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Deconstructing interventions: approaches to studying behavior change techniques across obesity interventions

Tate, DF; Lytle, LA; Sherwood, NE; Haire-Joshu, D; Matheson, D; Moore, SM; Loria, CM; ... Michie, S; + view all (2016) Deconstructing interventions: approaches to studying behavior change techniques across obesity interventions. Translational Behavioral Medicine , 6 (2) pp. 236-243. 10.1007/s13142-015-0369-1. Green open access

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Abstract

Deconstructing interventions into the specific techniques that are used to change behavior represents a new frontier in behavioral intervention research. This paper considers opportunities and challenges in employing the Behavior Change Techniques Taxonomy (BCTTv1) developed by Michie and colleagues, to code the behavior change techniques (BCTs) across multiple interventions addressing obesity and capture dose received at the technique level. Numerous advantages were recognized for using a shared framework for intervention description. Coding interventions at levels of the social ecological framework beyond the individual level, separate coding for behavior change initiation vs. maintenance, fidelity of BCT delivery, accounting for BCTs mode of delivery, and tailoring BCTs, present both challenges and opportunities. Deconstructing interventions and identifying the dose required to positively impact health-related outcomes could enable important gains in intervention science.

Type: Article
Title: Deconstructing interventions: approaches to studying behavior change techniques across obesity interventions
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1007/s13142-015-0369-1
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13142-015-0369-1
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © Society of Behavioral Medicine 2016. The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13142-015-0369-1.
Keywords: Intervention science, Taxonomy, Pooled analysis
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Clinical, Edu and Hlth Psychology
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1478073
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