Applying theories of health behaviour and change to hearing health research: time for a new approach

Objective: In recent years, there has been an increase in the application of behavioural models, such as social cognition models, to the promotion of hearing health. Despite this, there exists a well-developed body of literature that suggests such models may fail to consistently explain reliable amo...

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Main Authors: Coulson, Neil S., Ferguson, Melanie A., Henshaw, Helen, Heffernan, Eithne
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39059/
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author Coulson, Neil S.
Ferguson, Melanie A.
Henshaw, Helen
Heffernan, Eithne
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Ferguson, Melanie A.
Henshaw, Helen
Heffernan, Eithne
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description Objective: In recent years, there has been an increase in the application of behavioural models, such as social cognition models, to the promotion of hearing health. Despite this, there exists a well-developed body of literature that suggests such models may fail to consistently explain reliable amounts of variability in human behaviours. Design: This paper provides a summary of this research across selected models of health-related behaviour, outlining the current state of the evidence. Results: Recent work in the field of behaviour change is presented together with commentary on the design and reporting of behaviour change interventions. Conclusions: We propose that attempts to use unreliable models to explain and predict hearing health behaviours should now be replaced by work which integrates the latest in behaviour change science, such as the Behaviour Change Wheel and Theoretical Domains Framework.
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spelling nottingham-390592020-05-04T17:42:57Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39059/ Applying theories of health behaviour and change to hearing health research: time for a new approach Coulson, Neil S. Ferguson, Melanie A. Henshaw, Helen Heffernan, Eithne Objective: In recent years, there has been an increase in the application of behavioural models, such as social cognition models, to the promotion of hearing health. Despite this, there exists a well-developed body of literature that suggests such models may fail to consistently explain reliable amounts of variability in human behaviours. Design: This paper provides a summary of this research across selected models of health-related behaviour, outlining the current state of the evidence. Results: Recent work in the field of behaviour change is presented together with commentary on the design and reporting of behaviour change interventions. Conclusions: We propose that attempts to use unreliable models to explain and predict hearing health behaviours should now be replaced by work which integrates the latest in behaviour change science, such as the Behaviour Change Wheel and Theoretical Domains Framework. Taylor & Francis 2016-03-03 Article PeerReviewed Coulson, Neil S., Ferguson, Melanie A., Henshaw, Helen and Heffernan, Eithne (2016) Applying theories of health behaviour and change to hearing health research: time for a new approach. International Journal of Audiology, 55 (S3). S99-S104. ISSN 1708-8186 Audiology; behaviour change; hearing research; health belief model; theory of planned behaviour; trans-theoretical model http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3109/14992027.2016.1161851 doi:10.3109/14992027.2016.1161851 doi:10.3109/14992027.2016.1161851
spellingShingle Audiology; behaviour change; hearing research; health belief model; theory of planned behaviour; trans-theoretical model
Coulson, Neil S.
Ferguson, Melanie A.
Henshaw, Helen
Heffernan, Eithne
Applying theories of health behaviour and change to hearing health research: time for a new approach
title Applying theories of health behaviour and change to hearing health research: time for a new approach
title_full Applying theories of health behaviour and change to hearing health research: time for a new approach
title_fullStr Applying theories of health behaviour and change to hearing health research: time for a new approach
title_full_unstemmed Applying theories of health behaviour and change to hearing health research: time for a new approach
title_short Applying theories of health behaviour and change to hearing health research: time for a new approach
title_sort applying theories of health behaviour and change to hearing health research: time for a new approach
topic Audiology; behaviour change; hearing research; health belief model; theory of planned behaviour; trans-theoretical model
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