Deborah F Tate, Leslie A Lytle, Nancy E Sherwood, Debra Haire-Joshu, Donna Matheson, Shirley M Moore, Catherine M Loria, Charlotte Pratt, Dianne S Ward, Steven H Belle, Susan Michie
Journal: Translational behavioral medicine 2017;6(2):236-43
PMID: 27356994
Deconstructing interventions into the specific techniques that are used to change behavior represents a new frontier in behavioral intervention research. This paper considers opportunities and challenges in employing the Behavior Change Techniques Taxonomy (BCTTv1) developed by Michie and colleagues, to code the behavior change techniques (BCTs) across multiple interventions addressing obesity and capture dose received at the technique level. Numerous advantages were recognized for using a shared framework for intervention description. Coding interventions at levels of the social ecological framework beyond the individual level, separate coding for behavior change initiation vs. maintenance, fidelity of BCT delivery, accounting for BCTs mode of delivery, and tailoring BCTs, present both challenges and opportunities. Deconstructing interventions and identifying the dose required to positively impact health-related outcomes could enable important gains in intervention science.
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