A guide to enabling the spread of person and community-centred approaches for health and wellbeing

"This guide outlines how behavioural science can help spread the take-up of person- and community- centred approaches to health and wellbeing. It is aimed at people who champion these approaches in health and social care, in other statutory bodies and in community-based organisations."

Spreading change: A guide to enabling the spread of person- and community-centred approaches for health and wellbeing
H Burd, M Hallsworth, The Behavioural Insights Team
Nesta and the Health Foundation
September 2016

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A guide to enabling behaviour change for health and wellbeing using person- and community-centred approaches

"This guide is for people who support those living with long-term conditions, their carers, families or communities. It summarises practical ways to support people to self manage effectively using person and community-centred approaches. Many of these activities are useful also for people who work to prevent the development of long-term conditions in the first place."

Supporting self-management: a guide to enabling behaviour change for health and wellbeing using person and community centred approaches
H Burd, M Hallsworth, The Behavioural Insights Team
Nesta and the Health Foundation
September 2016

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Behavioural factors in person and community-centred approaches for health and wellbeing

"This report provides health and care audiences with a framework for understanding the drivers of behaviour, plus five factors that show how different behavioural mechanisms interact and play out. These factors seek to provide approaches that can help those grappling with how to encourage behaviour change for health to happen. These approaches can be hard-wired into the design of services, programmes, community initiatives, and indeed to the very lives of the people who engage with them."

Making the change: Behavioural factors in person and community-centred approaches for health and wellbeing
H Burd, M Hallsworth, The Behavioural Insights Team
March 2016

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The effectiveness of interventions to improve laboratory requesting patterns among primary care physicians

"Interventions such as educational strategies, feedback and changing test order forms may improve the efficient use of laboratory tests in primary care; however, the level of evidence is quite low and the quality is poor." 

The effectiveness of interventions to improve laboratory requesting patterns among primary care physicians: a systematic review

SL Cadogan, John P. Browne1, Colin P. Bradley2 and Mary R. Cahill3
Implementation Science 2015, 10:167  doi:10.1186/s13012-015-0356-4

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Behavioural insights in health care: Nudging to reduce inefficiency and waste

"There is much evidence that suggests the potential for all of these nudge-type interventions to be successful if suitably applied. However, the evidence available is highly variable in terms of quality, relevance to health care and behaviour change impact."

Behavioural insights in health care: Nudging to reduce inefficiency and waste
C Perry, K Chhatralia, D Damesick, S Hobden, L Volpe
The Health Foundation
December 2015

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Improving the efficacy of elderly patients' hospital discharge

"After several months of sustained effort, the average time to complete eDANs fell by over an hour resulting in discharge medication dispensed earlier in the day and improved patient safety."

Improving the efficacy of elderly patients' hospital discharge through multi-professional safety briefings and behavioural change
J Corrado, K Topley, A Cracknell
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2015;4: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u209431.w3871

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Tackling health inequalities: the case for investment in the wider public health workforce

"In this report we look at the evidence for engaging the ‘wider workforce’ and particularly the role of health trainers and champions in supporting behaviour change within their own communities, providing peer-to-peer support from a position of understanding and common ground. The investment in them is, in light of the economic cost of treating illness, money well spent."

Tackling health inequalities: the case for investment in the wider public health workforce
Royal Society for Public Health
June 2014

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Closing the gap through changing relationships

"The evaluation drew on the principles of the ‘realistic evaluation’ approach, focusing on clarifying the ‘context – mechanism – outcome’ dynamics underpinning the various interventions. The linkages between interventions, changing relationships and quality improvement are complex and multi-directional." 

Closing the gap through changing relationships: an independent evaluation of the programme
C Hoong Sin, H Heathfield, K Fitzpatrick, L Benson
The Health Foundation
June 2014

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Improving diabetes care through examining, advising, and prescribing

"We will conduct a two-armed cluster randomised controlled trial in 44 general practices in the North East of England to evaluate a theory-based behaviour change intervention. We will target improvement in six underperformed clinical behaviours highlighted in quality standards for type 2 diabetes"

Improving diabetes care through examining, advising, and prescribing (IDEA): protocol for a theory-based cluster randomised controlled trial of a multiple behaviour change intervention aimed at primary healthcare professionals
J Presseau, G Hawthorne, FF Sniehotta, N Steen, JJ Francis, M Johnston, J Mackintosh, JM Grimshaw, E Kaner, M Elovainio, M Deverill, T Coulthard, H Brown, M Hunter, MP Eccles
Implementation Science, 2014, 9: 61

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Behavior change interventions when implementing multi-professional teamwork at an emergency department

"This study highlights how teamwork can be implemented and suggests that clear Direction (i.e. engaged management that is specific regarding both why and how teamwork should be performed, alignment between teamwork and other processes and initiatives) and allocation of resources for ongoing problem-solving and adaptation are important ingredients for effective implementation of teamwork."

Functions of behavior change interventions when implementing multi-professional teamwork at an emergency department: a comparative case study
M Frykman, H Hasson, ÅM Athlin, U von Thiele Schwarz
BMC Health Services Research, 2014, 14: 218

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Spreading improvement ideas

"This evidence scan summarises empirical research about what works to spread ideas in health care in order to advance improvement."

Spreading improvement ideas: tips from empirical research (evidence scan)
D de Silva
The Health Foundation
May 2014

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Systems innovation

This discussion paper is made up of two essays which outline how systems innovation works, and concludes with ten tips describing how to become an effective systems innovator.

Systems innovation discussion paper
G Mulgan, C Leadbeater
Nesta
January 2013

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