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SUMMARY:Behaviour Change Meeting Seminar: Dr Neil Howlett
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DESCRIPTION:The Behaviour Change Meeting Group at The University of Manch
 ester has the purpose of bringing together academics and clinicians acro
 ss several institutes who are working with behaviour change\, interventi
 on development and/or implementation theory. We usually meet online on t
 he first Thursday of the month at 3pm\, inviting external speakers and i
 nternal speakers to discuss and gain feedback on their latest research i
 n the field. We have a range of health and clinical psychologists in the
  group as well as epidemiologists\, nurses and physiotherapists who work
  with a range of different short-term and long-term conditions in differ
 ent contexts (public\, patient and healthcare professional groups).\n\nI
 f you would like to be added to the email list to hear about future meet
 ings\, please contact Rhiannon Hawkes: rhiannon.hawkes@manchester.ac.uk 
 \n\nOur next Behaviour Change Meeting will be held on Thursday <b>7th Ma
 y 2026 at 3pm</b> \, where we have <b>Dr Neil Howlett</b> from the Unive
 rsity of Hertfordshire presenting on <b>‘Analysing behaviour change tech
 niques in evidence synthesis’.</b>\n\nNeil has over 15 years of research
  experience in the areas of behaviour change and public health\, with a 
 particular interest in physical activity. Neil's expertise includes: des
 igning\, implementing\, and evaluating interventions to help individuals
 \, communities\, and populations change a range of health behaviours\; s
 ystematic reviews and meta-analyses\; behaviour change theories\;  polic
 y and research briefings\; pragmatic evaluations of public health progra
 mmes. Neil has achieved circa £7.5m of grant funding including the NIHR-
 funded PHIRST Connect Team. Neil also works with the UCL hub of the NIHR
 -funded Policy Research Unit in Behavioural and Social Sciences. The tal
 k will explore the journey Neil has taken through several published syst
 ematic reviews to analyse behaviour change techniques using a range of m
 ethods\, while reflecting on the (sometimes) painful lessons learned and
  why he keeps saying the latest review is the last review he will do (bu
 t never really means it).\n\n\n[https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi
 n/19%3ameeting_N2I5OWQ5MTctOWY1MS00MTExLTk1ZTMtZmY1MTEyMWU0ODI3%40thread
 .v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22c152cb07-614e-4abb-818a-f035cfa91a77%22%
 2c%22Oid%22%3a%22b7cdf57f-b0aa-487b-ac44-ba21c3ff2b15%22%7d Join the mee
 ting via MS Teams]\n
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LOCATION:Online (via MS Teams)
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