Intervening to Change Health Behaviors: A Review of Research on Behavior Change Techniques

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Review and critique what research on behavior change techniques has told us about
intervening to change health behaviors
Behavioral changes play a vital responsibility in individual patient's health life for instance
practices such as smoking, extremely poor dietary, having no exercise and sexual behavior risk-
taking which results to various diseases. Interventions to change behavior in the health sector
have a tremendous effect on new patterns of diseases (Diepeveen, Ling, Suhrcke, Roland, &
Marteau, 2013).
The behavior change techniques is typically a preventive approach which mainly takes into
account lifestyles conducts that affect health. It ensures the persuasion of people adopting
healthy lifestyles, to utilize preventive health delivery services and also to be responsible for the
own personal health (Pincock, Bernstein, Warthman & Holst, 2012).
It is seen that hen a certain intervention have several distinct behavior change it is not clear
whether the particular core behavior change technique played a role in specific changes in
constructs or behaviour.This would have been just in the case where fully factorial design was
utilized
Employing the full factorial designs and processes like use of ANOVA enables one to
acknowledge which specific conduct change technique is significant for the impacts of
interventions (Newnham-Kanas, Morrow,& Irwin,2010). It also enables us to identify which
BCT interacts or contributes to larger effects. Identifying the highly efficient behavior change for
several various main domains or contexts is done using meta-analysis method
It is evident that behavior can be changed through use of the following:
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Providing information like purchasing product data and climate changes help psychologist to
change conduct
This is done through utilization of the following methods
o On behavior health link
o On consequences
o About others approval
o Prompt intention formation
o Prompt barrier identification
o Offering basic encouragement
o Setting of various graded activities
o Issuing important instruction to prepare groups
Utilization of demonstrative aspect or model of certain specific behavior such as through
pictures, training, class learning and videos improvement (Michie & Prestwich, 2010)
These intervention should help people to raise their confidence for example being given praise
and rewards that increase their efforts to behavior change. Their self-esteem will increase when
offered with contingent rewards incentives and goals through continued persuasion.IT also
encourages individuals to make informed decision making process accompanied by a clear plan
Changing behavior enables doctors to help patients in avoiding unhealthy practices and illness. It
enables them to understand and appreciate doctor’s role and identify the correct amount of
dosage to continue with their overall treatment. Through appreciating themselves it will make it
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