If you work on a public sector health campaign, the chances are that someone else somewhere is working on the same issue. One Stop Shop offers health professionals a chance to share unpublished research and information on consumer knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviour across a range of public health priorities.

If you work on a public sector health campaign, the chances are that someone else somewhere is working on the same issue. One Stop Shop offers health professionals a chance to share unpublished research and information on consumer knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviour across a range of public health priorities.

Promoting Chlamydia screening through providers: Evaluation report

· Review existing training materials that aim to encourage and equip providers to offer Chlamydia screening and other related sexual health services

· Develop a ‘gold standard’ training course to help providers develop the confidence and strategies to introduce the topic of Chlamydia screening

· Provide recommendations, based on the project learning, on who should deliver the intervention on an ongoing basis and how it might be communicated to target audiences

 

Encouraging and supporting patients with LTC’s to be more physically active: Qualitative research

NHS London commissioned this research in order to develop an understanding what they can offer health professionals in exchange for supporting their patients, in terms of personal information and advice, to become more active and how NHS London can make it easier and quicker for them to do so effectively.

 

Specifically the research was commissioned to;

Breastfeeding: Insight report

The main objective for this research was to identify the most appropriate target audience for the proposed campaign and to explore the attitudes and behaviours of those least likely to breastfeed.

Specifically the research was designed to:

MMR vaccine and parental views: Qualitative research

  1. To explore the factors that influence and motivate parents in respect of their decision to have their children immunised against MMR, particularly from hard to reach groups.
  2. The research to be used as the basis for a strategy for a local MMR social marketing campaign.

Urgent care service: Qualitative research

Research is required to assess the key messages and communication routes to:

  • Increase awareness of the service
  • Encourage usage
  • Ensure the correct usage of the service

Research is also required to:

Teen pregnancy: Qualitative research with teenage mothers

The main objective of the research was to explore how young women responded to finding out they were pregnant, who they talked to, who supported them, and how their behaviours were influenced by local services, including access to sex education and contraception advice.

Specific objectives were to explore:

Project C Card. Research Presentation. Prepared for Teen Pregnancy Team, Wakefield PCT.

Research was required to find out primarily where young people would prefer to access free condoms, but to also explore the mechanics of how they want to access them and what types of condoms they would like to be made available as well as how awareness of the scheme should be raised.

Contraception and Sexual Health: Qualitative research

  1. Identify current levels of knowledge and understanding, reasons for not using contraception and attitudes to sexual health.
  2. Use the research results to inform social marketing communications.

Nutrition and oral health of vulnerable and at risk older people: Research report

  1. To understand the key factors that have a significant impact on the nutrition, oral and dental health of two communities – older, isolated people in Totley & Dore and older members of the Pakistani community in Darnall.
  2. Establish the most appropriate and potentially effective channels for communicating with older people about their nutritional and oral health needs.
  3. Understand the key issues and barriers to behavioural change.

Children and young people who use weight management services: Qualitative research

The aim of the project was to:

  • Prevent year-on-year weight gain and to achieve weight loss that results in health benefits within the children and young people of Kirklees.

The research aim was to:

  • Scope the behaviours and motivational issues related to weight management with the chosen target audience to inform current and future weight management provision in Kirklees.

Within this aim, the research objectives were to: