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The PARENT (develoPing an Alcohol Risk rEduction pathway with pareNts and health visiTors) study is an NIHR-funded mixed methods study with the aim of exploring current practice among Health Visitors (HVs) regarding alcohol assessment and advice

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PARENT study @parentstudy.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
We have made some progress on the project and are proud to share the latest version of our project's newsletter with you!
PARENT NEWSLETTER
ISSUE 2, DECEMBER 2025, STAGE 1 SURVEY COMPLETED, The first stage of the project included gathering information
about Health Visitors' practice regarding having a dialogue
about alcohol. We collected a total of 394 responses and the
team is now working on the analysis of these. We will update
on the findings of the survey once the analysis is complete. STAGE 2 - FOCUS GROUPS: Stage 2 of the project involves focus groups with Health
Visitors to explore in more depth what we learned from the
survey. To date we have held focus groups with 15 Health
Visitors in Hull, Humber, ERY, and Derbyshire areas. The
next one will be held on 11 December.

Health Visitors have shared their views on the barriers they
face having a dialogue about alcohol such as families not
being honest about their alcohol consumption, a lack of
privacy during the visits with too many people attending
visits, or time constraints, for example, when parents have
prepared their own list of things they would like to discuss
during their health visits, alcohol isn’t amongst the listed
topics. They have also made valuable suggestions for how to
address these issues in the future, for example by making
enquiring about alcohol a routine at every visit and adding
information material such as inlays about alcohol risks during
and post pregnancies to the Red Books

If you know of health visitors in Derbyshire who would be
interested in taking part, please email Arne Muller at
A.Mueller@hull.ac.uk. A £50 shopping voucher is offered to
participants. RECENT PRESENTATIONS: Principle Investigators Lesley and Jayne
presented at the Institute of Health Visiting's
webinar "The power of asking: supporting
families around alcohol use" in October.
Research Fellow Arne and co-investigator
Lolita presented at the NIHR Ethnic Minority
Research Inclusion group in October. PUBLIC ADVISORY GROUP We have now set up a public advisory group which includes
seven parents from Hull, The Humber, East Yorkshire and
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