Reducing drug-use harms among higher education students: MyUSE contextual-behaviour change digital intervention development using the Behaviour Change Wheel [PDF]
Background Digital harm-reduction interventions typically focus on people with severe drug-use problems, yet these interventions have moderate effectiveness on drug-users with lower levels of risk of harm. The difference in effectiveness may be explained
Vasilis S. Vasiliou +6 more
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Intervention Strategies to Address Barriers and Facilitators to a Healthy Lifestyle Using the Behaviour Change Wheel: A Qualitative Analysis of the Perspectives of Postpartum Women. [PDF]
Postpartum women experience unique barriers to maintaining healthy lifestyles after birth. Theory-based behaviour change techniques and intervention strategies can be integrated into postpartum lifestyle interventions to enable women to overcome barriers
Lim S +4 more
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A-I-D for cascades: an application of the Behaviour Change Wheel to design a theory-based intervention for addressing prescribing cascades in primary care. [PDF]
Prescribing cascades, which occur when a medication is used to treat the side effect of another medication, are important contributors to polypharmacy. There is an absence of studies that evaluate interventions to address them. We describe an application
McCarthy LM +5 more
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Applying the behaviour change wheel to assess the theoretical underpinning of a novel smartphone application to increase physical activity in adults with spinal cord injuries. [PDF]
Background People with spinal cord injuries (SCI) are physically inactive. Smartphone applications (or apps) may prove as one strategy to overcome this. This study examines the theoretical underpinning of a novel mHealth intervention that aims to improve
Haley JA, Rhind DJA, Maidment DW.
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A systematic scoping review of health-promoting interventions for contact centre employees examined through a behaviour change wheel lens. [PDF]
Purpose Social determinants of health and poor working conditions contribute to excessive sickness absence and attrition in contact centre advisors.
Bell Z +6 more
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Developing the PEAK mood, mind, and marks program to support university students' mental and cognitive health through physical exercise: a qualitative study using the Behaviour Change Wheel. [PDF]
Concerns about mental and cognitive health are common among university students. Engaging in regular physical exercise has been shown to enhance both mental health and cognitive performance, yet most students are not participating in the level of ...
Brown CEB +8 more
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Applying the Behaviour Change Wheel to support deprescribing in long-term care: Qualitative interviews with stakeholder participants. [PDF]
Background Implementation and behavioural science are increasingly being used to support development and translation of evidence-based interventions into practice.
Farrell B +3 more
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Improving centre-based group exercise participation of older adults using the behaviour change wheel [PDF]
An emphasis on active ageing could help to delay the onset of frailty. In Singapore, Senior Activity Centres provide free and guided group exercise sessions for older adults.
Wai Pong Wong +2 more
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A systematic scoping review of adult obesity policy actions and weight-related services in a region of the United Kingdom using the behaviour change wheel [PDF]
Background Obesity is a global health challenge associated with increased risk of co-morbidity and mortality. Existing government policies have failed to adequately address obesity.
Aoibhin Kelly +4 more
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Development of a peer support intervention to encourage dietary behaviour change towards a Mediterranean diet in adults at high cardiovascular risk [PDF]
Background Mediterranean diet (MD) interventions are demonstrated to significantly reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk but are typically resource intensive and delivered by health professionals.
Claire T. McEvoy +9 more
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