SynthesisBMC health services research2020
Systematic review of the effect of training interventions on the skills of health professionals in promoting health behaviour, with meta-analysis of subsequent effects on patient health behaviours.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effectiveness of Obesity Management Education for Healthcare Professionals: A Rapid Review and Meta-Analysis.Clinical obesity · 2026Pooled it
- Interventions to improve pharmacists' competency in chronic disease management: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.BMC medical education · 2024Pooled it
- Handling the challenges of accessing reliable and tailored information on physical activity during pregnancy: a mixed-methods, cross-perspective investigation.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Quality of adverse drug reaction reports submitted to the national pharmacovigilance center of Nepal: a pre- and post-training evaluation.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- The co-creation of a COMbined Fatigue Intervention (COMFI) for people with inflammatory arthritis: a complex intervention.EULAR rheumatology open · 2026Article
- Including the excluded: an evaluation of a sexual health promotion capacity building intervention among specialist homelessness services in New South Wales.International journal for equity in health · 2026Article
- Evaluation of CoreConnect: A Collaborative Professional Training Programme for Provisional Psychologists in Regional NSW.The Australian journal of rural health · 2026Article
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- Co-developing a framework to guide school-based substance use prevention (SSUP) interventions in Ghana.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Preparing for Practice: An Exploration of Health and Social Care Professionals' Perceptions of Behaviour Change Education.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- GPs' use of video and telephone consultation: implications for physical activity promotion for older adults. A mixed-methods study.BJGP open · 2025Article
- [Acting as a change agent: longitudinal effects of a tailored training program aimed at developing the competencies of health and social service professionals].Canadian medical education journal · 2025Article
- Co-development of an evidence-informed, theoretically driven exercise programme for people with chronic non-specific neck pain (the EPIC-Neck programme - "Exercise Prescription Improved through Co-design").BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- Promoting Self-Regulation in Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Mixed Analysis of the Impact of a Training Program for Psychologists.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025Article
- An Evaluation of Health Behavior Change Training for Health and Care Professionals in St. Helena.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Using an experience-based co-design approach to develop strategies for implementing an intravenous iron intervention to treat moderate and severe anemia in pregnancy in Malawi.Implementation science communications · 2024Article
- A Group-Based, Six-Lesson Healthy Eating Curriculum for Individuals With Serious Mental Illnesses: Development and Implementation.Community mental health journal · 2024Article
- Evaluation of ImpENSA technology-enabled behaviour change module delivered to healthcare professionals in South Africa to improve micronutrient nutrition during the first 1000 days.Maternal & child nutrition · 2024Article
- Training Australian Dietitians in Behavior Change Techniques Through Educational Workshops: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundWe aimed to identify, synthesise and evaluate randomised control trial evidence on the effects of healthcare professional training on the delivery quality of health behaviour change interventions and, subsequently, on patient health behaviours.
methodsSystematic review with narrative synthesis of effects on delivery quality and meta-analysis of health behaviour outcomes. We searched: Medline, EMBASE, PsychInfo, AMED, CINAHL Plus and the Cochrane Central Register of Control Trials up to March 2019. Studies were included if they were in English and included intervention delivery quality as an outcome. The systematic review was registered on PROSPERO (registration: CRD42019124502).
resultsTwelve-studies were identified as suitable for inclusion. All studies were judged as being high risk of bias with respect to training quality outcomes. However with respect to behavioural outcomes, only two of the six studies included in the meta-analysis had a high risk and four had some concerns. Educational elements (e.g. presentations) were used in all studies and nine included additional practical learning tasks. In eight studies reporting delivery quality, 54% of healthcare professional communication outcomes and 55% of content delivery outcomes improved in the intervention arm compared to controls. Training that included both educational and practical elements tended to be more effective. Meta-analysis of patient health behavioural outcomes in six-studies found significant improvements (Standardised mean difference (SMD): 0.20, 95% confidence interval: 0.11 to 0.28, P < 0.0001, I
conclusionsDelivery quality of health behaviour change interventions appears to improve following training and consequently to improve health behaviours. Future studies should develop more concise /integrated measures of delivery quality and develop optimal methods of training delivery.
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