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 ResearchAim 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
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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.
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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.
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Experiences of implementing the 'Making Every Contact Count' initiative into a UK integrated care system: an interview study. [PDF]
J Public Health (Oxf), 2023 Background:The ‘Making Every Contact Count’ (MECC) approach is in-line with the current NHS strategy to improve and prevent health conditions in England. Despite its importance and value for preventative healthcare, implementation of MECC varies. The aim
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How useful is the Making Every Contact Count Healthy Conversation Skills approach for supporting people with musculoskeletal conditions? [PDF]
J Public Health (Berl), 2022 Aim: To 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.
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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 ...
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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.
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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.
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Making every contact count: the role of the clinician in smoking cessation during the perioperative period. [PDF]
Clin Med (Lond), 2020 Editor – We read the paper by Durrand et al about setting up prehabilitation services with interest and would like to highlight our learning and insight from a local smoking cessation service for perioperative patients.[1][1] Smoking is an independent predictor of postoperative complications ...
Anandanadesan R, Shah M, De Silva AC.
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