Multiple health behavior change research: An introduction and overview

Judith J. Prochaska; Bonnie Spring; Claudio R. Nigg

doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.02.001

Multiple health behavior change research: An introduction and overview

Judith J. Prochaska^*, Bonnie Spring, Claudio R. Nigg

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Preventive Medicine

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Abstract

In 2002, the Society of Behavioral Medicine's special interest group on Multiple Health Behavior Change was formed. The group focuses on the interrelationships among health behaviors and interventions designed to promote change in more than one health behavior at a time. Growing evidence suggests the potential for multiple-behavior interventions to have a greater impact on public health than single-behavior interventions. However, there exists surprisingly little understanding of some very basic principles concerning multiple health behavior change (MHBC) research. This paper presents the rationale and need for MHBC research and interventions, briefly reviews the research base, and identifies core conceptual and methodological issues unique to this growing area. The prospects of MHBC for the health of individuals and populations are considerable.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	181-188
Number of pages	8
Journal	Preventive medicine
Volume	46
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.02.001
State	Published - Mar 2008

Funding

The National Institutes of Health, the American Heart Association, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation jointly funded a Behavior Change Consortium (BCC) focused on multiple risk behavior change. The BCC studies include assessment of the utility of different theoretical models for changing two or more health risk behaviors ( Nigg et al., 2002 ). The field looks forward to the findings from these theory-comparison and MHBC research studies. This work was supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (#K23 DA018691), the State of California Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (#13KT-0152), the National Cancer Institute (#R01 CA109941), and the Hawaii Medical Service Association, an Independent Licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. The authors have no financial interests related to the material in the manuscript. We thank Andrea Kozak, PhD, James Prochaska, PhD, Wayne Velicer, PhD, and Ken Wallston, PhD for their comments on earlier drafts of the manuscript.

Keywords

Interventions
Methodology
Multiple health behavior change
Review

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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Epidemiology

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