Persuasive Technologies and Behavior Modification Through Technology: Design of a Mobile Application for Behavior Change

Health Care Providers’ Perspectives on Family Compliance and Behavior Change in a Childhood Obesity Program

Health Education & Behavior ◽

10.1177/1090198119831053 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 46 (4) ◽

pp. 582-591

Author(s):

Michelle Pannor Silver ◽

Shawna M. Cronin

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Childhood Obesity ◽

Behavior Change ◽

Health Care Providers ◽

Low Income ◽

Behavior Modification ◽

Care Providers ◽

Low Income Families ◽

Family Based ◽

And Behavior

Background. Evidence suggests that children and adolescents growing up in low-income families and those with underrepresented ethnocultural backgrounds tend to have high prevalence rates of obesity and more difficulty adhering to childhood obesity interventions. However, less is known about how intergenerational, family-based approaches to lifestyle interventions for childhood obesity support sustained behavior change. Aims. The aim of this study was to explore the perspectives of health care providers regarding family adherence and behavior change in a childhood obesity program that served ethnoculturally diverse and low-income families. Method. Semistructured in-person interviews were conducted with 18 providers at one of three hospitals participating in a Canadian family-based childhood obesity program. Data were thematically analyzed using a constant comparative approach. Results. The following key themes emerged as challenges from the provider’s perspective for family adherence and behavior modification in the childhood obesity program: divergent views about obesity, complicated lives and logistical priorities, parental role modeling, and intergenerational tensions. Discussion and Conclusion. This examination of providers’ perspectives on family adherence and behavior modification relevant to the management of childhood obesity highlight the importance of tailoring childhood obesity programs to the complex and diverse needs of families from diverse backgrounds. Recommendations include methods of service delivery that address logistical challenges and are better suited to extended families, particularly grandparents.

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Title: A look at engagement profiles and behavior change: A profile analysis examinin engagement with the Aim2Be lifestyle behavior modification app for teens and their familiess

Preventive Medicine Reports ◽

10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101565 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 101565

Author(s):

Yingyi Lin ◽

Louise C. Mâsse

Keyword(s):

Behavior Change ◽

Behavior Modification ◽

Profile Analysis ◽

Lifestyle Behavior ◽

And Behavior

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Persuasion and Influence: attitude change and behavior change

Journal d'Interaction Personne-Système ◽

10.46298/jips.1301 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol Volume 4, Number 1, Special... (Special Issue...) ◽

Author(s):

Valérie Fointiat ◽

Laura Barbier

Keyword(s):

Social Psychology ◽

Behavior Change ◽

Attitude Change ◽

Psychological Processes ◽

World War ◽

Large Domain ◽

Persuasive Technologies ◽

International Audience ◽

La Modification ◽

And Behavior

International audience The study of the socio-psychological processes involved in persuasion is onethe pivotal topics in social psychology. Eight decades ago, researchers from Yaleuniversity were the first in studying the mechanism of persuasion in the specificcontext of World War ll. Persuasion is obtained when the receptor of communicationmakes a change in his mind that is when a change in attitude occurs. Logically, such achange in attitude should imply a change in behavior. The research on behavioralchange show that it is not systematically the case. Thus changing what people think isnot changing what people do (or what people will do). This shortcut could biased theconclusions of researches, in the large domain of persuasion as well as in the morerestricted domain of the persuasive technologies. In conclusion, we would like topromote a theoretical, methodological articulation between HMI and social psychology. La compréhension des déterminants et des processus socio-cognitifsimpliqués dans les phénomènes de persuasion s'inscrit dans une tradition derecherche remontant aux années 1940, connu sous le nom d'École de Yale. Lestentatives de persuasion aboutissent, lorsque le récepteur du message persuasifmodifie son attitude dans le sens défendu dans le message. En toute rationalité, onpourrait attendre que la modification d'une attitude entraîne une modification ducomportement. Ce raccourci, souvent pris notamment par les tenants de la persuasiontechnologique, s'accompagne aussi de la polysémie des termes attitude etcomportements. Après un rappel de définition conceptuelle du point de vue de lapsychologie sociale, nous présenterons un rappel bref -et par conséquent partial etincomplet- des théories et modèles majeurs auxquels ont recours les chercheurstravaillant dans le domaine de la persuasion (i.e. changement d'attitude) et del'influence sociale (changement de comportement). Nous défendons l'idée que dans ledomaine d'étude de la persuasion technologique, le rapprochement théorique etméthodologique de l'ergonomie cognitive, des IHM et de la psychologie socialeconstitue un tiercé gagnant.

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Risk Attitudes and Behavior Among Norwegian Adolescents

European Psychologist ◽

10.1027/1016-9040.10.1.25 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 25-38 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Hilde Iversen ◽

Torbjørn Rundmo ◽

Hroar Klempe

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Traffic Safety ◽

Behavior Modification ◽

Health Programs ◽

Risk Attitudes ◽

Community Based ◽

Public Health Programs ◽

The Core ◽

And Behavior ◽

Attitudes And Behavior

Abstract. The core aim of the present study is to compare the effects of a safety campaign and a behavior modification program on traffic safety. As is the case in community-based health promotion, the present study's approach of the attitude campaign was based on active participation of the group of recipients. One of the reasons why many attitude campaigns conducted previously have failed may be that they have been society-based public health programs. Both the interventions were carried out simultaneously among students aged 18-19 years in two Norwegian high schools (n = 342). At the first high school the intervention was behavior modification, at the second school a community-based attitude campaign was carried out. Baseline and posttest data on attitudes toward traffic safety and self-reported risk behavior were collected. The results showed that there was a significant total effect of the interventions although the effect depended on the type of intervention. There were significant differences in attitude and behavior only in the sample where the attitude campaign was carried out and no significant changes were found in the group of recipients of behavior modification.

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