The Human Behaviour Change Project (HBCP) will build an artificial intelligence system to scan behaviour change literature worldwide towards building a model of human behaviour and broaching behaviour change intervention efficacy. This project is led by IBTN Member Dr. Susan Michie in collaboration with behavioural, computer, and information scientists…
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The SHINE RCT – Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Mindful Eating
A randomized controlled trial evaluated changes in mindful eating as a potential mechanism underlying the effects of a mindfulness-based intervention for weight loss on eating of sweet foods and fasting glucose levels…
Sitting is the New Smoking – Sedentary Behaviour Change Strategies
A review of sedentary behaviour change strategies describes behaviour change strategies used in interventions seeking to reduce sedentary behaviour in adults…
Moving from “Theory-Inspired” to “Theory-Based” Interventions
A research project (whose objectives and methods have recently been published in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine) led by Dr. Susan Michie (University College London, UK) aims to develop matrices of hypothesised links between behaviour change techniques (BTCs) and specific mechanisms of action as well as behavioural theories. Linking BCTs to the mechanisms of action described in behavioural theories allows researchers to target mechanisms of action more deliberatively and makes it easier for investigators to design studies that can evaluate the processes underlying effective interventions…
Conference on Behaviour Change and Digital Health – February 22-23, 2017
This 3rd edition will focus on digital health and wellbeing, and will be hosted in association with the UCL Institute of Digital Health…