{"id":6465,"date":"2024-02-07T08:41:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T08:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/mrclec\/?page_id=6465"},"modified":"2024-02-22T11:16:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T11:16:25","slug":"southampton-initiative-for-health-sih","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/mrclec\/cohorts\/southampton-initiative-for-health-sih\/","title":{"rendered":"Southampton Initiative for Health (SIH)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"565\" height=\"374\" src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/mrclec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/475\/2015\/06\/prog4-mum.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/mrclec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/475\/2015\/06\/prog4-mum.jpg 565w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/mrclec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/475\/2015\/06\/prog4-mum-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/mrclec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/475\/2015\/06\/prog4-mum-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The Southampton Initiative for Health was a complex public health intervention developed to address inequalities in diet and lifestyle in disadvantaged women of childbearing age. It was designed in collaboration with Southampton City Council and Southampton Primary Care Trust to assess an empowerment approach in improving the health behaviour of women from disadvantaged backgrounds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Objective<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>To evaluate the effects of a behaviour change intervention, designed to increase women\u2019s sense of control, on the dietary quality and physical activity levels of women with young children.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Methods<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The study was a before- and after- non-randomised controlled trial, with a process evaluation, set in Hampshire Children\u2019s Sure Start Centres. Staff working in Centres in Southampton, were trained in \u2018healthy conversation skills\u2019 \u2013 a programme of skills designed by MRC LEC researchers to help practitioners support behaviour change in their clients. Staff practice was compared with that of untrained practitioners working in the control area of Gosport and Havant up to one year post-training. Sense of control, self-efficacy (indicators of personal empowerment), diet and physical activity outcomes for women attending Sure Start Children\u2019s Centres in the intervention area were then compared with outcomes for women in the control area.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-custom-light-blue-backdrop-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3a02abfb wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:20px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research output and key findings in the last quinquennium: 8 published papers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A year after training, staff in the intervention area were using skills to support behaviour change significantly more than staff in the control area<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Although the intervention did not lead to improvements in dietary quality and physical activity among women in the intervention group, it had a protective effect on sense of control, an important intermediate factor within our conceptual model for the relationship between exposure to the intervention and change in diet and physical activity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-23441af8 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/mrclec\/research\/\">Research<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/mrclec\/cohorts\/\">Cohorts<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The Southampton Initiative for Health was a complex public health intervention developed to address inequalities in diet and lifestyle in disadvantaged women of childbearing age. 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