Advancing cumulative evidence on behaviour change techniques and interventions: a comment on Peters, de Bruin, and Crutzen.

What it found

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Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

1. Effectiveness, feasibility, and acceptability of behaviour change tools used by family doctors: a global systematic review.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2023
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2. Behaviour change interventions to promote health and well-being among older migrants: A systematic review.PloS one · 2022
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3. Efficacy, characteristics, behavioural models and behaviour change strategies, of non-workplace interventions specifically targeting sedentary behaviour; a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised control trials in healthy ambulatory adults.PloS one · 2021
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4. Multiple moderator meta-analysis using the R-package Meta-CART.Behavior research methods · 2020
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5. Behaviour change techniques in brief interventions to prevent HIV, STI and unintended pregnancies: A systematic review.PloS one · 2018
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6. Psychosocial interventions for supporting women to stop smoking in pregnancy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
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7. Interventions for raising breast cancer awareness in women.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
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8. Psychosocial interventions for supporting women to stop smoking in pregnancy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013
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9. Primary school-based behavioural interventions for preventing caries.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013
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10. Applications of Behavioral Change Theories and Models in Health Promotion Interventions: A Rapid Review.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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11. Behavioural Systems Mapping of Solid Waste Management in Kisumu, Kenya, to Understand the Role of Behaviour in a Health and Sustainability Problem.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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12. Factors influencing healthcare workers' compliance with personal protective equipment guidelines in long-term care during the COVID-19 pandemic-A theory-based mixed-methods study.PloS one · 2025
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13. Training Australian Dietitians in Behavior Change Techniques Through Educational Workshops: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2023
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14. Health action process approach: promoting physical activity, and fruit and vegetable intake among Australian adults.Health promotion international · 2023
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15. Testing Behavior Change Techniques to Increase Physical Activity in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Protocol for a Randomized Personalized Trial Series.JMIR research protocols · 2023
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16. A flexible approach to identify interaction effects between moderators in meta-analysis.Research synthesis methods · 2019
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17. Application of Behavior Change Techniques in a Personalized Nutrition Electronic Health Intervention Study: Protocol for the Web-Based Food4Me Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2018
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18. Evaluating the effectiveness of behavior change techniques in health-related behavior: a scoping review of methods used.Translational behavioral medicine · 2018
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19. Implementing international sexual counselling guidelines in hospital cardiac rehabilitation: development of the CHARMS intervention using the Behaviour Change Wheel.Implementation science : IS · 2016
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20. A taxonomy of behaviour change methods: an Intervention Mapping approach.Health psychology review · 2016
    Review

Corrections and comments

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  Everything should be as simple as possible, but this will still be complex: a reply to various commentaries on IPEBA.2015
• Comment on
  Everything should be as simple as possible, but no simpler: towards a protocol for accumulating evidence regarding the active content of health behaviour change interventions.2015

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