, coastal communities exhibit significant variation in historic, physical, economic and social makeup. It is these characteristics of coastal places that can make them vulnerable to changes in…Continue Reading Tackling inequities in health and wellbeing with Lincolnshire’s east coast communities

Supporting Polish women victims of domestic abuse in the UK

This report presents the findings of the first research project to investigate Polish women’s experiences of domestic violence and abuse, and service responses to Polish women in the UK. It seeks to understand why domestic abuse services receive few referrals from Polish women despite the Polish community constituting the second largest foreign-born group in the…Continue Reading Supporting Polish women victims of domestic abuse in the UK

New Study finds Dogs may reduce Stress Levels in Children

Originally posted on Lincoln.ac.uk New research from the University of Lincoln has found that dog-assisted interventions can lead to significantly lower stress levels in children both with and without special needs. The findings were published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Kerstin Meints, Professor in Developmental Psychology at the University of Lincoln, and colleagues. The…Continue Reading New Study finds Dogs may reduce Stress Levels in Children

The pairs training effect in unfamiliar face matching

A wealth of studies have shown that humans are remarkably poor at determining whether two face images show the same person or not (face matching). Given the prevalence of photo-ID, and the fact that people employed to check photo-ID are typically unfamiliar with the person pictured, there is a need to improve unfamiliar face matching…Continue Reading The pairs training effect in unfamiliar face matching

Restoring public confidence through the delivery of improved community policing in Rackhamshire

Neighbourhood policing is central to supporting public confidence in England and Wales. However, the delivery of neighbourhood policing models is increasingly fragmented and under pressure from austerity measures and from changes to demand and priorities. This research aims to understand the current state of neighbourhood policing in the county of “Rackhamshire” and its ability to…Continue Reading Restoring public confidence through the delivery of improved community policing in Rackhamshire

Non-religious prisoners’ unequal access to pastoral care

Prisoners have long been recognised as a disenfranchised group. This paper positions non-religious prisoners as further excluded from pastoral care. While chaplaincies aim to serve prisoners of all faiths and none, this paper suggests a hierarchy of access in which the benefits of chaplaincy are more available to some prisoners than others. Shortcomings in secular…Continue Reading Non-religious prisoners’ unequal access to pastoral care

Dogs can infer implicit information from human emotional expressions

The ability to infer emotional states and their wider consequences requires the establishment of relationships between the emotional display and subsequent actions. These abilities, together with the use of emotional information from others in social decision making, are cognitively demanding and require inferential skills that extend beyond the immediate perception of the current behaviour of…Continue Reading Dogs can infer implicit information from human emotional expressions

Are music listening strategies associated with reduced food consumption following negative mood inductions; a series of three exploratory experimental studies

Emotions play an important role in overeating, yet there is little research looking at practical strategies to reduce overeating in response to a negative mood. In three different experimental studies, we tested if exposure to music can reduce food consumption in a negative mood. Female undergraduates (N = 120–121 in each study) completed a measure of emotional…Continue Reading Are music listening strategies associated with reduced food consumption following negative mood inductions; a series of three exploratory experimental studies

lgbtq+ online inclusivity toolkit

Incidents of discrimination directed at individuals due to their sexual or gender identity are commonplace, with SNS (Online Social Networking Sites) providing further opportunities for abuse. Online abuse experienced by minorities is significant; in response to this, academics from the University of Lincoln and UCLan carried out a study working with sexual and gender minorities…Continue Reading lgbtq+ online inclusivity toolkit