One Stop Shop

If you work on a public sector health campaign, the chances are that someone else somewhere is working on the same issue. One Stop Shop offers health professionals a chance to share unpublished research and information on consumer knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviour across a range of public health priorities.

Topic

Nutrition and oral health of vulnerable and at risk older people: Research report

To understand the key factors that have a significant impact on the nutrition, oral and dental health of two communities – older, isolated people in Totley & Dore and older members of the Pakistani community in Darnall.
Establish the most appropriate and potentially effective channels for communicating with older people about their nutritional and oral health needs.
Understand the key issues and barriers to behavioural change.
Make recommendations on the scope of a social marketing programme with the objective of improving the nutritional and oral health

Reducing the number of falls among the elderly: Research report

The objective of the quantitative analysis was to identify and profile key target audiences in Doncaster who are at most risk of falling.

The objectives of the focus groups were to explore:

End-of-life care: Qualitative research

The overall aim of the research was to: Help the NCL EoLC CCI achieve its aims by informing the development of a specifically targeted social marketing campaign to encourage healthcare professionals to make their own EoLC plans, with the ultimate aim of improving EoLC conversations with patients and service users.

Social care workers and the swine flu vaccination: Qualitative research

The research was designed to understand: • Awareness and knowledge of Pandemic flu/Swine Flu • Levels of concern about Pandemic flu • Changes in RHH behaviour & other procedures since the start of Swine Flu • How information is currently disseminated and any gaps • Current information sources and their credibility / trustworthiness • Knowledge of and attitudes towards the Swine Flu vaccination • Barriers to take-up of the vaccination • Attitudes to proposed and existing communications.

Attitudes to Dementia: Qualitative research

The overall research objective was to gather general public feedback to be used to inform and develop a strategy to address the issue of dementia and the stigma and discrimination which surround it.

More specifically, the research addressed the following requirements:

Understand the knowledge, attitudes, reactions and feelings towards people with dementia and the disease itself
Determine the reasons for negative attitudes and feelings towards dementia, and people with dementia