This study examines an intervention for heterosexual couples to prevent human immunodeficiency virus/sexually transmitted infections. It also evaluates the effect of the intervention, which is based ...

This study describes the development and evaluation of a competency based training program in behavior change counselling for obesity management. This was a real world study attempting to obtain ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Army researchers have developed, for the first time, an analytic model to show how groups of people influence individual behavior. Technically speaking, this had never ...

I mentioned earlier a new model for thinking about how an intervention creates long-term behavior change. According to this framework, interventions can have a lasting impact via three unique ...

Even if you’re just thinking about changing a behavior, you’ve taken a vital step, according to the Stages of Change model. Share on Pinterest Change can be hard — especially if you want to change a ...

Large language model-based chatbots can't effectively recognize users' motivation when they are hesitant about making healthy behavior changes, but they can support those who are committed to take ...

As many readers know, my doctoral research area was focused on health behavior change. Specifically, I was interested in finding ways to inspire groups of people to become physically active. One of ...