WHY BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS WORK (OR DON’T WORK)
Mechanism-Focused Behavioral Science:
From Theory Selection to Study Design and Implementation
Key to understanding successful behavior change are mechanisms, the processes through which change occurs. These mechanisms are understudied in behavioral science. The aim of this series is to promote the use of mechanistic theory in HIV-related behavior change research and to provide resources that can guide mechanism-focused behavioral science.
Across three sessions, participants will: (1) be introduced to a widely used approach for theory-based intervention design and conceptualization of mechanisms by the developers of the Behaviour Change Wheel; (2) learn mechanism-focused research methods, access online resources to incorporate mechanisms into their own research, and practice designing their own mechanistic research study; and (3) review and discuss examples of HIV studies that have tested mechanisms underlying behavior change.
Presenters include Dr. Susan Michie and Dr. Robert West (University College London); Dr. Janna Hastings (University of Zurich and University of St. Gallen); Dr. Marie Johnston (University of Aberdeen); and Dr. Talea Cornelius and Dr. Kathy Sikkema (Columbia University).
Organized by the Development Core and the Science of Behavior Change Project at Columbia University. Sponsored by the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University.
For additional resources and tools, please visit the Science of Behavior Change Project at Columbia University.
SESSION I: September 13, 2022
THE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR-CHANGE PROJECT, INCLUDING AN ONTOLOGY OF MECHANISMS OF ACTION
Susan Michie, FAcSS, FMedSci, FBA
Professor of Health Psychology and Director of the Centre for Behaviour Change
University College London, UK
THE BEHAVIOUR CHANGE WHEEL: AN INTRODUCTION
Robert West, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Health Psychology
University College London, UK
LINKING BEHAVIOUR CHANGE TECHNIQUES TO MECHANISMS OF ACTION
Marie Johnston, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Health Psychology
University of Aberdeen, UK
SYNTHESISING EVIDENCE ABOUT MECHANISMS USING ONTOLOGIES
Janna Hastings, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medical Knowledge and Decision Support
University of Zurich and University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
SESSION II: October 4, 2022
THE SCIENCE OF BEHAVIOR CHANGE: A MECHANISM-FOCUSED APPROACH TO BEHAVIOR CHANGE RESEARCH
Talea Cornelius, PhD, MSW, MS
Assistant Professor of Medical Sciences
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
THE SCIENCE OF BEHAVIOR CHANGE: BENEFITS OF APPLYING THE SOBC METHOD TO ONE’S OWN RESEARCH
Jeffrey Birk, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medical Sciences
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
The SOBC worksheet for this session can be accessed HERE.
SESSION III: November 1, 2022
IF INTERVENTIONS “WORK” – WHY? ELUCIDATING MECHANISMS OF BEHAVIOR CHANGE THROUGH EVOLVING HIV MENTAL HEALTH INTERVENTION TRIAL DESIGNS
Kathleen J. Sikkema, PhD
Stephen Smith Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
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