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Join us for | CRED Talk: VIVALDI Social Care – Reducing Infections and Improving Lives Wednesday 5th March 2025 15.00-16.00 @nihrarcs.bsky.social @basw-uk.bsky.social @nihr-pru-bass.bsky.social @theqni.bsky.social Details and how to book here www.arc-wx.nihr.ac.uk/event-detail...

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One of our papers was in the top 5 most downloaded in the Evidence and Policy journal in 2024! We considered critical factors in producing high quality & policy-relevant research, interviewing people from 15 international behavioural science units bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

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On LinkedIn? Follow us to see longer posts about our research! www.linkedin.com/company/nihr...

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Listen Up! Rethinking Mental Health and Hearing in the North 🗓️ 12 March 2025 | 🕒 1-4:30pm Co-Chaired by @ejoliver.bsky.social & @drdaliatsimpida.bsky.social Join us! 📍 In-person (free lunch 🍴, plus coffee ☕, tea/refreshments for the afternoon tea break: lnkd.in/daXnajmY 💻 Online: lnkd.in/dt6FtBZm

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Come & join us at our creative ideation session at the 2025 Behaviour Change Conference, hosted by the UCL Centre for Behaviour Change (@ucl-cbc.bsky.social) & the NOVA National School of Public Health, Portugal. Spaces are limited, learn more & book now: www.ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-ch... #BCConf2025

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Our research on insights from international behavioural science units is being presented by Jan Lecouturier at a @who.int webinar on Wednesday 19th February at 12:00-13:00 UK time. Register using the link below: who.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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You can now sign up for our February webinar on Open Science in Qualitative Research! 🌐 📅 Taking place on 25th Feb 2025 at 3 PM, sign up via the link below: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Join @uclpublicpolicy.bsky.social on 12 March from 5-8pm for an insightful event exploring the critical role of science communication during times of crisis. Ft. experts from academia, media & policy, including our Director @susanmichie.bsky.social. 🔗 Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/communicat...

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We were at #EvidenceWeek in Parliament this week with @senseaboutsci.bsky.social to present research evidence on effective complaints handling in the NHS to MPs, peers and parliamentary staff. We discussed our latest findings to help them scrutinise government policy in this area.

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The @NIHR_PRUBaSS was at #EvidenceWeek in Parliament this week with @senseaboutscience to present research evidence on effective complaints handling in the NHS to MPs, peers and parliamentary staff. We discussed our latest findings to help them scrutinise government policy in this area.

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On LinkedIn? Follow us to see longer posts about our research! www.linkedin.com/company/nihr...

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📢 Quali researchers! Join us for a 1 hour webinar to find out about our CLIP-Q approach to rapid qualitative research. 🗓️Thurs 6 Mar 10-11am Hear from @jhorwood.bsky.social @jokesten.bsky.social @avalorenc.bsky.social Mairead Murphy #quali #qualitative #HealthResearch bit.ly/428hKQn

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Our first 2025 publication is out 🔓 We explored whether presenting less attractive 'decoy' options for Covid-19 vaccination appointments increased people's intention to get the vaccine. We found that use of decoys could increase uptake in some people. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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How does evidence type affect #publicpolicy support? BR-UK explores how statistics, anecdotes or both, influence beliefs in policy effectiveness and support in our latest blog. Read more on the BR-UK website: usher.ed.ac.uk/behavioural-...

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Three Research Schools' Online Seminar | Living well with severe mental ill-health: learning from implementing physical health support in different regional contexts. 12 Feb 2025, 2pm to 3pm. Find out more: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/events/livin... #MentalHealth @georginaspcr.bsky.social

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Happy new year! We were productive in 2024 - check out a complete list of our publications at our website: behscipru.nihr.ac.uk/outputs/publ...

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📢 Exciting opportunity for a Research Fellow or Senior Research Fellow to contribute to our consultancy, training, teaching & research portfolio. A permanent, full-time core post working closely with @susanmichie.bsky.social & the rest of the CBC team 👉 Apply by 26 Jan: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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The @newcastleuni.bsky.social team of the @nihr-pru-bass.bsky.social (plus a few colleagues!) held our festive celebrations last week. We pause for our winter break on Friday 20th December 2024 and return on Monday 6th January 2025. We can't wait to share and engage with more research in 2025!

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👨‍🎓 PhD studentship - interested in #PhysicalActivity promotion? We're offering a funded PhD (overseas surcharges apply), and we invite applications from a broad range of backgrounds to help us think differently. Deadline: 31st Jan. Full details and contacts below. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLC852/p...

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In November, we held the first stakeholder workshop for the Optimising Integrated Care Services project. It explores how to promote behaviours that support integrated care for persons with CVD and mental health challenges in England. See more on our LinkedIn post: www.linkedin.com/posts/nihr-p...

