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Making Every Contact Count: health professionals’ experiences of integrating conversations about Snacktivity to promote physical activity within routine consultations – a qualitative study [PDF]

BMJ Open
Objective Helping people to change their health behaviours is becoming a greater feature within the role of health professionals, including through whole system initiatives such as Making Every Contact Count.
Kate Jolly, Nanette Mutrie, Thomas Yates, Sheila Greenfield, Ralph Maddison, Emma Frew, Colin Greaves, Magdalena Skrybant, Kajal Gokal, Amanda J Daley, Dale W Esliger, Lauren B Sherar, Charlotte Edwardson, Stuart Biddle, Sarah Tearne, Anna Chalkley, Natalie Ives, Helen Parretti, James P Sanders, Matthew Krouwel, Ryan A Griffin   +20 more
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Be nutrition aware in primary care: making every contact count. [PDF]

Br J Gen Pract, 2014
The role of nutritional status and dietary intake in influencing health and disease cannot be overstated, impacting at all stages of the life cycle. There is unequivocal evidence that risk of non-communicable disease, including cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in the UK, is strongly associated with obesity, nutritional status, and ...
Darzi J.
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Barriers and enablers to delivery of Making Every Contact Count: A cross-sectional study [PDF]

Eur J Public Health, 2023
Abstract Background The public health impact of the Irish Making Every Contact Count (MECC) brief intervention programme is dependent on delivery by healthcare professionals. We aimed to identify enablers and modifiable barriers to MECC intervention delivery to optimize MECC implementation.
Hayes, C B, Meade, O, O'Brien, M, Noone, C, Lawless, A, McSharry, J, Murphy, A, Murphy, P J, O'Reilly, O, Byrne, M   +9 more
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A critical commentary of the paradoxical ‘success’ of Making Every Contact Count (MECC)

Critical Public Health
Initially implemented within healthcare settings but more recently expanded to the wider public and third sectors, Making Every Contact Count (MECC), an opportunistic approach to health behaviour change, has been widely adopted and implemented across the
Beth Nichol, Rob Wilson, Angela M. Rodrigues, Catherine Haighton   +3 more
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Optimizing Making Every Contact Count (MECC) interventions: A strategic behavioral analysis. [PDF]

Health Psychology, 2021
This Strategic Behavioral Analysis aimed to: identify barriers and facilitators to health care professionals' implementation of Making Every Contact Count (MECC); code behavioral components of nationally delivered interventions to improve MECC implementation; assess the extent to which these components are theoretically congruent with identified ...
Catherine Haighton, Dorothy Newbury-Birch, Caroline Durlik, Anna Sallis, Tim Chadborn, Lucy Porter, Mandy Harling, Angela Rodrigues   +7 more
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Making every contact count: recognising obesity in paediatric and young adult cardiology [PDF]

Cardiology in the Young, 2021
AbstractIntroduction:With increased survival, children with CHD are reaching adulthood, however, obesity amongst this cohort is an emerging problem. Making every contact count encourages clinicians to utilise contact to elicit behaviour change. The aim of this work was to identify whether the body habitus of children classified as obese was addressed ...
Aaron E. Smith, Tara Bharucha, Luise V. Marino   +2 more
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Patients' experiences of behaviour change interventions delivered by general practitioners during routine consultations: A nationally representative survey

Health Expectations, 2021
Background Consistent with the ‘Making Every Contact Count’ UK public health policy, general practitioners (GPs) are expected to provide patients with behaviour change interventions opportunistically. However, there is a belief widely held among GPs that
Chris Keyworth, Tracy Epton, Joanna Goldthorpe, Rachel Calam, Christopher J. Armitage   +4 more
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Making Every Contact Count: an evaluation

Public Health, 2013
To conduct an initial evaluation of a behaviour change programme called 'Making Every Contact Count' (MECC).Retrospective interview study.In depth qualitative interviews with key stakeholders engaged in the delivery of MECC which were digitally recorded, transcribed and analysed thematically using framework analysis.The responses of those involved were
Nelson, A., de Normanville, C., Payne, K., Kelly, M. P.   +3 more
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‘I can feel myself coming out of the rut’: a brief intervention for supporting behaviour change is acceptable to patients with chronic musculoskeletal conditions

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2023
Aim To a) understand the perceptions and experiences of patients with musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions in relation to their physiotherapy care and their acceptability of ‘Making Every Contact Count Healthy Conversation Skills’ (MECC HCS) as a brief ...
Amelia Parchment, Wendy Lawrence, Em Rahman, Nick Townsend, Elaine Wainwright, David Wainwright   +5 more
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Identifying barriers to the educational role of midwives in Cyprus and defining determinants in behaviour terms using the Behaviour Change Wheel: a mixed-method formative study

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background Τhe Baby Buddy Cyprus webapp was co-created with parents and health professionals within a Participatory Action Research framework. While using Baby Buddy in routine consultations can support the educational role of mother–child healthcare ...
Nicos Middleton, Eleni Hadjigeorgiou, Ourania Kolokotroni, Veronika Christodoulides, Ioanna Koliandri, Christiana Nicolaou, Maria Papadopoulou, Christiana Kouta, Maria Karanikola, Alison Baum, the Baby Buddy Forward team   +10 more
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