Are interventions for low-income groups effective in changing healthy eating, physical activity and smoking behaviours? A systematic review and meta-analysis
- Submitting institution
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Manchester Metropolitan University
- Unit of assessment
- 3 - Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy
- Output identifier
- 2477
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006046
- Title of journal
- BMJ Open
- Article number
- e006046
- First page
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- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 11
- ISSN
- 2044-6055
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- November
- Year of publication
- 2014
- URL
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http://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006046
- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
- -
- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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3
- Research group(s)
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I - Stress, Health and Performance
- Citation count
- 48
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This is the first meta-analysis performed to examine the effectiveness and to estimate an overall effect size of behavioural interventions targeting diet, physical activity or smoking in low-income adults. The article reflects the relevant components of the PRISMA checklist. This review suggests that current behaviour change interventions for low-income groups are positive effects on healthy eating, physical activity and smoking, but small, risking ‘intervention-generated inequalities’. The paper concluded that policy makers and practitioners should seek improved interventions for disadvantaged populations to change health behaviours in the most vulnerable people and reduce health inequalities to improve their health outcomes. The research has had a significant impact on policy and has been cited in NICE work on behaviour change (2017) and by the UK Government in reports on the link between health literacy and health inequalities (2015).
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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