scholarly journals Choosing Effective Behavior Change Tools

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Doug McKenzie-Mohr ◽  
P. Wesley Schultz
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Change ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Water Consumption ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Seafood Consumption ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Specific Behavior ◽  
Basic Approach ◽  
Sustainable Seafood ◽  
Sustainable Behavior

Achieving a sustainable future will require that people do things differently. Community-based social marketing (CBSM) provides a framework for fostering sustainable behavior, and the approach is being increasingly utilized across a range of domains including energy conservation, recycling, reducing water consumption, promoting sustainable seafood consumption, and many others. This article provides guidance to practitioners about the optimal use of specific behavior change tools. The article summarizes commitment strategies, social diffusion, goal setting, social norms, prompts, incentives, feedback, and convenience as effective tools for encouraging changes in behavior. For each, we summarize the basic approach and provide recommendations regarding when each tool is most appropriate, depending on the existing levels of barriers and benefits associated with the target behavior. The article concludes with three examples of CBSM to illustrate this selection process.

scholarly journals Increasing Older Adult Involvement in Geriatric Assessment: A Mixed-Methods Process Evaluation

2021 ◽  
pp. 089826432199332
Author(s):  
Wanda Rietkerk ◽  
Jannet de Jonge-de Haan ◽  
Joris P. J. Slaets ◽  
Sytse U. Zuidema ◽  
Debby L. Gerritsen
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Behavior Change ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Geriatric Assessment ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Implementation Processes ◽  
Adult Involvement ◽  
Community Dwelling Older Adults

Objectives: Goal setting and motivational interviewing (MI) may increase well-being by promoting healthy behavior. Since we failed to show improved well-being in a proactive assessment service for community-dwelling older adults applying these techniques, we studied whether implementation processes could explain this. Methods: Goals set during the comprehensive geriatric assessment were evaluated on their potential for behavior change. MI and goal setting adherence wasassessed by reviewing audiotaped interactions and interviewing care professionals. Results: Among the 280 goals set with 230 frail older adults (mean age 77 ± 6.9 years, 59% women), more than 90% had a low potential for behavior change. Quality thresholds for MI were reached in only one of the 11 interactions. Application was hindered by the context and the limited proficiency of care professionals. Discussion: Implementation was suboptimal for goal setting and MI. This decreased the potential for improved well-being in the participating older adults.

scholarly journals Sustainable Seafood Consumption in Action: Relevant Behaviors and their Predictors

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 2313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabel Richter ◽  
John Thøgersen ◽  
Christian Klöckner
Keyword(s):  
Seafood Consumption ◽  
Sustainable Seafood

scholarly journals Theory of Change in Digital Behavior Change Interventions (Dbcis) And Community-Based Change Initiatives – A General Framework

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 554-569
Author(s):  
Dana Rad ◽  
Gavril Rad
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Change ◽  
Psychological Intervention ◽  
Theory Of Change ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Change Initiatives ◽  
Complex Situation ◽  
Behavior Change Interventions ◽  
Intermediate Outcomes ◽  
A Chain ◽  
Theories Of Change

A theory of change is a purposeful model of how an initiative, such as a policy, a strategy, a program, a project or an intervention contributes through a chain of early and intermediate outcomes to the intended result. Theories of change help navigate the complexity of social change. Digital behavior change interventions (DBCIs) and Community-based change initiatives represent complex designable systems. The goal of the DCBI is to provide an effective theoretical framework for behavioral change to practitioners that offer different forms of psychological intervention based on scientifically validated practices. Applying theory of change when designing digital individual and community interventions for optimizing digital wellbeing helps practitioners to achieve results in practice, as this strategic approach is generally considered an evidence-based framework. Theory of change is useful to guide the strategic thinking and action, as most of DCBI/ Community-based change initiatives research endeavors are active in a complex situation, often unplanned events happening. Conclusions and implications are discussed.

scholarly journals Aiding Users in Green IS Adoption with Persuasive Systems Design

Urban Science ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Nataliya Shevchuk ◽  
Harri Oinas-Kukkonen
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Change ◽  
Systems Design ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Green Is ◽  
Persuasive Systems Design ◽  
Sustainable Behavior ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Green Information Systems ◽  
Persuasive Systems ◽  
Adoption Intention

