Preparing for Practice: An Exploration of Health and Social Care Professionals' Perceptions of Behaviour Change Education.

ABSTRACT: Health and social care professionals are important for fostering behaviour change to improve population health. Behaviour change education is varied across university curricula, impacting practitioner preparedness to promote engagement in health behaviours. This study examined health and social care professionals' perceptions of behaviour change education and training in their university course and the factors influencing their preparedness to engage in behaviour change conversations, guided by the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF). Australian health and social care professionals (N = 153, M_age = 33.4, SD = 10.5) were surveyed on their perceptions of behaviour change training, knowledge, confidence, and six TDF domains. Sixty-one percent of participants reported

SUBMITTER: Breare H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12649299 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature