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- 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.
- Blog
- 23rd Nov 2022
Quantifying the impact of obesity prevention policies in the UK
For children and adults in the UK, unhealthy food is in the spotlight everywhere. Online, on TV, in supermarkets - promotions and advertising put calorie-dense and unhealthy food centre stage. The promotion, affordability, availability and consumption of such foods are among the main drivers of obesity, a public health challenge that…
- Policy proposal
- 22nd Nov 2022
Putting health in the spotlight: quantifying the impact of obesity prevention policies in the UK
This report examines the impact of four obesity prevention policies in UK government, finding that their combined net benefit to the UK over 25 years is estimated to be over £76 billion.
- Blog
- 24th Apr 2020
From pilot to policy - breaking down barriers to vaccine uptake
Vaccines are one of the most effective public health interventions we have: it is estimated that between 2-3 million deaths are averted each year because of immunisation. The race to find a vaccine for Covid-19 shows just how important they are in protecting our lives and livelihoods. However, despite living…
- Report
- 22nd Apr 2020
Increasing vaccine uptake in low- and middle-income countries
This report includes a landscape analysis of the existing evidence for how behavioural insights can increase uptake of vaccines in LMICs.
- Blog
- 24th Feb 2020
Covid-19: how do we encourage the right behaviours during an epidemic?
It's only February but here at BIT we think we have a strong contender for word of the year (take note Oxford English Dictionary!): Misinfodemic (noun): the spread of a particular health outcome or disease facilitated by viral misinformation This is hardly a new phenomenon - the proliferation of misinformation…