Teaching practitioners Healthy Conversation Skills

2021-03-232024-05-15Communication, Goal setting

Teaching practitioners Healthy Conversation Skills

By Wendy Lawrence, University of Southampton The main causes of death and disease in society today are influenced by our lifestyle choices, […]

2021-01-222024-05-15Automaticity, Habit, Self-efficacy

To eat or not to eat, that is the question: How can health psychology practitioners help people manage food safety?

By Barbara Mullan, Curtin University, Australia Extent of the problem Every year, one in 10 people worldwide (approximately 600 million people) become […]

2020-12-152024-05-15Financial Incentives, Smoking cessation

Helping pregnant women quit smoking: sharing best practice from the UK

By Felix Naughton, University of East Anglia, UK Between 25-50% of female smokers quit smoking after they discover they are pregnant. But […]

2020-11-102024-05-15Assessment, Brief behavioural intervention, Goal setting, Habit, Planning

Improving the delivery of brief alcohol advice in primary care: views from both sides of the consultation table

By Amy O’Donnell, Newcastle University, UK Levels of drinking have fallen recently in some parts of Europe, particularly amongst young people. However, […]

2020-10-012024-05-16Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Coping, Habit, Mental Health, Planning, Routines, Self-monitoring, SMART Goals

Staying well while staying at home

By Dr Federica Picariello and Professor Rona Moss-Morris, King’s College London, the UK. Within weeks around the world, daily life dramatically changed, […]

2020-08-252024-05-16Habit, Motivation, Self-monitoring, Self-regulation

How to maintain health behaviours long term?

By Dominika Kwasnicka, SWPS University, Poland and University of Melbourne, Australia The ultimate goal of health promotion programmes is to promote long-lasting […]

2020-05-182024-05-16Self-monitoring

Sluta vara en struts! Fördelarna med att hjälpa människor övervaka sina framsteg

Av: Thomas L. Webb, Department of Psychology, The University of Sheffield, the UK Hur går det med ditt mål, att minska din sockerkonsumtion […]

2020-04-102024-06-05Communication

Beteendevetenskapens insikter för COVID-19-pandemin

Av Shane Timmons, Economic and Social Research Institute, Irland Regeringar över hela världen har mobiliserat för att försöka kontrollera spridningen av det nya coronaviruset. […]