The transtheoretical model posits that health behavior change involves progress through six
stages of change: precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance, and …

Health behaviors (tobacco use, diet, physical inactivity, risky sexual practices, and other
health behaviors) account for approximately 50% of all premature mortality. There is growing …

This is an overview of the Transtheoretical Model of Change, a theoretical model of behavior
change, which has been the basis for developing effective interventions to promote health …

Decision making is an integral part of the transtheoretical model of behavior change. Stage
of change represents a temporal dimension for behavior change and has been the key …

The Transtheoretical Model (TTM) has gained widespread popularity and acceptance, yet
little is known about its effectiveness as a basis for health behavior intervention. A systematic …

Objectives The transtheoretical model is arguably the dominant model of health behaviour
change, having received unprecedented research attention, yet it has simultaneously …

Content: Providers typically rely on health information and their professional status to
convince patients to change. Health-behavior theories and models suggest more effective …

The transtheoretical model (TTM) offers an integrative framework for understanding and
intervening with human intentional behavior change. There are 3 organizing constructs of …

This chapter summarizes work on the cognitive determinants of health behavior. The
cognitive determinants most strongly and consistently associated with behavior are …

Risk communication and resource communication are two basic approaches to motivate
health behavior change. Risk information, as provided in the media, is more complex than it …