Health Behaviour Change
There are a number of Behaviour Change resources on this website and this page contains links to all key content in this area.
Key Behaviour Change Content on this website
Theories of change in the promotion of health
Health Promotion Planning Models
Determinants of Health Behaviour
Commercial Determinants of Health
Using Logic Models in Physical Activity Promotion Interventions
Models for Designing Behaviour Change Interventions
Related Resources
Courses/Training
Behaviour Change Wheel
Recommended Reading: Textbooks
Barthlomew Eldredge, L. K. B., Markham, C. M., Kok, G., Ruiter, R. A., & Parcel, G. S. (2016). Planning health promotion programs: an intervention mapping approach. John Wiley & Sons.
DiClemente, R. J., Salazar, L. F., & Crosby, R. A. (2019). Health behavior theory for public health: Principles, foundations, and applications. Jones & Bartlett Publishers.
Glanz, K., Rimer, B. K., & Viswanath, K. (Eds.). (2015). Health behavior: Theory, research, and practice. John Wiley & Sons. [5th Ed full text]
Green, J., Cross, R., Woodall, J. and Tones, K. (2019) Health Promotion: Planning & Strategies. (4th ed.) Sage Publications Ltd.
Hagger, M. S., Cameron, L. D., Hamilton, K., Hankonen, N., & Lintunen, T. (Eds.). (2020). The handbook of behavior change. Cambridge University Press.
Nigg, C. R. (2013). ACSM's Behavioral Aspects of Physical Activity and Exercise. Lippincott
Prestwich, A., Kenworthy, J., & Conner, M. (2017). Health behavior change: Theories, methods and interventions. Routledge.
Tapper, K. (2021) Health Psychology and Behaviour Change. Macmillan Education UK. [publisher site]
Recommended Reading: Journal Articles
Chevance, G., Perski, O., & Hekler, E. B. (2021). Innovative methods for observing and changing complex health behaviors: Four propositions. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 11(2), 676-685. https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibaa026
O’Cathain, A., Croot, L., Sworn, K., Duncan, E., Rousseau, N., Turner, K., ... & Hoddinott, P. (2019). Taxonomy of approaches to developing interventions to improve health: a systematic methods overview. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 5(1), 41. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-019-0425-6
Keyworth, C., Epton, T., Goldthorpe, J., Calam, R., & Armitage, C. J. (2020). Delivering Opportunistic Behavior Change Interventions: a Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews. Prevention Science, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-020-01087-6
Kriznik, N. M., Kinmonth, A. L., Ling, T., & Kelly, M. P. (2018). Moving beyond individual choice in policies to reduce health inequalities: the integration of dynamic with individual explanations. Journal of Public Health, 40(4), 764-775. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdy045
Tengland, P. A. (2012). Behavior change or empowerment: on the ethics of health-promotion strategies. Public health ethics, 5(2), 140-153. https://doi.org/10.1093/phe/phs022