Informing
Techniques focused on Knowing: providing understandable information, communicating risks, norms and arguments.
4 techniques: Understandable communication, Risk communication, Normative feedback, Arguments
Online Behavior Guidelines
Source: Online Behavior Guidelines | Lifestyle in Healthcare Coalition
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About these guidelines
Section titled “About these guidelines”With these guidelines, the Lifestyle in Healthcare Coalition offers practical tools for parties developing online patient communication. The 15 behavior change techniques are evidence-based and selected for applicability in online communication.
For successful behavior change, four factors are crucial:
Section titled “For successful behavior change, four factors are crucial:”| Factor | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Knowing | Patient must know what to do and understand the benefits |
| Wanting | Patient must be motivated to change |
| Being able | Patient must have confidence that they can succeed |
| Doing | Patient must actually take action |
The 5 communication strategies
Section titled “The 5 communication strategies”Motivating
Techniques focused on Wanting: motivating patients through self-persuasion, future visualization and rewards.
3 techniques: Self-persuasion, Future visualization, Rewards
Demonstrating
Techniques focused on Being able: showing that behavior change is possible through role models and training.
2 techniques: Role model stories, Skills training
Training
Techniques focused on Doing: setting concrete goals and making action plans.
2 techniques: Goal setting, Implementation intentions
Facilitating
Techniques focused on Doing: organizing the environment and support to make change easier.
4 techniques: Social support, Reminders, Self-monitoring, Supportive environment
Overview: 15 techniques
Section titled “Overview: 15 techniques”| # | Technique | Strategy | Goal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Understandable communication | Informing | Knowing |
| 2 | Risk communication | Informing | Knowing |
| 3 | Normative feedback | Informing | Knowing, Wanting |
| 4 | Arguments | Informing | Knowing, Wanting |
| 5 | Self-persuasion | Motivating | Wanting |
| 6 | Future visualization | Motivating | Wanting |
| 7 | Rewards | Motivating | Wanting, Doing |
| 8 | Role model stories | Demonstrating | Being able |
| 9 | Skills training | Demonstrating | Being able |
| 10 | Goal setting | Training | Doing |
| 11 | Implementation intentions | Training | Doing |
| 12 | Mobilizing social support | Facilitating | Doing |
| 13 | Reminders | Facilitating | Doing |
| 14 | Self-monitoring | Facilitating | Doing |
| 15 | Supportive environment | Facilitating | Doing |
Colophon
Section titled “Colophon”Publication: Lifestyle in Healthcare Coalition, February 2025
The Lifestyle in Healthcare Coalition is a collaboration of healthcare organizations committed to integrating lifestyle medicine into regular healthcare.
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