Parents’/carers’ views of receiving lifestyle behaviour change advice
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Receiving health promotion and lifestyle behaviour change advice within a paediatric hospital setting: A qualitative study of parents’ and carers’ views and experiences
IRAS ID
202101
Contact name
Helen Pattison
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Aston University
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 0 days
Research summary
Make Every Contact Count (MECC) is a policy-driven initiative to improve population health through staff provision of routine brief lifestyle behaviour change advice in healthcare contexts. In the UK, government public health policy now mandates that all health and social care professionals implement the MECC agenda, meaning that staff have a responsibility to address patient and public lifestyle behaviours such as smoking, alcohol consumption, poor diet and lack of physical activity. Birmingham Children’s Hospital has a public health agenda that incorporates implementation of MECC to support lifestyle behaviour change in patients and families. Although research has examined the challenges associated with health professionals providing routine lifestyle behaviour change support to patients and families within the hospital setting (Elwell et al, 2014a, 2014b; Lawrence et al, 2014), little is known about how parents and carers feel about receiving this kind of advice when accompanying their child to the hospital for an unrelated condition. The aim of this project is to explore the views and experiences of parents and carers on receiving health promotion and lifestyle behaviour change advice within a paediatric hospital setting. Qualitative interviews will be used to elicit the views and experiences of approximately 15 parents/carers, identified via ward staff at Birmingham Children’s Hospital. Interviews will be audio recorded, transcribed verbatim and analysed thematically.
REC name
North West - Preston Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/NW/0225
Date of REC Opinion
21 Mar 2016
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion