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ReviewExperimental and clinical psychopharmacology2026

Innovations in health behavior research: Current status and strategic future directions.

Nioud Mulugeta Gebru, Samuel F Acuff

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Review in Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Nioud Mulugeta GebruDepartment of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine.ORCID 0000-0002-9335-2667
Samuel F AcuffRecovery Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital.

Funding

Applying Construal Level Theory to Develop and Test an Interactive Text Messaging Adjunct Intervention to Reduce Heavy Drinking and HIV RiskR00AA031443 · NIAAA · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Nioud Mulugeta Gebru · 2025 to 2026
$498k
Center for AIDS Research at Emory UniversityNIAAA NIH HHS R00 AA031443NIH HHS
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Given the public health burden associated with health behaviors such as substance use, significant efforts are directed toward developing effective interventions to facilitate health behavior change. As digital technologies continue to advance at accelerating pace and integrate into people's daily lives, researchers have a unique and significant opportunity to leverage these tools to advance theory and practice. Emerging tools, novel intervention targets, and technologies have great potential to improve health behavior change research to unburden individuals and communities impacted by substance use and related behaviors, though much work remains to be done to fully realize this potential. This article examines the current state of the health behavior change research highlighting recent innovations facilitated by digital transformations. Looking ahead, potential challenges and opportunities are discussed, along with a call for health behavior change researchers to become intentional interdisciplinary collaborators and innovation brokers toward the development of effective theory-informed digital tools and to maximize the field's impact on public health outcomes. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

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Behavioral ResearchHealth BehaviorDigital HealthHumansSubstance-Related Disorders

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PMID42313640
PMCPMC13286044

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