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Changing behaviour at scale to prevent NCDs

Marteau, TM; Hollands, GJ; Nambiar, D; Munafò, MR; (2023) Changing behaviour at scale to prevent NCDs. In: Banatvala, Nick and Bovet, Pascal, (eds.) Noncommunicable Diseases: A Compendium. (pp. 347-354). Routledge: Abingdon, UK. Green open access

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Abstract

This chapter describes behaviour change at scale using interventions that can impact the behaviour of individuals at the scale of entire populations, or specific groups within populations, by altering aspects of the contexts or environments in which the behaviour occurs. Implementing interventions that change behaviour at this scale most often requires legislative, regulatory and fiscal policies. By creating environments that encourage healthy behaviour for everyone, interventions that target the whole population have the potential additional benefit of increasing the effectiveness of interventions targeting individuals. A wide range of examples of population-level interventions to change behaviour at scale to prevent NCDs are described. Key issues for implementing interventions to change behaviour at scale include strengthening political leadership and governance, engaging with industry and the private sector while safeguarding against corporate interference in policy, and increasing public demand.

Type: Book chapter
Title: Changing behaviour at scale to prevent NCDs
ISBN-13: 9781032307930
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.4324/9781003306689-52
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003306689-52
Language: English
Additional information: The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10189988
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