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 One Stop Shop offers health professionals a chance to share unpublished research and information on consumer knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviour across a range of public health priorities.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 One Stop Shop offers health professionals a chance to share unpublished research and information on consumer knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviour across a range of public health priorities.

Children and young people who use weight management services: Qualitative research

The aim of the project was to:

  • Prevent year-on-year weight gain and to achieve weight loss that results in health benefits within the children and young people of Kirklees.

The research aim was to:

  • Scope the behaviours and motivational issues related to weight management with the chosen target audience to inform current and future weight management provision in Kirklees.

Within this aim, the research objectives were to:

University students and Alcohol: Qualitative research

This research aims to give further insight into the motivations and values of first year students at Huddersfield University with regard to alcohol consumption.

The Joint Alcohol Initiative wish to understand:

Alcohol consumption among young people in Hull: Qualitative research

  • Help understand the scope and level of alcohol consumption among the younger population of those living and spending time in Hull.
  • Identify some of the characteristics of Hull’s young people who drink and to compare the findings against other research undertaken around this subject.
  • Identify suitable ways to educate, help and provide interventions (where appropriate) around the subject of alcohol misuse for young people in Hull.

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

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.

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

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.

National child measurement programme: Desk research

The purpose of this report is to clearly list the types of questions that parents of children in Reception and Year 6 are likely to ask a health professional if concerned about their child’s result.

HPV attitudinal research

The overall research objectives were:

  • to understand how to most effectively communicate with 15-18 year old girls regarding the continuous catch up programme (Wave 1)
  • to understand the experiences of the immunisation programme and associated communications (Waves 2 and 3)

Childhood obesity: Qualitative research with parents

Qualitative research to inform the development of an obesity prevention concept which would encourage trial and experimentation of healthy foods and resonate with the target audience.

  • To develop a concept to encourage trial and experimentation of healthy foods by children aged under 11 years old who are at risk of obesity.
  • To evaluate whether the concept resonated with the target audience (families with children under 11 years old from groups known to be most at risk of obesity).