One Stop Shop

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 One Stop Shop offers health professionals a chance to share unpublished research and information on consumer knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviour across a range of public health priorities.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 One Stop Shop offers health professionals a chance to share unpublished research and information on consumer knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviour across a range of public health priorities.

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:

Experiences and attitudes towards obesity: Exploratory research

Research objectives were to understand:

  • Current behaviour around diet and activity
  • Attitudes to losing weight
  • Needs/ preferences about initiatives to help weight loss in Halifax: what should Healthy Halifax be?

The health of women of child bearing age (WOCBA): Exploratory research

The research set out to understand women’s behaviour and attitudes in four areas which have been identified as key drivers affecting foetal health – diet, physical activity and exercise, smoking and drinking alcohol.

In each case objectives were specifically to determine:

Breastfeeding: Insight report

The key objective of this research was to ascertain levels of knowledge and attitudes towards breastfeeding before campaign intervention with a particular focus on understanding barriers to breastfeeding and appropriateness of existing support.

Specifically the research was designed to:

Breastfeeding: Qualitative research

  1. Identify key target population in Doncaster who are less likely to breastfeed.
  2. Identify the barriers to breastfeeding, and explore how these could be reduced. Specifically, to explore:
  • the environmental and cultural issues around breastfeeding in Doncaster, including the influence of family and friends  
  • the sources of information and education about breastfeeding and what the most effective forms of communication are
  • the experiences of the practical help and support offered to new mothers by the NHS and other agencies

Breastfeeding: Qualitative research into the behaviours, attitudes, relationships and barriers among health professionals, partner organisations and residents

Research objectives were as follows:

  • In order to develop and deliver a successful social marketing campaign it is crucial that the PCT first understands the target audiences.
  • More specifically to gain insight into the behaviours, attitudes, relationships, barriers and resistance to breastfeeding among professionals, partner organisations and residents within North Halifax.

Specifically, research was needed to shed light on the following:

Alcohol consumption among young people in Hull: Qualitative research

  • Help understand the scope and level of alcohol consumption among the younger population of those living and spending time in Hull.
  • Identify some of the characteristics of Hull’s young people who drink and to compare the findings against other research undertaken around this subject.
  • Identify suitable ways to educate, help and provide interventions (where appropriate) around the subject of alcohol misuse for young people in Hull.

A social norms approach for Change4Life: Qualitative research

The overall objective of the research was to inform understanding of the potential value of a ‘social norms’ approach (in terms of engaging the audience, influencing behaviour and driving HTK completion) and any parameters around how this type of messaging needs to be delivered for best impact. In addition, the research aimed to provide an assessment of the relative strength of different executions and concepts.

Aspirations of children in care: Qualitative research

• To explore young people in care’s aspirations for the future and the support they receive to realise these aspirations • To understand foster carers’ thoughts about supporting their foster children’s aspirations

Smokefree cars and homes: Qualitative research

The main objectives were to: 1. Explore in-depth attitudes and behaviours in relation to SHS in terms of benefits/drawbacks, imagery, language, perceived dangers, barriers to behaviour change 2. Evaluate existing campaigns to develop new platforms to encourage behaviour change in terms of which messages, tone, imagery, intervention strategies are most motivating