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Local adult education and training provider
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Flyers and information packs in the reception. Contact at centre informed about study and given packs to distribute.
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Post Office Manual Data Entry Centre (MDEC)
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Information cascaded through managers to all employees in team briefings.
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Educational site
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Local primary school
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Article in parent newsletter with study contact details.
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Parent and toddler groups; several local children’s centers
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Mother and toddler groups visited. Researchers attended groups and talked with parents. Posters and packs left, or given out during groups. Collected details of interested persons.
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Community site or organization
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Job centre (Devonport)
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Researcher outside the job centre approached smokers explaining the study; 100 packs and reply sheets given out over several periods in a week. Contact details of interested persons collected.
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Local community hub cafe
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Local health promotion sessions and food bank sessions attended by researchers; information given out to interested persons.
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Local community cooperative organization
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Flyers and posters given out to a local community employer for distribution.
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YMCA (community-run gym)
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Posters on display. Fitness Manager promoted study to users of the Stonehouse Gym.
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Researchers attended a children’s session; one pack given out.
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Local gym
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Gym instructors informed about study and provided with information packs and reply sheets to distribute to interested persons.
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Local social club
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Central contact informed about study and provided with information packs and reply sheets.
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Public health
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Posters and information packs with reply sheets given to the local health club in Devonport.
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Three Local Housing Associations
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180 flyers distributed through mailboxes in housing association residences in Plymouth; flyers distributed and attendance at residents’ meetings. Posters, flyers, and packs left at site for visitors.
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Neighborhood Managers (City Council)
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Researchers met with managers in Devonport and Stonehouse. Information distributed.
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Local community learning centre
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Information and flyers displayed. Researchers attended information sessions. Contact details of interested persons collected.
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Other
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Local library
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Flyers and posters on display.
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Heart Radio/Plymouth Sound/Radio; local paper
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Radio chat about the study and news advert in paper.
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Word of mouth
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First 60 trial participants asked to invite friends and/or acquaintances to join the study once they had completed the final follow-up assessment.
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Individual contacts (for example, church minister, day support facility member, or publican)
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Posters displayed by contacts.
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Increasing Access to Psychological Therapies Service, Plymouth
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Met and encouraged Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners to refer to the study opportunistically. Left flyers, information packs, and reply sheets to be distributed. Encouraged by email.
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Posters displayed around local shops and businesses
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Trial posters with contact details displayed in up to 50 local shops and businesses, (newsagents, hairdressers, tattoo parlors, and so on).
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