Behaviour change techniques, intervention features and usability of diet apps [PDF]
Preventive Medicine ReportsObjective: Identify the behaviour change techniques and intervention features in popular diet apps. Methods: The most popular diet apps were identified from the top 200 ranked apps in the Health & Fitness sections of the App Store and Google Play in ...
Richard Pavlicek, Kevin A. Cradock
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Linking behaviour change techniques to mechanisms of action: Using the Theory and Techniques Tool alongside the Behaviour Change Intervention Ontology [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] [PDF]
Wellcome Open ResearchBackground Understanding how interventions work requires clear hypotheses, rigorous testing, and accurate reporting of links between behaviour change techniques (BCTs)—the smallest replicable active components of interventions—and mechanisms of action ...
Robert West +7 more
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Principles, tools and techniques for brief behaviour change interventions [PDF]
Nursing Standard, 2023 Nurses are well placed to deliver brief opportunistic health promotion interventions during routine encounters with patients. Brief interventions have been shown to be effective in prompting behaviour change among people who engage in harmful drinking or
Webb, Lucy
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Behaviour change techniques in cardiovascular disease smartphone apps to improve physical activity and sedentary behaviour: Systematic review and meta-regression [PDF]
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2022 Background Smartphone apps are increasingly used to deliver physical activity and sedentary behaviour interventions for people with cardiovascular disease.
Kacie Patterson +5 more
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A call for action: Educating pharmacists and pharmacy students in behaviour change techniques [PDF]
Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 2023 The increasing impact of chronic disease, including cancer and heart disease on mortality signifies a need for the upskilling of health professionals in health behaviour change.
Caitlin Liddelow +4 more
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Food Desires, Negative Emotions and Behaviour Change Techniques: A Computational Analysis [PDF]
Smart Cities, 2021 Behaviour change techniques are considered effective means for changing behaviour, and with an increase in their use the interest in their exact working principles has also expanded.
Nimat Ullah, Michel Klein, Jan Treur
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Digital Health, 2020 Objectives Our aim was to conduct a systematic review to determine which technology-driven diabetes prevention interventions were effective in producing clinically significant weight loss, and to identify the behaviour change techniques and digital ...
Luke Van Rhoon +4 more
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An evaluation of behaviour change techniques in health and lifestyle mobile applications [PDF]
Health Informatics Journal, 2020 Despite the current popularity and potential use of mobile applications (apps) in the area of behaviour change, health promotion, and well-being for young people, it is unclear whether their design is underpinned by theory-based behaviour change ...
Gaston Antezana +6 more
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Using photovoice to explore young women’s experiences of behaviour change techniques in physical activity mobile apps [PDF]
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2023 Background Research shows that inactive young women are attracted to using mobile phone applications (apps) to increase physical activity. Apps can promote physical activity by delivering a range of behaviour change techniques to influence determinants ...
Mollie M. Tobin +3 more
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Efficacy of behaviour change interventions to influence human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine uptake: a systematic review and behaviour change techniques analysis [PDF]
BMC CancerBackground Behaviour change interventions that increase human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine uptake in school children have been identified, but not which behaviour change techniques (BCTs) make them effective, or whether interventions are best targeted ...
Harriet Bland +6 more
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