Health Promotion in Urgent and Emergency Care
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Health Promotion in urgent and emergency care; stakeholder views – a scoping study.
IRAS ID
280889
Contact name
Behnaz Schofield
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of the West of England Bristol
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 2 months, 28 days
Research summary
Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over and to improve their health according to the World Health Organisation. Whilst this is not a new idea, it is more relevant than ever in addressing public health problems. Frontline NHS staff have the opportunity to recognise appropriate times and situations in which to engage with individuals and help them on the pathway to improving their health and wellbeing. Emergency medicine and public health are naturally intertwined although most urgent and emergency care (UEC)staff may not identify themselves as public health practitioners. Whilst the often chaotic environment of the emergency department may provide a challenge when considering health promotion activities, it may be that the precise environment will afford an opportunity for a ‘teachable moment’ for health behaviour change.The lack of evidence on the acceptability of health promotion for patients and service providers in UEC settings coupled with an imperative to ensure staff talk to the public they are treating about their health and wellbeing across all health and social care organisations requires further exploration. The aim of this study is to investigate staff and patients’ attitudes, barriers and facilitators to health promotion practice behaviours.
We will use direct enquiry targeting a purposive sample of adults aged 18 and over who are staff and patients who have recently used urgent and emergency care services. We will conduct 8-12 one-on-one semi-structured interviews lasting about 10-15 minutes each. Anonymised interview transcripts will be thematically coded. The data collection period will be no longer than three months.REC name
South Central - Hampshire A Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
20/SC/0182
Date of REC Opinion
6 May 2020
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion