Table 2. Recommended intervention functions to achieve behaviour changes for melioidosis prevention in northeast Thailand.

Barrier domains *	Details of Barriers	COM-B components **	Recommended intervention functions *
Knowledge	Most participants have never heard of melioidosis, and none knew how to prevent the disease.	Psychological capability	Education
Beliefs about Consequences	Most participants thought that there was no harm in not doing the recommended preventive behaviours	Reflective motivation	Education, Persuasion and Modelling
Intentions and goals	Most participants had time constraints and had no intention to perform the recommended preventive behaviours	Reflective motivation	Education, Persuasion, Incentivisation, Coercion, and Modelling
Environmental Context and Resources	Rubber boots and rubber gloves were not practical for walking in the muddy rice fields while planting rice.	Physical opportunity	Environmental restructuring, Training, and Enablement
Social Influences	Participants normally followed what their friends and families did and recommended.	Social opportunity	Environmental restructuring and Enablement

* Barriers were identified by using focus group interviews and the Theory Domain Framework (TDF), and recommended intervention functions were identified by the Behaviour Change Wheel (BCW [17]) and APEASE criteria [20].

** COM-B component stands for Capability (Physical capability or Psychological capability), Opportunity (Physical opportunity or Social opportunity), Motivation (Automatic motivation or Reflective motivation)–Behaviour, represents source of the behaviours and is the core of the BCW [17].