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HAPPENING AT 2PM TODAY! 📣 Join researchers from the @nihr.bsky.social Policy Research Units as they share findings on aspects of #SocialCare, covering labour supply, dementia-specific education, + gender bias in #AI:👉 lse.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @nihr-pru-bass.bsky.social @denpru-qm.bsky.social

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🔓 New paper 🔓 We explored how healthcare professionals manage complaints and what factors influenced how complaints were responded to in a healthcare setting. Interviews and analysis were informed by two behavioural frameworks: COM-B model and the TDF. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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📢Please read our new report from our team on the meaning of 'quality' of homecare for older people: documents.manchester.ac.uk/display.aspx... - and find out more about our project including a recording of a recent webinar here: www.hapru.nihr.ac.uk/2024/08/23/q...

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In our new #OpenAccess paper we look into the process of integrating #VirtualWards within the NHS in England as a new way of delivering care to patients who would otherwise be hospitalized from the perspective of ICS commissioners. www.jmir.org/2024/1/e56494/ @nihr-pru-bass.bsky.social

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In our new #OpenAccess 🔓 paper we look into the process of integrating #VirtualWards within the NHS in England as a new way of delivering care to patients who would otherwise be hospitalized from the perspective of ICS commissioners. www.jmir.org/2024/1/e56494

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We are attending the launch of the Multiple Long-Term Conditions (MLTC) Cross-NIHR Collaboration today! Please do come and say hello to us if you are attending to find out more about the work of the NIHR Policy Research Unit Behavioural and Social Sciences. www.linkedin.com/posts/mltc-c...

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Falsifcation of home rapid antigen lateral fow tests during the COVID‑19 pandemic What do we know about prevalence, reasons and correlates? Our @nihr-pru-bass.bsky.social work from the UK attemps some answers www.nature.com/articles/s41... journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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🔓New paper🔓 In this survey study, we explored if personality traits were associated with false reporting of Covid-19 lateral flow test results. Affective empathy and honesty-humility associated with being less likely to report false results. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Sign up to the @cpeclse.bsky.social webinar taking place on Weds 11th December at 2-5pm to hear @amckinlay.bsky.social talk about our optimising integrated care services project! More details about this project on our website behscipru.nihr.ac.uk/our-projects...

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I’m excited to share our new protocol paper accepted in BMJ Open on Exploring how to widen the acceptability of public health interventions! You can find the link below and details about the wider @nihr-pru-bass.bsky.social project here: behscipru.nihr.ac.uk/our-projects...

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🚨 New Paper Alert! 🚨Understanding the public’s decision-making about seasonal flu vaccination during a pandemic. Read more on tailored strategies to boost flu vaccine uptake. You can access the paper here: doi.org/10.1177/1359...

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See our new paper on understanding the public's decision making about seasonal flu vaccination during the Covid-19 pandemic below! The study highlights the importance of tailored strategies based on decision making stages to increase flu vaccination uptake. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Interested in engaging with policymakers about your research? Check out our practical guide to writing policy briefs here behscipru.nihr.ac.uk/wp-content/u... It has been downloaded nearly 10,000 times to date!

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Interested in engaging with policymakers about your research? Check out our practical guide to writing policy briefs here behscipru.nihr.ac.uk/wp-content/u... It has been downloaded nearly 10,000 times to date!

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PRU practical guide to writing policy briefs has been downloaded 10.000 x from #OpenScienceFramework osf.io/preprints/os... It makes it easy to communicate relevant evidence to policy decision makers jointly developed by @nihr-pru-bass.bsky.social & @ucl-cbc.bsky.social @susanmichie.bsky.social

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I have started a Behavioural Science starter pack - just let me know if you would like to be added - see go.bsky.app/CzLwTyZ

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Our Research Associate Dr Dave Ray has led, with colleagues from the NIHR Innovation Observatory, a systematic review looking at the effectiveness of public health gambling message interventions. link.springer.com/article/10.1... Open access 🔓

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🔓 OPEN ACCESS NEW PAPER 🔓 In this protocol paper, we explain how we are exploring how to widen the acceptability of public health interventions through a systematic review. Available here: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/1... (1/2)

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Our NIHR Policy Research Unit Behavioural & Social Science @nihr-pru-bass.bsky.social produces independent evidence to support decision-making in the Department of Health and Social Care for health and social care policy in England since 2019. Check out or website behscipru.nihr.ac.uk

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See our new paper led by Jan Lecouturier looking at the challenges faced by local authority public health teams in reaching national Covid-19 vaccination targets! The challenges included data limitations and working with communities & NHS organisations. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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You can also find out more about our launch event by visiting our new LinkedIn page here: www.linkedin.com/company/nihr...

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