ArticleBMC health services research2020
Online behaviour change technique training to support healthcare staff 'Make Every Contact Count'.
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- Making every contact count for adult patients in healthcare settings: a scoping review of implementation contexts, methods, and levels of evidence.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Exploring the 'train the trainer' model for delivering Making Every Contact Count (MECC) training at scale: A qualitative study.British journal of health psychology · 2026Article
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- Enhancing adapted physical activity training for community organizations: co-construction and evaluation of training modules.Translational behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- Assessing fidelity of design and training of Making Every Contact Count (MECC) in a mental health inpatient setting.BMC public health · 2024Article
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- Refining a primary care shared decision-making aid for lifestyle change: a mixed-methods study.BJGP open · 2022Article
- Using Behavior Change Interventions in Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Perspectives from Healthcare Professionals in the United Kingdom.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Examining the relationships between medical students' preferred online instructional strategies, course difficulty level, learning performance, and effectiveness.Advances in physiology education · 2021Article
- Factors influencing initiation of health behaviour conversations with patients: Cross-sectional study of nurses, midwives, and healthcare support workers in Wales.Journal of advanced nursing · 2021Article
- 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.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- Patients' experiences of behaviour change interventions delivered by general practitioners during routine consultations: A nationally representative survey.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundNational Health Service (NHS) staff support service users to change health-related behaviours such as smoking, alcohol consumption, diet and physical activity. It can be challenging to discuss behaviour changes with service users hence training is needed to equip staff with up-to-date, evidence-based behaviour change skills. In order to identify how training may help to improve health professional skills in this area, this study evaluated change in professionals' behavioural determinants following an online behaviour change skills module as part of Making Every Contact Count (MECC) training.
methodsThis evaluation comprised a within-subject design in which staff from one Northwest England NHS Trust completed a 9-item survey immediately before and after training. This prospective survey identified behavioural determinants regarding adhering to MECC recommendations to hold health conversations with service users and provided written comments about their training experiences. Individuals working within the Trust in clinical or non-clinical roles were eligible to take part and were invited to contribute to the evaluation upon uptake of their usual NHS staff online training programmes.
resultsOf participants completing the evaluation (n=206), 12 professional cadres accessed the module, most being female (91%), nurses/midwives (43%), working in children and family services (48%), aged 22 - 62 years. Eight behavioural determinants increased significantly following training, with effect sizes ranging from sizes ranging from 0.27 to 0.51; 'identity' did not change. Content analysis of written feedback (n=256) indicates that training enhanced staff behaviour change skills, modelled a productive and specific method of adopting a patient-led approach to behaviour change conversations, and identified that staff may require further support with embedding skills in practice.
conclusionsBehaviour change science can be translated into useful learning for NHS staff. Online training can engage staff in learning about behaviour change skills and increase their behavioural determinants to adopt these skills in practice.
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