Using the behavior change wheel to develop text messages to promote diet and physical activity adherence following a diabetes prevention program.

ABSTRACT: Improving diet and physical activity (PA) can reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D); however, long-term diet and PA adherence is poor. To impact population-level T2D risk, scalable interventions facilitating behavior change adherence are needed. Text messaging interventions supplementing behavior change interventions can positively influence health behaviors including diet and PA. The Behavior Change Wheel (BCW) provides structure to intervention design and has been used extensively in health behavior change interventions. Describe the development process of a bank of text messages targeting dietary and PA adherence following a diabetes prevention program using the BCW. The BCW was used to select the target behavior, barriers and facilitators to engaging in the behavior, and

SUBMITTER: MacPherson MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8604265 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature