scholarly journals Exploring the Role of Common Model of Cognition in Designing Adaptive Coaching Interactions for Health Behavior Change

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-30
Author(s):  
Shiwali Mohan
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Change ◽  
Implementation Intention ◽  
Health Behavior Change ◽  
Interactive System ◽  
Affective States ◽  
Healthy Behaviors ◽  
Health Goal ◽  
Interactive System Design ◽  
Goal Directed Behavior

Our research aims to develop intelligent collaborative agents that are human-aware : They can model, learn, and reason about their human partner’s physiological, cognitive, and affective states. In this article, we study how adaptive coaching interactions can be designed to help people develop sustainable healthy behaviors. We leverage the common model of cognition (CMC) [31] as a framework for unifying several behavior change theories that are known to be useful in human–human coaching. We motivate a set of interactive system desiderata based on the CMC-based view of behavior change. Then, we propose PARCoach, an interactive system that addresses the desiderata. PARCoach helps a trainee pick a relevant health goal, set an implementation intention, and track their behavior. During this process, the trainee identifies a specific goal-directed behavior as well as the situational context in which they will perform it. PARCCoach uses this information to send notifications to the trainee, reminding them of their chosen behavior and the context. We report the results from a 4-week deployment with 60 participants. Our results support the CMC-based view of behavior change and demonstrate that the desiderata for proposed interactive system design is useful in producing behavior change.

scholarly journals Triggers and Their Influence on Health Behaviors

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine S. Gipson
Keyword(s):  
Health Behavior ◽  
Behavior Change ◽  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Health Behavior Change ◽  
Concept Analysis ◽  
Healthy Behaviors ◽  
Conceptual Definition ◽  
Optimal Health ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Significant Health

This article provides a conceptual definition of the concept trigger within the context of health behaviors and applies it to the highly significant health issue of obesity. Healthy behaviors are essential to life and happiness, but they do not just happen. They are triggered, and an inner drive keeps them alive. To help patients gain and retain optimal health, nurses must understand the triggers of healthy behaviors. Walker and Avant’s (2011) method of concept analysis is used as the basis for defining the concept of trigger. The antecedents, defining attributes, and consequences of trigger are identified. Findings suggest that nurses can play a role in triggering health behavior change through simple motivational efforts.

scholarly journals The Role of Self-Efficacy in Achieving Health Behavior Change

1986 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor J. Strecher ◽  
Brenda McEvoy DeVellis ◽  
Marshall H. Becker ◽  
Irwin M. Rosenstock
Keyword(s):  
Health Behavior ◽  
Behavior Change ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Health Behavior Change

scholarly journals Teixeira PJ, Johnson MW, Timmermann C, Watts R, Erritzoe D, Douglass H, Kettner H, Carhart-Harris RL et al. (in press). Psychedelics and Health Behavior Change, J Psychopharmacology

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro J. Teixeira ◽  
Matthew Johnson ◽  
Christopher Timmermann ◽  
Rosalind Watts ◽  
David Erritzoe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Behavior ◽  
Behavior Change ◽  
Stress Reduction ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Premature Mortality ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Health Behavior Change ◽  
Healthy Behaviors ◽  
Balanced Diet ◽  
New Research

Healthful behaviors such as maintaining a balanced diet, being physically active, and refraining from smoking have major impacts on the risk of developing cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and other serious conditions. The burden of the so-called “lifestyle diseases” - in personal suffering, premature mortality, and public health costs - is considerable. Consequently, interventions designed to promote healthy behaviors are increasingly being studied, e.g. using psychobiological models of behavioral regulation and change. In this article, we explore the notion that psychedelic substances such as psilocybin could be used to assist in promoting positive lifestyle change conducive to good overall health. Psilocybin has a low toxicity, is non-addictive, and has been shown to predict favorable changes in patients with depression, anxiety, and other conditions marked by rigid behavioral patterns, including substance (mis)use. While it is still early days for modern psychedelic science, research is advancing fast and results are promising. Here we describe psychedelics’ proposed mechanisms of action and research findings pertinent to health behavior change science, hoping to generate discussion and new research hypotheses linking the two areas. Therapeutic models including psychedelic experiences and common behavior change methods (e.g., Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Motivational Interviewing) are already being tested for addiction and eating disorders. We believe this research may soon be extended to help promote improved diet, exercise, nature exposure, and also mindfulness or stress reduction practices, all of which can contribute to physical and psychological health and wellbeing.

The Role of Targeted E-Mail Messaging at the Worksite

2012 ◽  
pp. 504-513
Author(s):  
Betsy B. Aumiller
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Behavior ◽  
Behavior Change ◽  
Health Behavior Change ◽  
Care Utilization ◽  
Educational Strategies ◽  
Worksite Health ◽  
E Mail ◽  
Insight Into

Employers are vested in pursuing educational strategies that work to improve employee health and decrease health care utilization. The use of e-mail for health promotion efforts at the worksite presents the freedom to deliver messages outside the boundaries of time and location; preliminary studies suggest that it is an effective way to encourage health behavior. This chapter explores health behavior change, adult learning theory, and media effects research regarding targeted e-mail messaging at the worksite to offer insight into how people perceive and interact with different forms of messages and what kinds of visual enhancements may positively impact perception of the message itself. Results of a qualitative study investigating employees’ interpretations of message meaning, perceptions of visual e-mail enhancements and associated health behavior change will be discussed as promising research in worksite health promotion.

Dem Rat des Arztes folgen – Lässt sich die Adhärenz erhöhen?

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (04) ◽  
pp. 181-181
Author(s):  
Helena Thiem
Keyword(s):  
Health Behavior ◽  
Behavior Change ◽  
Risk Preferences ◽  
Health Behavior Change ◽  
Health Econ ◽  
Van Der Pol ◽  
Physician Advice

Van Der Pol M et al. The role of time and risk preferences in adherence to physician advice on health behavior change. Eur J Health Econ 2017; 18: 373–386 Eine Steigerung der körperlichen Aktivität und eine Veränderung des Ernährungsverhaltens sind insbesondere bei chronisch kranken Menschen häufig mit einem gesundheitlichen Nutzen assoziiert. Van Der Pol et al. haben untersucht, inwieweit sich die Adhärenz dieser Patienten zu ärztlichen Empfehlungen in Abhängigkeit von einer zukunftsorientierten Sichtweise oder dem Ausmaß der Risikobereitschaft verändert.

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