BC1
Very brief interventions
Workers who typically engage with people who have an admin need from them will ideally be trained to Behaviour Change Level 1 (BC1). This involves training in very brief interventions. For example: a Care Navigator who helps people find important information.
1.3
Depending on the response, use appropriate techniques to motivate and encourage engagement with behaviour change.
Learners will be able to
- ask open questions to explore and understand the individual’s situation and what matters to them
- provide general information about the behaviour and behaviour change in a manner that can be easily understood
- reassure and encourage the individual to believe in themselves and the possibilities of improvement
- let the individual know you understand how they are feeling by being empathetic
- reflect on what they have said using their words
- summarise what they have said during the conversation
Learning resources
Adult weight management: short conversations with patients
Weight management involves methods and physiological processes that enable someone to be a certain weight. This resource provides guidance on how to have brief conversations about weight management and how onward referrals and follow-up appointments can be made to support this. It is aimed at health and care professionals in a position to have brief conversations with patients about weight management.
Encouraging and enabling physical activity
The public need better awareness about the benefits of physical activity and how much physical activity they should be doing. This eLearning course is aimed at anyone who has a role in encouraging physical activity. Content demonstrates how to explain the benefits of and recommended guidelines for physical activity, as well as how to encourage and enable physical activity.
Moving Medicine
Healthcare professionals can find it difficult to discuss physical activity with patients. This online web-tool is a series of consultation guides and accredited online eLearning courses designed to help healthcare professionals to encourage physical activity and include it as part of clinical care.
Person-Centred Approaches
A person-centred approach is when healthcare professionals work with patients to make decisions about their care. This eLearning course is aimed at anyone who works with people, families or communities in public, private and not for profit sectors. The content of this course includes an introduction to the person-centred approach, an exploration of values, the importance of communication and relationship building. Stories are used to demonstrate how the person-centred approach can be used.
Alcohol Identification & Brief Advice
High levels of alcohol intake can cause chronic or acute health issues, alcohol-related accidents and, as a result of these, hospital admissions. This eLearning resource is aimed at professionals in primary care, community pharmacies and hospitals to help them to identify, and to effectively engage with, people whose health might be at risk as a result of their alcohol intake. A separate but similar course is available for dental teams. Content in both courses includes facts about alcohol, an introduction to identification and brief advice, and gives opportunities to practice this.
Making Every Contact Count
Making Every Contact Count is an evidence-based approach to the provision of health-related information to support health behaviour change. This is a free eLearning course which provides an understanding of public health and factors that impact health and wellbeing. It also demonstrates how to briefly discuss health-related factors by effectively asking questions and listening to people during routine interactions. This course is aimed at anyone in a position to support health and wellbeing through day-to-day contact.
Very Brief Advice Smoking (Scotland)
Many people who smoke, find it difficult to quit. This free eLearning module is designed to help those who come into contact with people who smoke in a professional capacity, to opportunistically talk about smoking and signpost them to other services. Content on this module uses videos to demonstrate very brief advice and how it can be used to help people to stop smoking.
All Our Health: Smoking & tobacco, adult obesity, alcohol, CVD
The All Our Health framework exists to encourage health and care professionals to prevent illness, protect health and promote wellbeing by embedding prevention into their routine practice. The All Our Health resources are a collection of brief eLearning sessions looking at a variety of health-related topics. This includes adult obesity, smoking and tobacco and workplace health. These sessions also incorporate signposting to other resources for information and guidance.
Additional Level 1 Knowledge Resources
These resources provide a knowledge base across Behaviour Change Level 1 Sub-competencies 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
Introductions to Obesity
Obesity increases the risk of developing other health conditions, such as heart disease or diabetes. This a free eLearning course designed to provide an overview of obesity in children and adults. Content in this course features an introduction to obesity, how to identify obesity and its impact on health. Risk factors for obesity and how to manage it are included in this resource. This course is aimed at anyone who encounters overweight or obese individuals in a healthcare capacity.
Physical activity and health
Performing physical activity can improve our health and wellbeing. HEE put forward this eLearning course to help healthcare professionals improve their understanding of how to help their patients to prevent and manage physical and mental health conditions by promoting physical activity. Content in this course includes an introduction to physical activity, its benefits to patients with different health conditions and at different ages, and how it can be promoted in primary care (including a video on motivational interviewing).
All our health: Incl. Mental health and wellbeing
The All Our Health framework exists to encourage health and care professionals to prevent illness, protect health and promote wellbeing by embedding prevention into their routine practice. The All Our Health resources are a collection of brief eLearning sessions looking at a variety of health-related topics. This includes mental health and wellbeing, which covers mental health statistics, and signposting to other useful and trustworthy resources about mental health and wellbeing.
5 steps to mental wellbeing
The New Economics Foundation developed the 5 Ways to Wellbeing, a guidance for improving mental health and wellbeing. This NHS webpage describes the five ways to wellbeing, offers examples of how they could be achieved and signposts to other resources for improving mental wellbeing. This resource is useful for anyone who wants to learn more about improving wellbeing.
