ArticleBMC public health2017
National policies for the promotion of physical activity and healthy nutrition in the workplace context: a behaviour change wheel guided content analysis of policy papers in Finland.
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- Enablers and Barriers to Medication Self-Management in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Qualitative Study Using the COM-B Model.Patient preference and adherence · 2025Article
- Applying the Behaviour Change Wheel to UK Local Authority Policy Documents: A Content Analysis in the Context of Financial Behaviour.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Analysis of hindering and facilitating factors of help-seeking behavior in schizophrenia based on COM-B model: a descriptive qualitative study.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Use of the Behaviour Change Wheel to design an intervention to improve the provision of mental wellbeing support within the audiology setting.Implementation science communications · 2023Article
- Comprehensive assessment of physical activity policies and initiatives in Saudi Arabia 2016-2022.Frontiers in public health · 2023Review
- Identifying and addressing psychosocial determinants of adherence to physical distancing guidance during the COVID-19 pandemic - project protocol.HRB open research · 2020Article
- Concomitant Associations between Lifestyle Characteristics and Physical Activity Status in Children and Adolescents.Journal of research in health sciences · 2019Article
- It Is Time to Make Policy for Healthier Food Environments in Australian Universities.Nutrients · 2018Article
- A global systematic scoping review of studies analysing indicators, development, and content of national-level physical activity and sedentary behaviour policies.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundHealth policy papers disseminate recommendations and guidelines for the development and implementation of health promotion interventions. Such documents have rarely been investigated with regard to their assumed mechanisms of action for changing behaviour. The Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) and Behaviour Change Techniques (BCT) Taxonomy have been used to code behaviour change intervention descriptions, but to our knowledge such "retrofitting" of policy papers has not previously been reported. This study aims first to identify targets, mediators, and change strategies for physical activity (PA) and nutrition behaviour change in Finnish policy papers on workplace health promotion, and second to assess the suitability of the Behaviour Change Wheel (BCW) approach for this purpose.
methodWe searched all national-level health policy papers effectual in Finland in August 2016 focusing on the promotion of PA and/or healthy nutrition in the workplace context (n = 6). Policy recommendations targeting employees' nutrition and PA including sedentary behaviour (SB) were coded using BCW, TDF, and BCT Taxonomy.
resultsA total of 125 recommendations were coded in the six policy papers, and in two additional documents referenced by them. Psychological capability, physical opportunity, and social opportunity were frequently identified (22%, 31%, and 24%, respectively), whereas physical capability was almost completely absent (1%). Three TDF domains (knowledge, skills, and social influence) were observed in all papers. Multiple intervention functions and BCTs were identified in all papers but several recommendations were too vague to be coded reliably. Influencing individuals (46%) and changing the physical environment (44%) were recommended more frequently than influencing the social environment (10%).
conclusionsThe BCW approach appeared to be useful for analysing the content of health policy papers. Paying more attention to underlying assumptions regarding behavioural change processes may help to identify neglected aspects in current policy, and to develop interventions based on recommendations, thus helping to increase the impact of policy papers.
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