“Theresa Marteau wants to change our minds about changing behaviour. She is director of the Department of Health’s policy research unit on behaviour and health at Cambridge University and specialises in identifying the most effective ways of helping people to change bad health habits…”
BHRU Health Inequalities Lecture – Professor Johan Mackenbach
The Behaviour and Health Research Unit’s Annual Lecture was held on Thursday 24th April at Downing College, Cambridge. The event was supported by Cambridge Public Policy. The title of the talk given by Professor Mackenbach was “The persistence of health inequalities”.
Does information about intervention effectiveness increase acceptability?
How acceptable people find different interventions to reduce alcohol consumption varies depending on the type of intervention and its effectiveness. While our study found differences in acceptability depending on intervention type (affecting price, availability or advertising), acceptability increased when information…