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The impact of Healthy Conversation Skills training on health professionals’ barriers to having behaviour change conversations: a pre-post survey using the Theoretical Domains Framework [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Changing people’s behaviour by giving advice and instruction, as traditionally provided in healthcare consultations, is usually ineffective.
Jenna L. Hollis, Lucy Kocanda, Kirsty Seward, Clare Collins, Belinda Tully, Mandy Hunter, Maralyn Foureur, Wendy Lawrence, Lesley MacDonald-Wicks, Tracy Schumacher   +9 more
doaj   +8 more sources

How useful is the Making Every Contact Count Healthy Conversation Skills approach for supporting people with musculoskeletal conditions? [PDF]

Zeitschrift Fur Gesundheitswissenschaften, 2022
AbstractAimTo explore the current use and perceptions of the Wessex model of Making Every Contact Count (MECC), incorporating Healthy Conversation Skills (HCS), focussing specifically on physiotherapists supporting people living with musculoskeletal conditions.MethodsA mixed method, sequential explanatory design was employed.
Amelia Parchment, Wendy Lawrence, Em Rahman   +2 more
exaly   +12 more sources

Implementation of Healthy Conversation Skills to support behaviour change in the Bukhali trial in Soweto, South Africa: A process evaluation

SSM - Mental Health, 2022
Background: To address the need for preconception health interventions in low- and middle-income countries, the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) was launched in Soweto, South Africa to optimise young women's physical and mental health to ...
Catherine Elizabeth Draper, Gugulethu Mabena, Molebogeng Motlhatlhedi, Nomsa Thwala, Wendy Lawrence, Susie Weller, Sonja Klingberg, Lisa J. Ware, Stephen J. Lye, Shane A. Norris   +9 more
doaj   +7 more sources

A Healthy Conversation Skills intervention to support changes to physical activity and dietary behaviours in community-dwelling older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic [PDF]

Perspectives in Public Health
Aims: Physical activity (PA) and nutrition are important determinants of health in late adulthood. However, low levels of PA and poor nutrition are common in older adults and have become more prevalent during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Elaine M Dennison, Wendy Lawrence, Gregorio Bevilacqua   +2 more
exaly   +8 more sources

Increasing confidence and competence in supporting behaviour change in physiotherapy practice using Making Every Contact Count Healthy Conversation Skills: a before and after evaluation [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research
Aim To a) evaluate the impact of Making Every Contact Count Healthy Conversation Skills (MECC HCS) training on the confidence and competence of physiotherapists in supporting patient behaviour change, and b) evaluate perceived acceptability, barriers and
Amelia Parchment, Wendy Lawrence, Em Rahman, Nick Townsend, Elaine Wainwright, David Wainwright   +5 more
doaj   +6 more sources

Making Every Contact Count and Healthy Conversation Skills as very brief or brief behaviour change interventions: a scoping review [PDF]

Zeitschrift Fur Gesundheitswissenschaften, 2021
AbstractAimTo identify and map the available evidence regarding the implementation of Making Every Contact Count and/or Healthy Conversation Skills for both staff delivering and service users receiving the brief or very brief intervention/s.MethodsA scoping review approach was used to rapidly map and provide an overview of the relevant literature ...
Amelia Parchment, Wendy Lawrence, Rachel Perry   +2 more
exaly   +9 more sources

Healthy conversation skills: increasing competence and confidence in front-line staff. [PDF]

Public Health Nutr, 2014
AbstractObjective(i) To assess change in confidence in having conversations that support parents with healthy eating and physical activity post-training. (ii) To assess change in staff competence in using ‘open discovery’ questions (those generally beginning with ‘how’ and ‘what’ that help individuals reflect and identify barriers and solutions) post ...
Black C, Lawrence W, Cradock S, Ntani G, Tinati T, Jarman M, Begum R, Inskip H, Cooper C, Barker M, Baird J.   +10 more
europepmc   +8 more sources

Healthy conversation skills as an intervention to support healthy gestational weight gain: Experience and perceptions from intervention deliverers and participants [PDF]

Patient Education and Counseling, 2019
In a pilot RCT we assessed training a dietitian in "Healthy Conversation Skills" (HCS) to support behavior change. This study describes the acceptability of the intervention from the participant and practitioner perspective.Seventy pregnant women participated (intervention = 33; control = 37).
Megan Jarman, Wendy Lawrence, Mary Barker   +2 more
exaly   +6 more sources

Can the integration of Motivational Interviewing skills in a virtual self-conversation be effective in promoting lifestyle changes among healthy adults and patients with obesity? A usability study

European Psychiatry, 2022
Introduction The integration of Motivational Interviewing (MI) with behavioural and psychological interventions for the treatment of obesity has the potential to improve health-related outcomes of patients in the long-term.
D. Anastasiadou, J. Vázquez-De Sebastián, B. Spanlang, M. Slater, J.A. Quiroga, G. Parramón Puig, A. Ciudin, M. Comas, P. Lusilla-Palacios   +8 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Dietary behavioural support in Dutch nursing homes: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

BMC Geriatrics
Background Dietary support among residents by nursing home nurses can enhance quality of life and mitigate risks. The extent to which this support is provided may be influenced by determinants that shape professional behaviour, such as skills, knowledge,
Geertruida J. Groenendijk-van Woudenbergh, Ella Coehoorn-Westerlaken, Annemieke Plugge-Zorrilla Hernandez, Willemieke Kroeze   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources