Robert West Books

The book explores the pervasive negativity in today's media landscape, particularly through the lens of social media and news consumption. It delves into how constant exposure to alarming headlines can affect mental health and societal perceptions. By addressing the impact of negative news, the author offers insights and strategies for cultivating a more balanced and positive outlook, encouraging readers to shift their focus towards uplifting narratives and constructive information.

This is a practical guide to designing and evaluating behaviour change interventions and policies.It is based on the Behaviour Change Wheel, a synthesis of 19 behaviour change frameworks that draw on a wide range of disciplines and approaches. The guide is for policy makers, practitioners, intervention designers and researchers and introduces a systematic, theory-based method, key concepts and practical tasks.The Behaviour Change Wheel Guide is aimed to be useable across a wide range of disciplines, types of expertise and approaches. It puts "flesh on the bones" of good practice guidelines, such as the UK's Medical Research Council's (MRC) guidance on how to systematically develop and evaluate complex interventions (Craig et al., 2008), specifically its recommendation that interventions should be informed by relevant theories and specified by their component behaviour change techniques. The Guide provides a practical, step-by-step method, illustrated by examples from a wide range of domains and disciplines

Behaviour change interventions are increasingly being delivered through digital channels including websites, smartphone apps, and wearables. While these new channels of delivery offer huge opportunities for novel and personalised interventions, they also come with their own specific challenges and difficulties. This monograph is an ideal starting point for anyone wanting to understand more about digital behaviour change interventions, offering plenty of references and links for more in depth reading on each of the topics discussed. This comprehensive guide outlines the current state of research around digital behaviour change interventions and provide guidelines for the development of new digital interventions. It discusses intervention techniques uniquely possible with digital technology such as personalised and just-in-time interventions as well as general intervention design and evaluation rules and guidance.

A Window on My Life, from Birmingham to Brazil and back, is the story of post-war baby boomer, Robert West, born in Birmingham, moving to Dagenham, Benfleet, Poland, Hungary, India and Brazil before retiring to Brentwood. Along the way having two daughters, a second marriage with three additional children, who together have produced twenty grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Robert (Bob) enjoyed a much loved but poor childhood, overcoming an even poorer education, to become an international manager. After the former Soviet Bloc countries opened up, shortly after the Berlin wall fell, he moved to Poland to form one of the largest energy companies in the country at the time. Later in Hungary as managing director, he oversaw one of the first and largest IPOs on a country’s fledgling stock exchange. Later he moved to India and finally to Brazil where he was president of two of the largest energy companies there. He retired at 51 to spend more time with his growing family, and concentrate on helping his children set up and run their own businesses. He lives in Brentwood with his wife Pauline and Otis, their once black though rapidly greying Labradoodle.

In a quirky Midwestern town, a group of friends embarks on thrilling adventures from their spaceship-shaped tree house. Beamer, Scilla, and Ghoulie face off against pink goblins and a giant octopod named Molgotha to rescue a girl trapped in a 'pink palace.' Their journey takes them to a vibrant pink planet, through hidden underground worlds, and into a modern-day laboratory reminiscent of Dr. Frankenstein's. Along the way, they uncover a dark secret and learn to appreciate the beauty in unexpected creatures.

In a quirky Midwestern town, a California transplant and his friends, including a tomboy and a nerd, embark on thrilling outer space adventures from their spaceship-shaped tree house. Their journey begins when they are chased into a cavern that reveals a miniature, animated world with no apparent creator. As they explore further, they uncover a palatial mansion in a wintry jungle, harboring a dark secret that challenges their understanding of trust and faith. This fast-paced trilogy promises humor and excitement.

Beamer, a 13-year-old Californian, finds himself out of place in Middle America, living in an enigmatic house on a street that seems to defy existence. Teaming up with Ghoulie, a nerdy African-American boy, and Scilla, a tomboy, he navigates a world filled with bizarre challenges. Together, they confront various local threats, including bullies and peculiar denizens from dark castles and underground caves, all while utilizing a unique, spaceship-shaped tree house as their base of operations.