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 One Stop Shop offers health professionals a chance to share unpublished research and information on consumer knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviour across a range of public health priorities.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 One Stop Shop offers health professionals a chance to share unpublished research and information on consumer knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviour across a range of public health priorities.

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;

Smoking: Qualitative insight

  • Identify and profile the key target audiences in Doncaster who are most likely to smoke and who are most likely to want to quit smoking.
  • Explore the current lifestyle and behaviour of participants, including previous quit attempts.
  • Explore awareness, perceptions and experiences of NHS stop smoking products and services
  • Explore experiences of quitting using the Doncaster Stop Smoking Service (post “mystery shopping”)
  • Explore experiences of the service, and provide guidance on possible improvements

Physical activity: Consumer insight

In order to meet the business objectives outlined in the Background section (above), the specific research objectives were to:

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.

Users of 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 adult population 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 these aims, the research objectives were to:

Obesity: Scoping research

Overall aim:

To provide an understanding of the population highlighted as having high levels of obesity and to provide insight on their characteristics, motivations and behaviours to help inform the development of focused interventions and social marketing campaigns.

Detail objectives:

To explore:

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?

Obesity and men aged 50-64: Qualitative research

  • Understand motivational factors that will encourage respondents to take control of their diet
  • Gain insight into their current relationship with health professionals and their understanding of weight services available
  • Evaluate previous attempts at maintaining a healthy lifestyle and barriers to keeping their lifestyle healthy
  • Gain knowledge of the respondents environment, socially, in the workplace and in the home

Reducing the number of falls among the elderly: Research report

The objective of the quantitative analysis was to identify and profile key target audiences in Doncaster who are at most risk of falling.

The objectives of the focus groups were to explore: