Research and analysis

Behaviour change: helping health professionals deliver brief interventions

This strategic behavioural analysis aims to help understand and change behaviours related to healthcare professionals' delivery of brief interventions

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 28 September 2021

Documents

Making every contact count alcohol and smoking brief interventions: review and strategic behavioural analysis

Ref: PHE publications gateway number: GOV-9115

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Details

This report focuses on how we can use behavioural science to support healthcare professionals to deliver brief interventions for alcohol, smoking and Making Every Contact Count (MECC) programmes.

It includes examples of the barriers and facilitators that affect whether healthcare professionals deliver brief interventions. The report also includes examples of behaviour change techniques (BCTs) that could be used to support and encourage healthcare professionals to deliver brief interventions.

Published 28 September 2021