The science of sustaining health behavior change: the health maintenance consortium. Academic Article

abstract

• OBJECTIVE: To enhance understanding of the long-term maintenance of behavior change, as well as effective strategies for achieving sustainable health promotion and disease prevention through the Health Maintenance Consortium (HMC). METHODS: This introductory research synthesis prepared by the resource center gives context to this theme issue by providing an overview of the HMC and the articles in this journal. RESULTS: It explores the contributions to our conceptualization of behavior change processes and intervention strategies, the trajectory of effectiveness of behavioral and social interventions, and factors influencing the long-term maintenance of behavioral and social interventions. CONCLUSIONS: Future directions for furthering the science of maintaining behavior change and reducing the gaps between research and practice are recommended.

authors

• Ory, Marcia
• Smith, Matthew

published proceedings

• Am J Health Behav

author list (cited authors)

• Ory, M. G., Lee Smith, M., Mier, N., & Wernicke, M. M.

citation count

• 96

complete list of authors

• Ory, Marcia G||Lee Smith, Matthew||Mier, Nelda||Wernicke, Meghan M

publication date

• January 2010

publisher

• JCFCorp SG PTE LTD  Publisher

keywords

• Health Behavior
• Health Promotion
• Humans
• Models, Psychological
• Multicenter Studies As Topic
• Research Design
• Risk-Taking

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.5993/ajhb.34.6.2

start page

• 647

end page

• 659

volume

• 34

issue

• 6

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.5993/ajhb.34.6.2