Public health practitioners’ views of the ‘Making Every Contact Count’ initiative and standards for its evaluation
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DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdy094
Abstract: BACKGROUND National Health Service England encourages staff to use everyday interactions with patients to discuss healthy lifestyle changes as part of the 'Making Every Contact Count' (MECC) approach. Although healthcare, government and public health organisations… read more here.
Keywords: making every; public health; every contact; health ... See more keywords
Obesity: unrecognised or avoided? We are missing opportunities to ‘make every contact count’
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DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2019-317734
Abstract: Obesity, ‘one of the biggest public health threats facing the UK’, is highlighted by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health as one of seven key priorities for children’s health and well-being.1 The statistics… read more here.
Keywords: obesity; health; contact count; every contact ... See more keywords