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Behavior change and behavior design models

Tactics that change behavior

Reduce Friction or Barriers

PRODUCTS

PlateJoy,Parsley,Fresh EBT,Steady,Mission Lane,Acorns,Lemontree,Roman,Nurx,Modern Health,PeerWell,wayForward,APDS,Promise,Edovo,Flikshop,Uptrust,Corrio,CitizenLab,OpenGov,Novoville,Sidewalk Labs,Lambda School,Pathrise,Promptable,Electriphi,Edquity,Lendstreet,Charlie,Homebase,GreenPath,EarnIn,Qapital,Wealthfront,Personal Capital,Qoins,Give Directly,Recidiviz,Neuroon,Bodyport,Tig,Sound Life Sciences,Tia,Lemonaid for Depression & Anxiety,Betr Health,Vitalyze,Eight Sleep,Re-Timer,Sana Health,One Medical,Predictiv,Applied

PAPERS

Casarotto,Humpage (2015),ideas42 (12),ideas42 (19),Choi et al (2006),Hastings & Tejeda-Ashton (2008),Kling et al (2012),Letzler & Tasoff (2013),Kunreuther et al. (2012),Bettinger et al. (2009)

Peer Mentoring

PRODUCTS

Omada,Ria,WW,InquisitHealth,Sober Grid

PAPERS

Long (2012)

Checklists

PRODUCTS

Nudge Rewards

PAPERS

ideas42 (2),ideas42 (7),ideas42 (11),ideas42 (12),ideas42 (16),ideas42 (18),Arriaga et al. (2013),Haynes et al (2009),Haynes et al (2011)

Personalization

PRODUCTS

DigiQuit,"Zombies, Run!",Daylight,Sleepio,Workit Health,Oviva,ascure,Suggestic,Wise@Work ,Virta Health,CHESS,PeerWell,Promptable,Cecelia Health,Arivale,AbleTo,Bravely,Nori Health,Betr Health,Vidscrip,Rise

PAPERS

Dobson et al. (2018),von Lengerke (2017),de Vries (2018),Direito (2015),Kunreuther et al. (2012),Garner (2005),Behavioural Insights Team (2013),Kling et al (2012)

Personalization

PRODUCTS

DigiQuit,"Zombies, Run!",Daylight,Sleepio,Workit Health,Oviva,ascure,Suggestic,Wise@Work ,Virta Health,CHESS,PeerWell,Promptable,Cecelia Health,Arivale,AbleTo,Bravely,Nori Health,Betr Health,Vidscrip,Rise

PAPERS

Dobson et al. (2018),von Lengerke (2017),de Vries (2018),Direito (2015),Kunreuther et al. (2012),Garner (2005),Behavioural Insights Team (2013),Kling et al (2012)

Coaching or Counselling

PRODUCTS

Pivot (Smoking),Prepmate,reSET-O,reSET,Omada,Workit Health,MindBeacon,Parsley,Oviva,Ria,Ginger,Joyable,WW,Spring Health,Pillo,emocha,Modern Health,wayForward,Torch,Lambda School,Pathrise,Arivale,AbleTo,Bravely,Nudge,LifeOmic,Lemonaid for Depression & Anxiety,Betr Health,Vitalyze,Pivot (Workouts),Mirror,Rise,One Medical,NOCD,Tess,Propeller Health

PAPERS

Block et al. (2015),Holmen et al (2014),Orsama et al (2013),Quinn et al (2011),Charpentier et al. (2011),Rossi et al. (2010),Rossi et al. (2013),Marler (2019),Munir (2018),Golin (2010),Liu (2018),Herghelegiu (2017),Jongstra (2016),Leonhardt (2008),Thomsen (2016),Darlow (2017),Gourlan (2013),Joost (2014),Newbury-Birch (),Kiene (2006),Skouteris (2016),Chen et al. (2017),Merchant et al. (2018),Merchant et al. (2015)

Implementation Intentions

PRODUCTS

MoodMission,Vivibot,Prepmate,SuperBetter,"Zombies, Run!",MoodPrism,MoodKit,Daylight,Sleepio,myStrength,Sanvello,Braive,MindBeacon,NASH,Youper,ascure,Quit Genius,Lark,Better Therapeutics,APDS,Noom,stickK,Vote.org,Transform,HabitNu,Welltok,WW,Whil,Flow Neuroscience,Myndlift,Virta Health,CHESS,Bounce,Torch,Edquity,Steady,Rally Health,Vida Health,Livongo,Welltory,Fabulous,Shine,Nudge,Moodpath,Neuroon,Oura Ring,Sober Grid,Lemonaid for Depression & Anxiety,Betterment,10% Happier,Eight Sleep,Pivot (Workouts),Mirror,Strava,Rise,Re-Timer,Remente,Dreams,Wellth Rewards,Restful

PAPERS

ideas42 (1),Yoeli (2015),Rogers (2010),Fiorillo et al. (2014),ideas42 (17),ideas42 (19),Barker (2016),Giles (2014),Zhou (2015a),Arora et al. (2014),Nickerson & Rogers (2010),Greer (2019),Liu (2018),Roepke (2015),Direito (2015),Bakker (2018),Duflo et al. (2010),Tudor-Sfetea et al. (2018),Lin et al. (2018),Martin et al (2012),Letzler & Tasoff (2013),Milkman et al. (2011)

