Monday 28 April 2008

Information helps us to kick bad habits


The King's Fund has launched a programme of work to investigate what the NHS can do to improve the public's health.


See the Kicking Bad Habits section for more.


The programme will look at


  • the impact of financial incentives

  • the effectiveness of targeting low socio-economic groups

  • the role of information-led strategies

  • the impact of personal skills, capabilities and confidence to change

  • strategies for identifying and targeting interventions