Professor Nana Anokye
Divisional Lead / Professor - Health Economics

Research Interests

Nana’s research is an integral part of the Economics of Public Health work programme at HERG.

His research interest covers addressing methodological challenges in understanding why (and how) people make decisions on behaviour change, with a view to informing the design of public health interventions and methods for assessing the value for money of such interventions.

His work has involved collaborations with public health professionals, clinicians and health service researchers at Universities of Sydney, Sao Paolo, Exeter, Oxford, Sheffield, St. George’s, London, the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen), and policy makers at National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), and Department of Health.

Project details

A multicentre randomised controlled trial of an augmented exercise referral scheme using web-based behaviour change in individuals with type II diabetes, osteoarthritis or depression. Funded by National Institute of Health Research. (Collaboration with Universities of Plymouth, Exeter, Southampton, Birmingham and Edinburgh). 2015-2018

Economic Modelling of Physical Activity: Simulating Interventions ('EMPHASIS'). Funded by Department of Health.(Collaboration with DISC (Brunel), Universities of Oxford, College of London, and St. Georges). 2014-2016

Get Healthy Get into Sport: Health and Sport Engagement (HASE). Funded by Sports England. (Collaboration with BC.SHAW(Brunel), and Hounslow Borough). 2013-2016

Randomised controlled trial of the 'Healthy in Early Feeding Scheme' to improve breastfeeding in neighbourhoods with low 6 week breastfeeding rates (NOSH). Funded by MRC.(Collaboration with Universities of Sheffield, and Dundee). 2012-2016

Randomised controlled trial of a pedometer-based walking intervention with and without practice nurse support in primary care patients aged 45-74 years. Funded by NIHR HTA programme. (Collaboration with St. Georges University London).2012-2016