Motivational Interviewing

PRODUCTS

Workit Health,Joyable,Lemonaid for Depression & Anxiety

PAPERS

Bayley (2015),Golin (2010),Gourlan (2013),Krukowski (2016),Moreau (2015),Morton (2015a),Murphy (2010),Paranjothy (2017),Perry (2007),Phillips (2018),van Keulen (2008),Berdal (2018),Ahluwalia (2007),Kiene (2006),Marrazzo (2011),Pakpour (2015),Cimini (2009)

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Products that change behavior

Health

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Alcohol Use,Self-Monitoring

Alcohol Use or Addiction

Tactics

Coaching or Counselling,AI or Chatbot,Implementation Intentions,Reminders, Cues, & Triggers,Education or Information

Mental Health & Self-Care

Tactics

Mindfulness,Behavioral Activation (BA)

Mental Health Diagnostics

Environmental Restructuring,Reduce Friction or Barriers,Self-Monitoring or Tracking,Implementation Intentions,Gamification,Reminders, Cues, & Triggers

Smoking Cessation,Weight Loss Coaching,Disease Management,Mental Health,Digital Therapeutics

2Morrow Stress (and Anxiety) Program

PAPERS

Behaviors

Mental Health & Self-Care

Tactics

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT),Behavioral Activation (BA)

STRATEGIES

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

MODELS

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

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Research on behavior change

Health

Belmon (2015)

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Dutch Young Adults Ratings of Behavior Change Techniques Applied in Mobile Phone Apps to Promote Physical Activity: A Cross-Sectional Survey.

Doumas (2011)

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Reducing high-risk drinking in mandated college students: evaluation of two personalized normative feedback interventions.

PRODUCT

BEHAVIOR

Alcohol Use or Addiction

Health

de Vries (2006)

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The effects of smoking cessation counseling by midwives on Dutch pregnant women and their partners.

Platt (2016)

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The Outcomes Of A Clinical Care Pathway For Inflammatory Bowel Disease Surgery

Evans (2016)

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Impact of school-based vegetable garden and physical activity coordinated health interventions on weight status and weight-related behaviors of ethnically diverse, low-income students: Study design and baseline data of the Texas, Grow! Eat! Go! (TGEG) cluster-randomized controlled trial.

TACTICS

Education or Information

BEHAVIOR

Physical Activity

Health

Moreau (2015)

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Development of a fully automated, web-based, tailored intervention promoting regular physical activity among insufficiently active adults with type 2 diabetes: integrating the I-change model, self-determination theory, and motivational interviewing components.

TACTICS

Motivational Interviewing

BEHAVIOR

Physical Activity

Civic

Valenzuela et al. (2011)

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Text Messages as Mobilization Tools: The Conditional Effect of Habitual Voting and Election Salience

TACTICS

"Reminders, Cues, & Triggers"

BEHAVIOR

Voting

Health

Merchant et al. (2015)

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Effectiveness of Population Health Management Using the Propeller Health Asthma Platform: A Randomized Clinical Trial

TACTICS

Feedback,Self-Monitoring or Tracking,Education or Information,Coaching or Counselling

BEHAVIOR

Disease Management

Health

Greer (2019)

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Use of the Chatbot "Vivibot" to Deliver Positive Psychology Skills and Promote Well-Being Among Young People After Cancer Treatment: Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial.

TACTICS

Education or Information,"Reminders, Cues, & Triggers",Implementation Intentions,Goal Setting,AI or Chatbot,Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

BEHAVIOR

Mental Health & Self-Care

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Behavior change and behavior design models

Behavior, Analysis, Strategy, Intervention, Change

Self-Determination Theory

Health Belief Model

Tactics that change behavior

Reduce Friction or Barriers

Peer Mentoring

Checklists

Personalization

Personalization

Coaching or Counselling

Implementation Intentions

Motivational Interviewing

Products that change behavior

Research on behavior change

Belmon (2015)

.

Dutch Young Adults Ratings of Behavior Change Techniques Applied in Mobile Phone Apps to Promote Physical Activity: A Cross-Sectional Survey.

Doumas (2011)

.

Reducing high-risk drinking in mandated college students: evaluation of two personalized normative feedback interventions.

de Vries (2006)

.

The effects of smoking cessation counseling by midwives on Dutch pregnant women and their partners.

Platt (2016)

.

The Outcomes Of A Clinical Care Pathway For Inflammatory Bowel Disease Surgery

Evans (2016)

.

Impact of school-based vegetable garden and physical activity coordinated health interventions on weight status and weight-related behaviors of ethnically diverse, low-income students: Study design and baseline data of the Texas, Grow! Eat! Go! (TGEG) cluster-randomized controlled trial.

Moreau (2015)

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Development of a fully automated, web-based, tailored intervention promoting regular physical activity among insufficiently active adults with type 2 diabetes: integrating the I-change model, self-determination theory, and motivational interviewing components.

Valenzuela et al. (2011)

.

Text Messages as Mobilization Tools: The Conditional Effect of Habitual Voting and Election Salience

Merchant et al. (2015)

.

Effectiveness of Population Health Management Using the Propeller Health Asthma Platform: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Greer (2019)

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Use of the Chatbot "Vivibot" to Deliver Positive Psychology Skills and Promote Well-Being Among Young People After Cancer Treatment: Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial.