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 One Stop Shop offers health professionals a chance to share unpublished research and information on consumer knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviour across a range of public health priorities.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 One Stop Shop offers health professionals a chance to share unpublished research and information on consumer knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviour across a range of public health priorities.

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.

A social norms approach for Change4Life: Qualitative research

The overall objective of the research was to inform understanding of the potential value of a ‘social norms’ approach (in terms of engaging the audience, influencing behaviour and driving HTK completion) and any parameters around how this type of messaging needs to be delivered for best impact. In addition, the research aimed to provide an assessment of the relative strength of different executions and concepts.

Teenage pregnancy and the workforce: Qualitative research

The overall aim of the research was to understand the workforce’s perceptions of issues faced by young people as well as current approaches to sex education and issues surrounding teenage pregnancy. More specifically: 1. To understand what the workforce see as the problems, issues and norms surrounding teenage pregnancy; 2. To explore what the workforce believe is their role and contribution to the solution of teenage pregnancy and promotion of sexual health; 3. To understand what resources and solutions can most effectively meet workers’ needs throughout the network.

Cancer symptom awareness among South Asian communities: Qualitative research

The research was conducted in two stages, as follows: 1. Stage one comprised strategic research into attitudes and beliefs about cancer among Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi people aged fifty to eighty. 2. Stage Two comprised creative development research, exploring the potential of different communications approaches to engage and motivate the Asian communities.

Engaging junior doctors with the NHS: Qualitative research

The overall aim of the research was to understand how to engage junior doctors more effectively with policy concerning the NHS, in the specific context of the quality and efficiency agenda. Within this, there was a requirement to understand barriers to engagement, how these can be addressed and to identify the channels for successfully engaging this audience going forward.

Aspirations of children in care: Qualitative research

• To explore young people in care’s aspirations for the future and the support they receive to realise these aspirations • To understand foster carers’ thoughts about supporting their foster children’s aspirations

Access to maternity services: Qualitative research

Formative stage • Conducted with 10 x women in long cooking-based session in children’s centre • Mix of discussion and practical in order to evaluate concept properly Pilot • Implementation targeting “group rejectors” • Launch area predom. S.

Child internet safety campaign: Evaluation research

GFK was commissioned by COI and DCSF to assess the effectiveness of the new ‘Click clever, click safe’ campaign amongst both parents and children.

Encouraging parental engagement with their children: Campaign research

The main aim of this research was to evaluate the creative routes against the campaign objectives and to provide recommendations for longer-term developments of the interventions, should further versions be produced in 2010/2011.

Attitudes and understanding of mental health among Afro-Caribbean communities in Islington: Qualitative research

This research was conducted to gain a deeper understanding of attitudes towards and knowledge of mental health among the African-Caribbean community in Islington Overall aims: • To understand attitudes towards and knowledge of mental health • To identify barriers to accessing mental health services • To assess existing and proposed interventions and their promotional materials The research objectives were to explore: • Awareness and understanding of mental health, including terminology • Stigma and discrimination • Awareness and use of services • Customer journeys • Reactions to possible in