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- Blog
- 21st Jan 2022
Increasing retention and reducing burnout of 911 dispatchers
Burnout has become an issue that employers, especially those in the public sector, can’t afford to ignore. Chronic stress due to the COVID-19 pandemic has made the problem even more serious. According to a 2021 survey, 42% of public sector employees have felt burnt-out over the past year. Nearly a…
- Blog
- 1st Dec 2021
Engaging men and boys as allies in preventing violence against women and girls
Men and boys are critical allies to creating a safer world for women and girls.
Also available in: Español
- Blog
- 1st Dec 2021
Involucrando a hombres y niños como aliados en la prevención de la violencia contra las mujeres y las niñas
Una de cada tres mujeres experimenta violencia física y/o sexual en algún momento de sus vidas, la mayoría a manos de una pareja íntima, tanto a nivel mundial como en América Latina. Los estudios demuestran que los hombres son los responsables de la inmensa mayoría de estos actos.
Also available in: English
- Blog
- 22nd Oct 2021
Podcast: Antibiotic resistance, health inequality and the replication crisis
On Christmas Eve December 2020, the World Health Organisation named Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and health inequities as 2 of the 10 global health threats to track in 2021
- Academic publication
- 22nd Oct 2021
Using a randomised controlled trial to test the effectiveness of social norms feedback to reduce antibiotic prescribing without increasing inequities
We aimed to test whether a social-norm-based intervention successful elsewhere would have an effect on GPs with high prescribing rates of antibiotics. We also aimed to assess the effects on prescribing for Māori and Pacific patients.
- Podcast: Inside The Nudge Unit
- 21st Oct 2021
Antibiotic resistance, health inequality and the replication crisis
On Christmas Eve December 2020, the World Health Organisation named Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and health inequities as 2 of the 10 global health threats to track in 2021. In 2019, we worked with the Health Quality and Safety Commission (HQSC) and PHARMAC to see how we can tackle both in…
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Dr Jovita Leung
Jovita is an Advisor in the Health and Wellbeing team at the London office. She has delivered projects across a range of policy areas including obesity, childhood vaccination, mental health, and early years. Jovita has worked on a range of projects spanning from qualitative studies exploring barriers and facilitators for…
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Benji Horwell
Benji is a Senior Advisor in our Health and Wellbeing team. His work at BIT spans multiple policy areas, but his main focus is on public health, particularly vaping, smoking cessation and physical activity. Prior to BIT, Benji managed an online cognitive behaviour therapy service and worked as a Psychological…
- Academic publication
- 11th Oct 2021
Reducing Burnout and Resignations among Frontline Workers: A Field Experiment
In this article, we report on a multicity field experiment (n = 536) aimed at increasing perceived social support and affirming belonging among 911 dispatchers.
- Blog
- 30th Sep 2021
Improving people’s risk perception of coronavirus
What factors affect how people perceive risk? And can we design interventions that help to make risk perception more accurate?