All Outputs (4)

Cost-effectiveness of health-related lifestyle advice delivered by peer or lay advisors: synthesis of evidence from a systematic review (2013)
Journal Article
Pennington, M., Visram, S., Donaldson, C., White, M., Lhussier, M., Deane, K., …Carr, S. (2013). Cost-effectiveness of health-related lifestyle advice delivered by peer or lay advisors: synthesis of evidence from a systematic review. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 11, https://doi.org/10.1186/1478-7547-11-30

Background: Development of new peer or lay health-related lifestyle advisor (HRLA) roles is one response to the need to enhance public engagement in, and improve cost-effectiveness of, health improvement interventions. This article synthesises eviden... Read More about Cost-effectiveness of health-related lifestyle advice delivered by peer or lay advisors: synthesis of evidence from a systematic review.

Building an evidence base for health trainers (2013)
Journal Article
Visram, S., & South, J. (2013). Building an evidence base for health trainers. Perspectives in Public Health, 133(4), 193-194. https://doi.org/10.1177/1757913913492297

Programmes involving some form of lay or community health worker role have been widely used to provide basic healthcare and health promotion activities to so-called ‘hard to reach’ populations. Rather than making themselves hard to reach, these popul... Read More about Building an evidence base for health trainers.

A lifestyle change, not a forever diet: one service user’s experience of accessing a local health trainer service (2013)
Journal Article
Scurr, C., & Visram, S. (2013). A lifestyle change, not a forever diet: one service user’s experience of accessing a local health trainer service. Perspectives in Public Health, 133(4), https://doi.org/10.1177/1757913913490851

Carol Scurr accessed her local health trainer service in Newcastle-upon-Tyne between 2009 and 2011. Here, Carol and Shelina Visram, from Durham University, tell us how she learnt to manage her weight with the help of Choose 2 Lose, a group set up by... Read More about A lifestyle change, not a forever diet: one service user’s experience of accessing a local health trainer service.

Getting the balance right : qualitative evaluation of a holistic weight management intervention to address childhood obesity (2013)
Journal Article
Visram, S., Hall, T., & Geddes, L. (2013). Getting the balance right : qualitative evaluation of a holistic weight management intervention to address childhood obesity. Journal of Public Health, 35(2), 246-254. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fds075

Background: Childhood obesity is linked to a range of health and social problems. Solutions include the delivery of appropriate weight management interventions for those aged 16 and under. The ‘Balance It! Getting the Balance Right’ programme appears... Read More about Getting the balance right : qualitative evaluation of a holistic weight management intervention to address childhood obesity.