ArticleJournal of behavioral medicine2017
Future directions of multiple behavior change research.
Article in Journal of behavioral medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06004531 (Planetary Health and Loneliness), which is not on this map. Cited by 81 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Planetary Health and Loneliness: Survey and Mini-intervention to Study the Interrelations of Multiple Behavior Change and Perception of Social Isolation
Who cites it
81 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 160 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of Interventions for Changing More Than One Behavior at a Time to Manage Chronic Conditions: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Identifying Active Ingredients, Working Mechanisms, and Fidelity Characteristics Reported in Smoking Cessation Interventions in Dutch Primary Care: A Systematic Review.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of eHealth-Based Multiple Health Behavior Change Interventions on Physical Activity, Healthy Diet, and Weight in People With Noncommunicable Diseases: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Pooled it
- Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Using Mobile Health Technology: Systematic Review of the Literature.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
- Behavior change intervention targeting physical activity and diet improves stress and sleep.PloS one · 2026Trial
- Effectiveness of a WeChat Mini Program-Based Intervention on Promoting Multiple Health Behavior Changes Among Chinese Patients With Cardiovascular Diseases in Home-Based Rehabilitation: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Trial
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- Exploring Factors Associated with Dietary Improvement Among Participants Who Completed a Randomized Controlled Trial for Physical Activity: Evidence of a Transfer Effect.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2024Trial
- Educational video for self-care with arteriovenous fistula in renal patients: randomized clinical trial.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2024Trial
- Psychosocial Mediators of Web-Based Interventions for Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle Among Chinese College Students: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Trial
- The Effectiveness of Sequentially Delivered Web-Based Interventions on Promoting Physical Activity and Fruit-Vegetable Consumption Among Chinese College Students: Mixed Methods Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Trial
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- Improvement in 6-min Walk Test Distance Following Treatment for Behavioral Weight Loss and Disinhibited Eating: an Exploratory Secondary Analysis.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2019Trial
- Guided imagery targeting exercise, food cravings, and stress: a multi-modal randomized feasibility trial.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2018Trial
- Physical Activity and Quit Motivation Moderators of Adolescent Smoking Reduction.American journal of health behavior · 2017Trial
- Unpacking the within-person and between-person dynamics of physical activity and bedtime procrastination: a random intercept cross-lagged mediation model of self-control.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Patterns of compliance with COVID-19 preventive measures in Armenia: results from a cross-sectional survey.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Positive associations between day-level physical activity and healthy eating in participants of a health promotion course: an exploratory study.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- Spillover between influenza and COVID-19 vaccination behaviors across pandemic phases and implications for general vaccine hesitancy.NPJ vaccines · 2026Article
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3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Non-communicable diseases (i.e., chronic diseases including cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease, diabetes and obesity) result in 36 million deaths each year. Individuals' habitual participation in a single health-risk behaviors substantially contribute to morbidity and mortality (e.g., tobacco use, daily fast food intake, etc.); however, more concerning is the impact of typically co-occurring or clustering of multiple health-risk behaviors. This burden can be minimized through successful cessation of health-risk behaviors and adoption of healthy behaviors; namely healthy lifestyle adoption or multiple health behavior change (MHBC). MHBC is a developing field and future research recommendations are provided to advance MHBC research. A valid measure of MHBC (i.e., lifestyle) is warranted to provide the needed basis for MHBC investigations and evaluations. MHBC is thought to occur through shared co-variation of underlying motivating mechanisms, but how these relationships influence behavior remains unclear. A better understanding of the relationship between behaviors and the related motivating mechanisms (and potential cross-relationship of influences) is needed. Future research should also aim to improve lifestyles through understanding how to change multiple health behaviors. Finally, MHBC research should target the development of sustainable interventions which result in lasting effects (e.g., capacity, systems, policy and environmental changes), with dissemination considered during development. Focusing MHBC research in these areas will increase our understanding and maximize the impact on the health of populations.
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