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Research Article 2026-03-23CC BYFree full text

What works, for whom, and under what circumstances for recipients of training in opportunistic behaviour change conversations: a mixed methods realist evaluation protocol

Beth Nichol, Angela M. Rodrigues, Robert Anderson-Weaver, Sonia Dalkin, Rebecca Hunter, Heather Brown +4 more

Background Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is a person-centred initiative that enables service providers across settings to support behaviour change through conversations about health and wellbeing. MECC has been widely implemented across the UK and internationally, although training approaches vary considerably and do not consistently translate into MECC delivery. Evidence suggests that Healthy Conversation Ski…

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Research Article 2020-06-23CC BYFree full text

Current infection control behaviour patterns in the UK, and how they can be improved by 'Germ Defence', an online behavioural intervention to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in the home.

Ben Ainsworth, Sascha Miller, James Denison-Day, Beth Stuart, Julia Groot, Cathy Rice +11 more

BackgroundGerm Defence (https://germdefence.org/) is a freely available website providing behavioural advice for infection control within households, using behaviour change techniques. This observational study reports current infection control behaviours in the home in UK and international users of the website, and examine how they might be improved to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Method28,285 users sought advic…

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