Development of a European competency framework for health and other professionals to support behaviour change in persons self-managing chronic disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthcare and other professionals are expected to support behaviour change in people living with chronic disease. However, effective behaviour change interventions are largely absent in routine encounters. The Train4Health project, a European strategic partnership for higher education, sought to address this problem. The primary aim of this study, which is part of an early work package, was to develop an interprofessional competency framework for health and other professions to support behaviour change for the self-management of chronic disease at a European level. A secondary aim was to derive a set of behaviour change techniques (BCTs) from an established taxonomy to link with framework competencies.

Methods

The study comprised two interlinked parts. Part 1 inv

SUBMITTER: Guerreiro MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8136137 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature