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The effectiveness of integrating making every contact count into an undergraduate medical curriculum [PDF]

PEC Innovation
Objective: To evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of integrating Making Every Contact Count (MECC) using Healthy Conversation Skills (HCS) into an undergraduate medical curriculum and test the performance of an associated assessment.
Robyn Fletcher, Alexander Hammant, Rebecca Symes, Andrew Turvey, Andy Ward, Ary Mahdzir, Bharathy Kumaravel   +6 more
doaj   +4 more sources

‘Making every contact count’ with patients with musculoskeletal conditions: a qualitative exploration of acceptability to physiotherapists [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Aim To qualitatively explore physiotherapists’ experiences and acceptability of implementing ‘Making Every Contact Count Healthy Conversation Skills’ (MECC HCS) in routine practice with patients with musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions. Methods This article
Amelia Parchment, Wendy Lawrence, Em Rahman, Nick Townsend, Elaine Wainwright, David Wainwright   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Understanding the implementation of ‘Making Every Contact Count’ (MECC) delivered by healthcare professionals in a mental health hospital: protocol for a pragmatic formative process evaluation [PDF]

Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 2023
Background ‘Making Every Contact Count’ (MECC) is a public health strategy supporting public-facing workers to use opportunities during routine contacts to enable health behaviour change. A mental health hospital in the North East of England is currently
Angela M. Rodrigues, Emma Kemp, Maria Raisa Jessica Aquino, Rob Wilson, Milica Vasiljevic, Kate McBride, Craig Robson, Mish Loraine, Jill Harland, Catherine Haighton   +9 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Enhancing the implementation of the Making Every Contact Count brief behavioural intervention programme in Ireland: protocol for the Making MECC Work research programme [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] [PDF]

HRB Open Research, 2022
Background: Brief behavioural interventions offered by healthcare professionals to target health behavioural risk factors (e.g. physical activity, diet, smoking and drug and alcohol use) can positively impact patient health outcomes.
Catherine Hayes, Jenny Mc Sharry, Andrew W Murphy, Agatha Lawless, Maria O'Brien, Jo Hart, Sandra Coughlan, Kim L Lavoie, Molly Byrne, Chris Keyworth, Oonagh Meade, Orlaith O'Reilly, Patrick Murphy, Chris Noone   +13 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Making Every Contact Count with people with MSK conditions: Exploring physiotherapist acceptability [PDF]

Eur J Public Health, 2022
Abstract   There are known risk factors that are associated with the onset and exacerbation of musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions and pain. Physiotherapists are uniquely placed to deliver brief interventions with their patients.
Parchment A, Lawrence W, Rahman E, Townsend N, Wainwright E, Wainwright D.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Smoking Cessation Amid the Coronavirus 2019 Pandemic: Making Every Contact Count. [PDF]

Chronic Obstr Pulm Dis, 2020
Recently, YouGov and the campaign group, Action on Smoking and Health, published the results of their survey on the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the smoking behavior of current adult smokers.1 The study, which interviewed over 1000 adult participants residing in the United Kingdom during April 2020, revealed some positive findings ...
Shahzad Hasan S, Kow CS, Ahmadi K.
europepmc   +4 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   +2 more sources

Online behaviour change technique training to support healthcare staff ‘Make Every Contact Count’ [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background National Health Service (NHS) staff support service users to change health-related behaviours such as smoking, alcohol consumption, diet and physical activity.
Anna Chisholm, Lucie Byrne-Davis, Sarah Peters, Jane Beenstock, Suzanne Gilman, Jo Hart   +5 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Assessing fidelity of design and training of Making Every Contact Count (MECC) in a mental health inpatient setting [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Background Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is a public health strategy which strives to enable brief interventions to be implemented through opportunistic healthy lifestyle conversations.
Emma Kemp, Maria Raisa Jessica Aquino, Rob Wilson, Milica Vasiljevic, Kate McBride, Craig Robson, Sally Faulkner, Mish Loraine, Jill Harland, Catherine Haighton, Angela Rodrigues   +10 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Mapping regional implementation of ‘Making Every Contact Count’: mixed-methods evaluation of implementation stage, strategies, barriers and facilitators of implementation [PDF]

BMJ Open
Background The Making Every Contact Count (MECC) programme provides training and materials to support public-facing workers to encourage health-promoting behaviour change by using the day-to-day interactions between organisations and individuals.
Gregory Maniatopoulos, Tracy Finch, Deborah Harrison, Catherine Haighton, Jill Harland, Rob Wilson, Angela M Rodrigues, Craig Robson, Bethany Nichol, Caroline Charlton, Beckie Gibson, Emma Giles, Denise Orange   +12 more
doaj   +2 more sources