Behavior change techniques used to promote walking and cycling: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Evidence on the effectiveness of walking and cycling interventions is mixed. This may be partly attributable to differences in intervention content, such as the cognitive and behavioral techniques (BCTs) used. Adopting a taxonomy of BCTs, this systematic review addressed two questions: (a) What are the behavior change techniques used in walking and cycling interventions targeted at adults? (b) What characterizes interventions that appear to be associated with changes in walking and cycling in adults?

Method

Previous systematic reviews and updated database searches were used to identify controlled studies of individual-level walking and cycling interventions involving adults. Characteristics of intervention design, context, and methods were extracted in addition to

SUBMITTER: Bird EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3727344 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature