Browsing Research publications by Author "Public Health and Applied Behaviour Change Laboratory"
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Accessing specialist support to stop smoking in pregnancy: A qualitative study exploring engagement with UK‐based stop smoking services
Griffiths, Sarah Ellen; Naughton, Felix; Brown, Katherine E. (2021-12-01)Objectives: Specialist stop smoking services can be effective for supporting women with smoking cessation during pregnancy, but uptake of these services is low. A novel theoretical approach was used for this research, ... -
Are digital interventions for smoking cessation in pregnancy effective? A systematic review and meta-analysis
Griffiths, Sarah Ellen; Parsons, Joanne; Naughton, Felix; Fulton, Emily Anne; Tombor, Ildiko; Brown, Katherine E. (2018-10-02)Smoking in pregnancy remains a global public health issue due to foetal health risks and potential maternal complications. The aims of this systematic review and meta-analysis were to explore: (1) whether digital interventions ... -
Are physical activity interventions for healthy inactive adults effective in promoting behavior change and maintenance, and which behavior change techniques are effective? A systematic review and meta-analysis
Howlett, Neil; Trivedi, Daksha; Troop, Nicholas; Chater, Angel (2019-01-01)Physical inactivity and sedentary behavior relate to poor health outcomes independently. Healthy inactive adults are a key target population for prevention. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the ... -
Believe it or not : Exploring dogmatism and different belief structures across non-religious groups
Gurney, Daniel; McKeown, Shelley; Churchyard, Jamie; Howlett, Neil (2013-11)Personality and dogmatic thinking within religious individuals have been examined by previous research, but neglected for non-religious individuals. In this experiment, we distinguish between two types of non-religious ... -
Big hearts, small hands : A focus group study exploring parental food portion behaviours
Curtis, Kristina; Atkins, Louise; Brown, Katherine (2017-09-18)Background: The development of healthy food portion sizes among families is deemed critical to childhood weight management; yet little is known about the interacting factors influencing parents' portion control behaviours. ... -
Can an established preschool obesity prevention programme (HENRY) be successfully delivered by trained volunteers?
Roberts, Kim; Howlett, Neil; Swanston, Di; Edmunds, Laurel; Willis, Tom (2018-09-10)Abstract IntroductionAlmost a quarter of 4-5 year olds are overweight. HENRY (Health, Exercise, Nutrition for the Really Young) delivers evidence-based interventions with consistently positive results when delivered by ... -
Can physical activity support grief outcomes in individuals who have been bereaved? A systematic review
Williams, Jane; Shorter, Gillian; Howlett, Neil; Zakrzewski-Fruer, Julia; Chater, Angel (2021-04-08)Background: In 2018, there were 616,014 registered deaths in the United Kingdom (UK). Grief is a natural consequence. Many mental health concerns, which can be identified as grief outcomes (e.g. anxiety and depression) in ... -
Can physical activity support young people after the death of a parent? The BABYSTEPS Project
Chater, Angel; Williams, Jane; Fruer, Julia; Shorter, Gillian; Howlett, Neil (2019-09-07)Background: Annually, 41,000 UK children and young people are parentally bereaved. Grief is an individual process and must be supported properly. Many mental health aspects that cross over with grief outcomes (i.e. anxiety ... -
CASCADE report: Commissioning Support for Applying Behavioural Science and Delivering Evaluation for Public Health. Public Health England. Crown copyright publication. : Prototype testing of a support tool to embed behavioural science evidence in local authority public health commissioning
Brown, Katherine; Williams, Stefanie; Curtis, Kristina; Fulton, Emmie (Public Health England, 2021-09-28) -
Coping Strategies to Enhance the Mental Wellbeing of Sexual and Gender Minority Youths: A Scoping Review
Lucassen, Mathijs F. G.; Núñez-García, Alicia; Rimes, Katharine A.; Wallace, Louise M.; Brown, Katherine E.; Samra, Rajvinder (2022-07)Robust population-based research has established that sexual and gender minority youths (SGMYs) are at an increased risk of mental ill-health, but there is a dearth of literature that seeks to explore how to best support ... -
Cost of delivering the early education entitlement : Research report
Lloyd, Nigel; Easton, Ray (UK Department for Education, 2015-11-30) -
Covid-19 public health road map: Eating behaviour
Whittaker, Eleanor; Howlett, Neil; Abdin, Shanara; Chadwick, Paul; Shorter, Gillian; Hart, Jo; Armitage, Christopher; Epton, Tracy; Byrne-Davis, Lucie; Arden , Madelynne; Kamal, Atiya; Lewis, Lesley; Drury, John; McBride, Emily; O'Connor, Daryl; Swanson, Vivien; Thompson, Sam; Chater, Angel (British Psychological Society (BPS), 2020-10-28)This roadmap aims to support health officials to consider changes to eating behaviour that may have occurred during the Covid-19 pandemic and to use psychologically-informed behaviour change approaches to optimise health ... -
Covid-19 public health road map: Physical activity
Chater, Angel; Abdin, Shanara; Dryden, Jennifer; Lewis, Lesley; Shorter, Gillian; Arden , Madelynne; Chadwick, Paul; Hart, Jo; Armitage, Christopher; Byrne-Davis, Lucie; Epton, Tracy; Kamal, Atiya; Drury, John; McBride, Emily; O'Connor, Daryl; Swanson, Vivien; Thompson, Sam; Whittaker, Eleanor; Howlett, Neil (British Psychological Society (BPS), 2020-10-28)This roadmap aims to support health officials to consider changes to physical activity that may have occurred during the Covid-19 pandemic and to use psychologically-informed behaviour change approaches to optimise health ... -
Covid-19 public health road map: Sedentary behaviour
Chater, Angel; Abdin, Shanara; Shorter, Gillian; Lewis, Lesley; Hart, Jo; Armitage, Christopher; Epton, Tracy; Byrne-Davis, Lucie; Arden , Madelynne; Chadwick, Paul; Kamal, Atiya; Drury, John; McBride, Emily; O'Connor, Daryl; Swanson, Vivien; Thompson, Sam; Whittaker, Eleanor; Howlett, Neil (British Psychological Society (BPS), 2020-10-28)This roadmap aims to support health officials to consider changes to sedentary behaviour that may have occurred during the Covid-19 pandemic and to use psychologically informed behaviour change approaches to optimise health ... -
Determinants of weekly sitting time: Construct validation of an initial COM-B model and comparison of its predictive validity with the Theory of Planned Behaviour
Howlett, Neil; Schulz, Joerg; Trivedi, Daksha; Troop, Nicholas; Chater, Angel (2020-05-14)Objective: In relation to sitting behaviour, to investigate which theoretical domains best formed the Capability, Opportunity, and Motivation constructs of the COM-B, and compare the predictive validity to the Theory of ... -
The development of a digital intervention to increase influenza vaccination amongst pregnant women. Digital Health
Parsons, Joanne; Newby, Katie; French, David P.; Bailey, Elizabeth; Inglis, Nadia (2021-04-21)Objective Pregnant women and unborn babies are at increased risk of complications from influenza, including pneumonia, yet in the UK, uptake of flu vaccination amongst this population remains <50%. Pregnant women hold ... -
Development of a self-management intervention for memory changes linked to androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer
Mobeen, Mayra; Grunfeld, Elizabeth A.; Newby, Katie; Turner, Andrew (2022-06-26)Cognitive changes related to cancer treatment are a growing research area. Much research has focused on the cognitive effects of chemotherapy in women diagnosed with breast cancer. Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is a ... -
A digital behaviour change intervention toincrease booking and attendance at StopSmoking Services: the MyWay feasibility RCT
Fulton, Emmie; Kwah, Kayleigh; Schumacher, Lauren; Newby, Katie; Gokal, Kajal; Jackson, Louise; Naughton, Felix; Coleman, Tim; Owen, Alun; Brown, Katherine (2021-04-13)Background: Smoking remains a leading cause of illness and preventable death. NHS Stop Smoking Services increase quitting, but, as access is in decline, cost-effective interventions are needed that promote these services. ... -
Do automated digital health behaviour change interventions have a positive effect on self-efficacy? A systematic review and meta-analysis
Newby, Katie; Teah, Grace; Cooke, Richard; Li, Xinru; Brown, Katherine; Salisbury-Finch, Bradley; Kwah, Kayleigh; Bartle, Naomi; Curtis, Kristina; Fulton, Emmie; Parsons, Joanne; Dusseldorp, Elise; Williams, Stefanie (2020-01-20)Self-efficacy is an important determinant of health behaviour. Digital interventions are a potentially acceptable and cost-effective way of delivering programmes of health behaviour change at scale. Whether behaviour change ... -
Does 'wanting the best' create more stress? : The link between baby sign classes and maternal anxiety
Howlett, Neil; Kirk, Elizabeth; Pine, Karen J. (2011)This study investigated whether gesturing classes (baby sign) affected parental frustration and stress, as advertised by many commercial products. The participants were 178 mother-infant dyads, divided into a gesture group ...