Tools- of Changes

This systematic review compares the efficacy of various behaviour change techniques used in smartphone app interventions for improving physical activity and sedentary behaviour in people with cardiovascular disease. The review searched six...

This scientific statement from the American Heart Association presents evidence of effective behavioral intervention programs that are feasible for adoption in primary care settings for cardiovascular disease prevention and risk management...

This toolkit provides a practical, step-by-step methodology for designing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating Social and Behavioural Change Communications (SBCC) initiatives to prevent overweight in children. Its review of covers...

Evidence-based interventions for public health. Includes sections on alcohol, motor vehicles, physical activity, tobacco, cancer, nutrition, pregnancy, vaccines, diabetes, obesity, sexual behavior, violence, mental health, oral health,...

This site is a clearinghouse for information on active transportation resources and programs (including tools, training and outreach) and research. It includes an image library (www.pedbikeimages.org) with a searchable collection of over 3...

This site helps community leaders, parents and schools develop programs and strategies that encourage and enable more children to safely walk and bike to school. It offers news, state contacts, a 'how-to' manual, and extensive resources for...

This site offers extensive case studies, tools, resources and research related to workplace commuting initiatives. The Best Workplaces for Commuters program provides national recognition for qualifying employers in the United States....

Covers radio and TV public service ads (PSAs)Topics include: environment (environmental involvement, global warming, oceans), fatherhood involvement, health and safety (booster seats, child abuse, asthma, obesity, crime prevention,...

Includes many annotated links to other web-based resources supporting social marketing and social change...

When healthier menu options were placed first on an online menu, they were chosen more often. However, the order of pacement had no effect with physical (rather than online) menus.Abstract Previous attempts to promote healthy eating using...

As global warming continues, ambient temperatures will pose an increasingly critical barrier in more and more areas to choosing walking, cycling and other active transportation modes. Accordingly, it will be important to develop and promote...

This document provides a brief summary of options for assessing what portion of any measured behavior changes resulted from your program and what portion resulted from other influences. These options can also be used to attribute the...

Provides photographs, illustrations and multimedia files, with image collections for environmental health, natural disasters, anatomy, biological sciences, heart health, nutrition, chemicals and drugs, diseases (including AIDS) and...

This online kit includes social media messages, shareable graphics and videos....

A good, detailed, freely accessible overview of program evaluation and attribution methods....

According to this 2017 review, the programs are helpful. It is not yet clear if adding activity monitors to the programs provides addititional benefit....

Multicomponent behavior change interventions are typically used in weight management, but results are largely heterogeneous and modest. This study aimed to identify the most effective behavior change techniques for increasing physical...

This open-access study found that the built environment, but not social and economic environments, was a strong predictor of adolescents' BMI, overweight or obesity status, and eating behaviors.The study used multivariate linear and...

Explores a wide range of literature and conducts an initial summary of evidence on co-benefits of activity-friendly environments.To reverse the global epidemic of physical inactivity that is responsible for more than 5 million deaths per...

Being physically active is one of the most important steps that Americans of all ages can take to improve their health. But only half of adults and about a quarter of high school students get the amount of physical activity recommended in...

This 2015 peer reviewed study finds that individuals who walk at a brisk or fast pace are more likely to have a lower weight when compared to individuals doing other activities.In Britain, it is recommended that, to stay healthy, adults...

When consensus about a risk or mitigating behavior is newly developed and/or not clearly understood, communicating that consensus through teachers / instructors can be critical. While this blog entry focuses on climate change, it may also...

Links best evidence with practice to promote effective social norms marketing campaigns to improve health on college campuses and beyond.The mission of the National Social Norms Center (NSNC) is to: advance the social norms approach...

This 2017 study compares two modes of visually presenting information  - one using photographs and the other using cartoons - on audience's knowledge, attitudes and behavioural intentions.This study compares two modes of visually presenting...

A comprehensive picture of what disables and kills people across countries, time, age, and sex. The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) provides a tool to quantify health loss from hundreds of diseases, injuries, and risk factors, so that health...

This 2016 review found that the presence of more social marketing benchmarks in interventions increased the likelihood of success in promoting physical activity. The presence of more than 3 benchmarks improved the success of the...

This 2016 review found that the inclusion of at least 5 SMBC domains (from the National Social Marketing Centre's social marketing benchmark criteria) in school-based interventions could benefit efforts to prevent obesity in young people...

This behavior change intervention, implemented in four wards and four communes in Vietnam for one year, included mass media communication, school interventions, community programs, and a focus on high-risk groups. It was effective in...

People are most physically active when their environments are both highly walkable and very green, according to a study by Marquet et al (2022), published in Environment International. This study contributes evidence that higher levels of...

These findings demonstrate that online interventions have the capacity to influence voluntary behaviors, such as those routinely targeted by social marketing campaigns. Given the high reach and low cost of online technologies, the stage may...

This 2017 review found that technology-based delivery of interventions seems to be more effective than usual care in promoting physical activity, particularly in interventions targeting health care patients. INTRODUCTION: Technology has...

This meta-analysis investigated how different wearable activity trackers (pedometers and accelerometers) may impact physical activity levels in older adults. Nine studies met the eligibility criteria: Four using accelerometers, four using...

Positive daycare experiences with healthy foods plus a fun character can influence children to pester their parents for healthier food at home.Objective To determine if children's pester power related to a classroom-based nutrition program...

Digital behavior change interventions can increase physical activity and reduce sedentary behavior in adults with type two diabetes.Technological advancements and ease of Internet access have increased the number of digital behavior change...

Multicomponent interventions, particularly those incorporating sit-stand workstations for all participants, are effective at reducing workplace sedentary time. Based on a systematic review and meta-analysis of 11 RCTs involving 1894...

This systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials found that the use of wearable physical activity monitoring devices appears to help patients with cardiovascular disease to increase their daily walking activity and...

Findings from this systematic review and meta-analysis indicate that chatbot interventions are efficacious for increasing physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, sleep duration and sleep quality.Chatbots (also known as...

Both short-term and long-term studies show that upon starting exercise training, many people decrease their non-exercise physical activity in compensation. This can reduce intended outcomes related to active living, heart health, physical...

The city of Pontevedra, Spain has been restricting car use since 1999. This article outlines transferable lessons the city has learned along the way. The city of Pontevedra, Spain has been restricting car use since 1999. This article...

A program designed to enhance mindfulness and promote healthy behaviors led to improved self-awareness, lower blood pressure, and better adherence to a heart-protecting diet.The heart-healthy eating plan called Dietary Approaches to Stop...

In December 2023, the US Preventive Services Task Force issued a Draft Recommendation Statement that clinicians provide or refer children and adolescents aged 6 years or older with a high body mass index (BMI above the 95th percentile for...

This systematic review assessed the evidence of effectiveness of psychosocial interventions to improve body image and eating habits in men.Body Image and Eating Habits Disordered eating and body image concerns significantly impact a...

Contains reviews of research evidence on interventions related to active transportation (walking and cycling), rod safety, physical activity, heart health (cardiovascular disease), HIV / AIDS, nutrition, obesity, tobacco (smoking), conflict...

A free, searchable online registry of systematic reviews on the effectiveness of public health and health promotion interventions. The content has been quality rated. Bilingual (English and French). Topics include: AIDS, environmental...