Effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing on adult behaviour change in health and social care settings: A systematic review of reviews
Journal Article
Frost, H., Campbell, P., Maxwell, M., O’Carroll, R. E., Dombrowski, S. U., Williams, B., …Pollock, A. (2018)
Effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing on adult behaviour change in health and social care settings: A systematic review of reviews. PLOS ONE, 13(10), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0204890
Background
The challenge of addressing unhealthy lifestyle choice is of global concern. Motivational Interviewing has been widely implemented to help people change their behav...
Accessing and engaging women from socio-economically disadvantaged areas: a participatory approach to the design of a public health intervention for delivery in a Bingo club
Journal Article
Shepherd, A., Jepson, R., Gray, C., Mackison, D., Evans, J., Ryde, G., …Williams, B. (2016)
Accessing and engaging women from socio-economically disadvantaged areas: a participatory approach to the design of a public health intervention for delivery in a Bingo club. BMC Public Health, 16, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3013-1
Background Our aim was to use participatory methods to investigate the feasibility and acceptability of using Bingo clubs for the design and delivery of an evidence-based phy...
ADePT (algorithm for decision-making after pilot and feasibility trials): a decision aid for progression from feasibility study to main trial
Journal Article
Bugge, C., Williams, B., & Hagen, S. (2013)
ADePT (algorithm for decision-making after pilot and feasibility trials): a decision aid for progression from feasibility study to main trial. Trials, 14(Suppl 1), O19. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-14-s1-o19
Background: Complex intervention guidance advocates pilot trials and feasibility studies as part of a phased approach to development, testing and evaluation of healthcare inte...
Goal-setting intervention in patients with active asthma: Protocol for a pilot cluster-randomised controlled trial
Journal Article
Hoskins, G., Abhyankar, P., Taylor, A. D., Duncan, E., Sheikh, A., Pinnock, H., …Williams, B. (2013)
Goal-setting intervention in patients with active asthma: Protocol for a pilot cluster-randomised controlled trial. Trials, 14, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-14-289
Background: Supporting self-management behaviours is recommended guidance for people with asthma. Preliminary work suggests that a brief, intensive, patient-centred interventi...
How the stigma of low literacy can impair patient-professional spoken interactions and affect health: Insights from a qualitative investigation
Journal Article
Easton, P., Entwistle, V. A., & Williams, B. (2013)
How the stigma of low literacy can impair patient-professional spoken interactions and affect health: Insights from a qualitative investigation. BMC Health Services Research, 13(319), https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-13-319
Background
Low literacy is a significant problem across the developed world. A considerable body of research has reported associations between low literacy and less appropriat...
Assessing Asthma control in UK primary care: Use of routinely collected prospective observational consultation data to determine appropriateness of a variety of control assessment models
Journal Article
Hoskins, G., Williams, B., Jackson, C., Norman, P. D., & Donnan, P. T. (2011)
Assessing Asthma control in UK primary care: Use of routinely collected prospective observational consultation data to determine appropriateness of a variety of control assessment models. BMC Family Practice, 12, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-12-105
Background: Assessing asthma control using standardised questionnaires is recommended as good clinical practice but there is little evidence validating their use within primar...
Health in the 'hidden population' of people with low literacy. A systematic review of the literature
Journal Article
Easton, P., Entwistle, V. A., & Williams, B. (2010)
Health in the 'hidden population' of people with low literacy. A systematic review of the literature. BMC Public Health, 10, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-459
Background: Much of the evidence of an association between low functional or health literacy and poor health comes from studies that include people who have various cognitive ...