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Use of Health Behavior Theory in Funded Grant Proposals: Cancer Screening Interventions as a Case Study
- Source :
- Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. 49(6)
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Interventions using theory should change behavior and identify both mechanisms of effect and necessary conditions. To date, inconsistent description of “use of theory” has limited understanding of how theory improves intervention impact. The purpose of this study was to describe the use of theory in health behavior intervention development by coding grant proposals. We developed an abstraction tool to characterize investigators, interventions, and theory use and identified seven core elements describing both how and how much theory was used. We used the tool to review and code NCI’s funded cancer screening intervention R01 proposals, 1998–2009. Of 116 proposals, 38 met criteria; all but one described a conceptual model unique to the proposed research. Few proposals included plans to identify mechanisms of effect or conditions necessary for intervention effectiveness. Cancer screening intervention grant proposals rarely use theory in ways that advance behavioral or theoretical sciences. Proposed core elements may classify and synthesize the use of theory in behavioral intervention research.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Management science
business.industry
Health Behavior
Psychological intervention
Alternative medicine
Behavioral or
Psychiatry and Mental health
Health psychology
Research Design
Health behavior theory
Research Support as Topic
Cancer screening
Intervention research
medicine
Humans
Health behavior
business
Psychological Theory
General Psychology
Early Detection of Cancer
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15324796
- Volume :
- 49
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....de278f70d04957bafe65b435e2a1a531