Deconstructing interventions: approaches to studying behavior change techniques across obesity interventions

作者：Tate Deborah F^*; Lytle Leslie A; Sherwood Nancy E; Haire Joshu Debra; Matheson Donna; Moore Shirley M; Loria Catherine M; Pratt Charlotte; Ward Dianne S; Belle Steven H; Michie Susan

来源：Translational Behavioral Medicine, 2016, 6(2): 236-243.

DOI：10.1007/s13142-015-0369-1

• Intervention science
• Taxonomy
• Pooled analysis

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.

• 出版日期2016-6