Interventions - Practical Health Psychology

2026-05-012026-05-01Communication, Interventions, Patient engagement, Planning, Public Health

Mind the Gap: Embedding Equity in Everyday Practice

By Amanda O’Connor, Claire Blewitt and Helen Skouteris, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Health equity means that everyone has a fair and just opportunity to achieve good health, regardless of socioeconomic position, ethnicity, gender, or other social conditions. Yet, current global […]

2026-03-302026-04-13Behavioural theory, Habit, Interventions, Public Health

Changing minds about changing behaviour

By Theresa Marteau, University of Cambridge, UK Many of us struggle to eat more healthily, drink less alcohol, quit smoking, or walk instead of driving. This is true even when we know these changes would benefit our health and the […]

2026-02-262026-04-22Goal setting, Habit, Interventions, Physical activity, Public Health, Self-regulation

Sitting less: Small changes that make a big difference

By Zofia Szczuka, SWPS University, Poland and Deakin University, Australia Sedentary behaviors: more than just “not being active” The health benefits of increasing physical activity are widely known. But do we give the same attention to so-called ‘sedentary behaviors’? Sedentary […]

2026-01-262026-03-27Behavioural theory, Communication, Interventions, Public Health

Supporting health workers in addressing vaccine hesitancy

By Dawn Holford, University of Bristol, UK, Linda Karlsson, University of Turku, Finland, Frederike Taubert, Erfurt University, Germany, Emma C. Anderson, University of Bristol, UK, Virginia C. Gould, University of Bristol, UK Correcting misconceptions about vaccination Vaccination is one of […]

2025-08-052026-04-09Interventions, Self-regulation

MyLifeTool: A person-centred, holistic approach to the self-management of long-term conditions

By Dr Stephanie Kılınç, Teesside University, UK and Jo Cole, the Tees Valley, Durham and North Yorkshire Neurological Alliance, UK Long-term conditions are a major concern for global health care systems given their high prevalence and disease burden, including their significant […]

2025-07-252026-03-27Interventions, Public Health

Above Water: Rethinking Drowning Prevention at All Levels

By Kyra Hamilton, Griffith University, Australia and Amy Peden, University of New South Wales, Australia Drowning is a leading, yet largely preventable, cause of death and injury that remains underrecognized. One common myth: drowning isn’t always fatal. The definition of […]

2025-02-212025-11-04Communication, Interventions, Physical activity

Making Every Health Care Consultation Count: Promoting physical activity in health care settings

By Amanda Daley, Loughborough University, UK In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the Making Every Contact Count initiative aims to use the thousands of consultations that take place every day between health professionals and patients, to promote healthy behavioural changes. […]

2023-10-172025-11-04Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Covid, Interventions, Mental Health, Public Health

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: A promising approach for those living with Long-COVID

By Amy Barradell, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust If I were to say to you, Long-Covid, what would that mean to you? A sub-set of people that contracted Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), have continued to experience debilitating symptoms for […]

2022-04-282025-11-04E-health, Interventions

Your intervention, your way! Short appraisal interventions

by Katarzyna Cantarero, SWPS University, Poland Subjective well-being is a function of what we were born with, situations that pop up in our lives and (luckily!) what we intentionally do. Many researchers have examined what can effectively boost our psychological […]

2020-11-102025-11-04Assessment, Goal setting, Habit, Interventions, Planning

Βελτίωση της παροχής σύντομων συμβουλών σχετικά με το αλκοόλ στην πρωτοβάθμια φροντίδα: απόψεις και από τις δύο πλευρές της παροχής φροντίδας

Από Amy O’Donnell, Newcastle University, UK Τα επίπεδα κατανάλωσης αλκοόλ μειώθηκαν πρόσφατα σε ορισμένα μέρη της Ευρώπης, ιδίως μεταξύ των νέων. Ωστόσο, η υπερβολική κατανάλωση αλκοόλ παραμένει ένας σημαντικός παράγοντας κινδύνου για κακή υγεία και πρόωρο θάνατο. Η παροχή απλών, […]

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