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Harnessing imagery to motivate health behaviours (2010)
Journal Article
Cameron, L. D., Humphris, G., Hollands, G., & Williams, B. (2010). Harnessing imagery to motivate health behaviours. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 17(Supplement 1), S203

This paper is an abstract in a special supplement - Abstracts from the 11th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine.

Health in the 'hidden population' of people with low literacy. A systematic review of the literature (2010)
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, Article 459. 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 difficulties or who do not speak the dominant language of their society. Lo... Read More about Health in the 'hidden population' of people with low literacy. A systematic review of the literature.

Low exercise among children with asthma: A culture of over protection? A qualitative study of experiences and beliefs (2010)
Journal Article
Williams, B., Hoskins, G., Pow, J., Neville, R., Mukhopadhyay, S., & Coyle, J. (2010). Low exercise among children with asthma: A culture of over protection? A qualitative study of experiences and beliefs. British Journal of General Practice, 60(577), 319

Background Research shows that children are insufficiently active in most affluent societies. Although children with asthma may particularly benefit from physical activity, they are less active than their peers. Aim To explore the reasons for low... Read More about Low exercise among children with asthma: A culture of over protection? A qualitative study of experiences and beliefs.

Cancer diagnosis: An opportune time to help patients and their families stop smoking? (2010)
Journal Article
Ozakinci, G., Wells, M., Williams, B., Munro, A., & Donnelly, P. (2010). Cancer diagnosis: An opportune time to help patients and their families stop smoking?. Public Health, 124(8), 479-482. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2010.04.006

Tobacco use is the most preventable cause of cancer, ill health and premature death in developed countries. Although the decrease in smoking prevalence among adults over the last few decades has been responsible for improvements in cancer mortality r... Read More about Cancer diagnosis: An opportune time to help patients and their families stop smoking?.

Is the routine recording of primary care consultations possible … and desirable? Lessons for researchers from a consultation with multiple stakeholders (2010)
Journal Article
Rushmer, R., Themessel-Huber, M., Coyle, J., Humphris, G., Dowell, J., & Williams, B. (2011). Is the routine recording of primary care consultations possible … and desirable? Lessons for researchers from a consultation with multiple stakeholders. Patient Education and Counseling, 82(2), 247-253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2010.04.020

Objective: To explore stakeholders' attitudes towards routine, longitudinal recording of primary care consultations for research purposes, and to identify legal, ethical, and practical barriers and facilitators. Methods: 183 stakeholders (including p... Read More about Is the routine recording of primary care consultations possible … and desirable? Lessons for researchers from a consultation with multiple stakeholders.

Effectiveness of interventions designed to promote patient involvement to enhance safety: A systematic review (2010)
Journal Article
Hall, J., Peat, M., Birks, Y., Golder, S., Entwistle, V., Gilbody, S., …Wright, J. (2010). Effectiveness of interventions designed to promote patient involvement to enhance safety: A systematic review. BMJ quality & safety, 19(5), 1-7. https://doi.org/1

There is growing international interest in involving patients in interventions to promote and support them in securing their own safety. This paper reports a systematic review of evaluations of the effectiveness of interventions that have been used w... Read More about Effectiveness of interventions designed to promote patient involvement to enhance safety: A systematic review.