Public Health and Applied Behaviour Change Laboratory (PHAB Lab)

Researchers from the Public Health and Applied Behaviour change (PHAB) lab at the University of Hertfordshire apply behaviour change science to the design, evaluation and analysis of public health programmes addressing complex real-world challenges.

This expertise has secured major infrastructure grants and generated behavioural insights that have informed public health policy, practice, and service delivery across all four UK nations. It has contributed to improved services, supported policy decisions, and enhanced health outcomes for communities living with or at risk of a range of long-term physical and mental health conditions.

Our Expertise includes

• The systematic development of interventions using theory and evidence
• Co-production of interventions with a wide range of stakeholders including those for whom the intervention is intended
• Systematic review and evidence synthesis including meta-analysis
• A broad range of evaluation methods including randomised controlled trials (RCTs), quasi-experimental designs, realist evaluation, and mixed methods studies
• Recruitment of participants to large-scale evaluation studies

Please feel free to contact us in relation to collaboration, consultation or supervision.