In this video, we discuss the current prescription practices of healthcare practitioners (e.g. doctors, psychologists, nurses) regarding lifestyle behaviours such as exercise. We explore why many healthcare practitioners are not having these important conversations and strategies to overcome these barriers.

Dr. Chris Keyworth is a Chartered Psychologist & Associate Professor at University of Leeds, researching in health psychology and health behaviour change in individuals and healthcare professionals.

Chapters
0:00 Show Intro
3:28 What is a Lifestyle Behaviour?
5:33 Importance of Lifestyle Behaviours
10:20 Public Health Promotion of Lifestyle Behaviours
17:20 Barriers of Lifestyle Behaviour Promotion in Healthcare
30:20 Facilitators to Lifestyle Behaviour Promotion in Healthcare
37:40 Training Healthcare Practitioners on Lifestyle Behaviour Promotion

Show Notes
"‘It's difficult, I think it's complicated’: Health care professionals’ barriers and enablers to providing opportunistic behaviour change interventions during routine medical consultations" by Keyworth et al. (2019)
"Delivering opportunistic behavior change interventions: a systematic review of systematic reviews" by Keyworth et al. (2020)
"Are healthcare professionals delivering opportunistic behaviour change interventions? A multi-professional survey of engagement with public health policy" by Keyworth et al. (2018)
"Perceptions of receiving behaviour change interventions from GPs during routine consultations: a qualitative study" by Keyworth et al. (2020)
"Barriers and enablers to delivering opportunistic behaviour change interventions during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A qualitative study in healthcare professionals" by Vogt et al. (20203)
"‘In someone's clinic but not in mine’ – clinicians’ views of supporting lifestyle behaviour change in patients with psoriasis: a qualitative interview study" by Nelson et al. (2014)
"Exploring barriers and enablers to the delivery of Making Every Contact Count brief behavioural interventions in Ireland: A cross‐sectional survey study" by Meade et al. (2023)
Make Every Contact Count- Consensus Statement by NHS
https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content...
Quality and Outcomes Framework by NHS
https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-infor...