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- 16th Feb 2024
Gambling management tool survey results
In this report, BIT’s Gambling Policy & Research Unit presents findings from a survey looking at individuals’ who gamble opinions towards gambling management tools (deposit limits, reality checks, self exclusion etc).
- Report
- 6th Feb 2024
How can we promote a reasoned use of screens by children?
We tested a digital family mediation tool, offering information and support to parents and guiding them to create their own personalised strategy for better managing screen time at home.
Also available in: Français
- Report
- 6th Feb 2024
Comment promouvoir un usage raisonné des écrans chez les enfants ?
Nous avons testé un outil numérique de médiation familiale, permettant d’offrir de l’information et du soutien aux parents et de les guider dans la création d’une stratégie personnalisée pour mieux gérer les écrans à la maison
Also available in: English
- Report
- 21st Dec 2023
Improving hygiene behaviours within Rohingya settlements in Cox’s Bazar
Bangladesh is the site of the world’s largest settlement for forcibly displaced Rohingya nationals. Since August 2017, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya families have fled genocidal violence in Myanmar. Now, over 1,000,000 people have lived in temporary settlement camps spanning 5,800 acres. BRAC - the world’s largest NGO - is…
- Working paper
- 20th Dec 2023
Working Paper No. 004 / Effectiveness of SMS reminders to increase demand for HPV immunisation: a randomised controlled trial in Georgia
In Georgia, a country with low rates of uptake of the HPV vaccine, we conducted a country-wide RCT that included over 55,000 girls aged 10-12, representing the entire population of eligible unvaccinated girls of this age in the country.
- Working paper
- 19th Dec 2023
BIT Working Paper No. 003 / A randomised controlled trial to measure the impact of supportive text messages on attendance and engagement with treatment among lmproving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) patients
In 2019/20 1.7 million people were referred into the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) service in England. Of these, one in three did not complete a course of treatment (defined as attending two or more treatment appointments). One reason for dropout is long wait times with limited communication.
- Report
- 18th Dec 2023
Can spending limits in a banking app support safer gambling?
In this report, BIT’s Gambling Policy & Research Unit presents findings from a study which measured the impact of different designs of spending limits on gambling behaviour. We found that spending limits are a promising preventative tool which could help customers manage their gambling spend.
- Report
- 4th Dec 2023
From Gen Z for Gen Z: Marketing Insights for Government Employers
The United States needs technological innovation to solve its most pressing problems—the climate crisis, health care costs, and more. Unfortunately, too few people with cutting-edge skills are interested in working in the federal government. Only 4% of federal government technologists are under 30, while over half are approaching retirement. How…
- Report
- 23rd Nov 2023
How do activity statements impact gambling behaviour?
In this report, BIT’s Gambling Policy & Research Unit presents findings from a study looking at the impact of Activity Statements on gambling behaviour. We designed and tested four different versions of activity statements (see below), via an online randomised control trial (RCT) with 5463 people who gamble in the…
- Academic publication
- 11th Oct 2023
Interventions for effective waste management and segregation: evidence from a randomised controlled trial in the Changzamtog district of Thimphu, Bhutan
To address waste segregation challenges in the Changzamtog district of Thimphu, Bhutan, we conducted a randomised controlled trial (RCT) to test the effectiveness of interventions to improve the quality of household waste segregation.