Background Compared with drug trials or trials of surgical procedures, the design and
development of a health service intervention is highly complex. In practice such …

Objective: To measure the effect of behaviourally oriented counselling in general practice on
healthy behaviour and biological risk factors in patients at increased risk of coronary heart …

Background. Cardiovascular health promotion is an important element of national health
strategy, but doubts have been raised about current methods, and attitudes among general …

OBJECTIVE: To validate a range of dietary assessment instruments in general practice.
METHODS: Using a randomised block design, brief assessment instruments and more …

This study examined the effectiveness of stages of change-based counselling for exercise
delivered by nurses in four primary care centres. Two-hundred and ninety-four subjects …

Background. Smoking remains the largest preventable cause of morbidity and mortality in
the UK. Objectives. We aim to compare the motivation to stop smoking of patients with either …

Objective: To determine with meta-analysis the effects of nursing-delivered smoking
cessation interventions. Results: Fifteen studies comparing nursing intervention with a …

Introduction and aims: Of the modifiable cardiovascular risk factors obesity remains the most
difficult to influence. Sustained weight reduction is a rare outcome in general practice. A …

Previous attempts to influence individuals' behaviour in order to lessen cardiovas cular risk
have met with limited success. We report on the way in which the Stages of Change model …

Health promotion initiatives in general practice suggest moderate benefit for adults, but little
evidence in children. This study assessed the feasibility of a cardiovascular programme for 8 …