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 One Stop Shop offers health professionals a chance to share unpublished research and information on consumer knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviour across a range of public health priorities.

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 One Stop Shop offers health professionals a chance to share unpublished research and information on consumer knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviour across a range of public health priorities.

Satisfaction with maternity services in London among seldom heard audiences: Qualitative research

Government policy outcomes for maternity are dependent on the successful engagement of and support provided to women and their partners before, during and after pregnancy and birth. Quantitative evidence suggests that satisfaction with maternity care is lower in NHS trusts in London than in other parts of England: in fact 19 of 27 of London-based trusts have been identified as ‘least well performing’.

Smokefree pregnancy toolkit: Evaluation research

The overall purpose of the research was to examine users’ and non-users’ expectations and views of the toolkit as a whole, and their views and use of each item.

Safer Schools Partnership: Understanding the current perception of police involvement in schools and how to make it more positive

The specific research objectives were to provide an understanding of parents’ and young people’s spontaneous reactions and feelings about police presence in schools: • Ascertain what is it they know about police in schools and where/how they get their information • Test a range of messages about SSPs and explored reactions to the messages • Listen out for how parents and children spoke about the topic, including the language and tone they use, helping to understand how to position relevant messages • Explore parents’ and young people’s perceptions of SSPs, once they were given more informat

Young people and Alcohol: Campaign tracking survey 2009-10

The research aimed to evaluate the campaign against its key performance indicators (KPIs) which were agreed before the campaign launch.

'How to be heard' - public engagement with the NHS: Qualitative research

The overarching objective of the research was to explore the content and channels for the planned How to be Heard guide. In more detail the research objectives were to: • Gauge understanding and current awareness of existing information • Establish positioning and messaging: looking at three different levels of content and exploring reactions towards tone of voice • Consider all delivery channels: exploring as many channels as possible.

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.

Child internet safety campaign: Creative research

The detailed objectives of the research were to identify: • The most powerful, memorable and actionable expression of the behavioural code • The most engaging and motivating creative idea and execution across print, online, radio and participative executions • The most relevant and informative messages to ignite behaviour change.

Violence against frontline NHS staff: Qualitative research

The overall aim of this research was to enhance the NHS Security Management Service’s understanding of the ways in which NHS frontline staff experience violence from the public and patients. This is so it is better placed to respond to these challenges with effective and efficient preventive measures. The research captured information about both verbal abuse and verbal threats towards staff, as well as incidents of physical violence.

The specific objectives of this research were to:

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