Green information systems (IS) is a research domain that contributes to finding solutions for fostering environmental behavior in individuals, organizations, and communities. So far, researching Green IS for individual users has been less abundant and requires more insight. Users’ engagement with technologies start from adoption. Green IS challenges users to modify their lifestyles in order to achieve sustainable behavior patterns. This article is focused on persuasive Green IS, which have in-built features to convince users to modify their lifestyles and to improve technology adoption intention. In the theoretical background, main concepts, especially sustainable behavior, Green IS, IS adoption, persuasive systems, and persuasive systems design (PSD) model are presented. In this article, we analyzed three studies that focused on individual sustainable behavior change with persuasive Green IS. Overviews of these studies are presented and the studies were analyzed as a whole. The reviewed studies suggest that the PSD model has a high potential for becoming a tool for Green IS enhancement. The key themes identified from the studies bring value to both academics and practitioners, as well as suggest directions for researching the individual behavior change with persuasive Green IS in the future.

A Preliminary Exploration of Goal-setting in Community-based Rehabilitation for People with Brain Impairment

2004 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pim Kuipers ◽  
Glenys Carlson ◽  
Sandra Bailey ◽  
Anshu Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Brain Injury ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Service Provider ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Acquired Brain Injury ◽  
Rehabilitation Service ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Training Experience ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Rehabilitation

AbstractCommunity-based rehabilitation for people with acquired brain injury (ABI) is largely driven by goals set in the course of rehabilitation by clients and service providers. A preliminary study investigating the perspectives and practice of experienced rehabilitation coordinators was undertaken to explore issues that influence goal-setting in community rehabilitation settings. Detailed interviews and subsequent rounds of clarification were conducted with six experienced rehabilitation coordinators. Key themes identified through inductive analysis include cognitive influences, other client influences, service provider influences and the client-service provider relationship in the goal-setting process. Based on the findings, a preliminary descriptive schema of goal-setting in a community-based rehabilitation service for people with acquired brain injury is suggested. Factors such as training, experience, and values of the rehabilitation coordinators are also discussed in terms of their influence on goal-setting. Some strategies to assist a person with ABI to identify and work towards achieving realistic goals are identified. Suggestions for enhancing community-based rehabilitation practices with people with ABI, and scope for future research are noted. This paper constitutes a general overview of goal-setting in community-based ABI rehabilitation.

scholarly journals Goal Setting and Action Planning for Health Behavior Change

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 615-618 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan R. Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Health Behavior ◽  
Behavior Change ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Action Planning ◽  
Health Behavior Change ◽  
Actual Behavior ◽  
Mastery Goals ◽  
Avoidance Goals ◽  
Goal Characteristics ◽  
Selection Of

Health behavior change is challenging for most individuals, but there are many strategies that individuals can use to facilitate their behavior change efforts. Goal setting is one such strategy that assists individuals to identify specific behaviors to change and how to go about doing so. For many, however, simply setting a goal seldom leads to actual behavior change. For some, identifying an appropriate goal is difficult, while for others, putting goals into action is the roadblock. Two strategies may be of assistance for setting and achieving goals. First, consideration of key goal characteristics (eg, approach vs avoidance goals, performance vs mastery goals, level of difficulty) may result in selection of more appropriate and feasible goals. Second, action planning can help individuals put goals into action. Clinicians can help patients utilize these strategies to set and achieve goals for health behavior change.

At-Risk Stakeholder Behavior Change with Community-Based Health Events

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 1184-1196
Author(s):  
Mitchell H. Parks ◽  
Chau-Kuang Chen ◽  
Christina D. Haygood ◽  
M. Lisa McGee
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Behavior Change ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Health Events ◽  
Stakeholder Behavior

Reintegrative Police Surveillance of Juvenile Offenders: Forging an Urban Model

1994 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Guarino-Ghezzi
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Community Policing ◽  
Community Resource ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Correctional Programs ◽  
Victims Of Crime ◽  
High Crime ◽  
Criminal Justice Response

This article reviews patterns of police behavior vis-à-vis juvenile offenders and proposes a model called reintegrative surveillance, which is an integration of community-based corrections and community policing. Neither community-based corrections nor community policing is designed to handle serious, repeat offenders who are returning to high-crime neighborhoods. Police need to reexamine their roles to ensure that (a) policies of maintaining order and consequences of disorder are not ambiguous or misleading to youths and (b) order maintenance and law enforcement practices do not interfere with police ability to protect youths as victims of crime. Both tendencies are clearly widespread problems, and neither will be addressed as long as the “worst” neighborhoods and youths are considered beyond salvation. Correctional programs need to reevaluate police as a pivotal community resource. Reintegrative surveillance must include a gradational, consistent criminal justice response, protection, vigilance, interagency goal setting, and agency coordination.

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