What’s Next?

Reset ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 125-134
Author(s):  
Robert Aunger

This chapter winds up the book with a brief recap of the argument, and discussion of a couple of developments that could increase the ability of Behavior Centered Design to even more powerfully change behavior: through the application of computerized agent-based models of the settings within which health behaviors take place (to make disruption more predictable) and the ongoing developments in sensor networks for the continuous collection of behavioral data. The chapter concludes with some extensions—or uses of the approach beyond health behaviour change programming (which is the primary application type addressed in the book), such as toward institutional behavior change.

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 336-345
Author(s):  
Rabia Ruby Patel ◽  
Tanya Monique Graham

This article examines the South African government’s response to COVID-19 by exploring the strong emphasis that has been placed on South Africans taking personal responsibility for good health outcomes. This emphasis is based on the principles of the traditional Health Belief Model which is a commonly used model in global health systems. More recently, there has been a drive towards other health behaviour change models, like the COM-B model and Behaviour Change Wheel (BCW); nonetheless, these remain entrenched within the principles of individual health responsibility. However, the South African experience with the HIV epidemic serves as a backdrop to demonstrate that holding people personally accountable for health behaviour changes has major pitfalls; health risk is never objective and does not take place outside of subjective experience. This article makes the argument that risk-taking health behaviour change in the South African context has to consider community empowerment and capacity building.


2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ersen B Colkesen ◽  
Maurice AJ Niessen ◽  
Niels Peek ◽  
Sandra Vosbergen ◽  
Roderik A Kraaijenhagen ◽  
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Author(s):  
Amanda Baker ◽  
Sarah Hiles ◽  
Louise Thornton ◽  
Amanda Searl ◽  
Peter Kelly ◽  
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