Projects

A collection of current and past projects created by members of Women’s Health Research Wales and our partners.

These projects are designed to help better understanding of chronic illnesses, fertility education and resources, period education, and physical health.

Drawing Out

DrawingOut Invisible Diseases uses step-by-step metaphor-based drawing exercises to help people express and share their thoughts and feelings about their condition. ...

Endometriosis Cymru

A co-created website providing information on endometriosis: the disease, the diagnosis and treatment pathway in Wales and life with the condition ...

Fertility Education Initiative

The Fertility Education Initiative is to develop resources to support increased awareness of fertility and reproductive issues in young people, including resources for educators. ...

FertiQoL Fertility Quality of Life

FertiQoL is the first internationally validated instrument to measure quality of life in individuals experiencing fertility problems. Created in partnership with The European Society of Human Reprod...

FertiSTAT Fertility Status Awareness Tool

Research shows that people do not behave optimally when it comes to their fertility. First, negative lifestyle habits (e.g., illicit drug use, alcohol consumption) or indicators of such [e.g., obesi...

MyJourney

Step-by-step support to help people living with an unfulfilled wish for children based on Contextual Cognitive Behavioural Therapy ...

Psychosocial care for unsuccessful fertility treatment (PCUFT)

For many fertility patients, assisted reproduction represents their last chance to achieve parenthood. In the UK, 58% of people who started In Vitro Fertilisation treatment between 1999 and 2008 did n...

Severe Period Pain is Not Normal – SPPINN Course

A common yet neglected condition contributing to inequalities for girls, women and people assigned female at birth is severe period pain (SPP). The NHS defines SPP (or dysmenorrhea) as period pain so...

Treatment Planning and Continuation Intervention

The Treatment Planning and Continuation Intervention was developed to support healthcare professionals and patients discuss and plan multi-cycle fertility treatment. People starting fertility...

Understanding Periods and Pelvic Health Over Time

This study aims to better understand what period, pelvic, and gynaecological health symptoms people experience on a day-to-day basis, and what impact this has on their wellbeing (e.g., mental health...

Wales Severe Period Pain Is Not Normal (SPPINN) Study

The Wales SPPINN Study is a Health and Care Research Wales funded project that aims to better understand and improve how we teach people about severe period pain, and provide healthcare for severe p...

Women’s Health Research Wales

Women’s Health Research Wales is a catalytic research centre, funded by the Welsh Government via Health and Care Research Wales. ...

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