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. 2022 Feb 7;4(1):dlac007. doi: 10.1093/jacamr/dlac007

Table 2.

Behavioural determinants and intervention functions

Domains of behavioural determinants in the TDF52 Intervention functions from the behaviour change wheel53
  1. Knowledge

  2. Skills

  3. Social/professional role and identity

  4. Beliefs about capabilities

  5. Optimism

  6. Beliefs about consequences

  7. Reinforcement

  8. Intentions

  9. Goals

  10. Memory, attention and decision processes

  11. Environmental context and resources

  12. Social influences

  13. Emotion

  14. Behavioural regulation

  1. Education (providing information)

  2. Persuasion (communicating to induce feelings to prompt the behaviour)

  3. Training (imparting or practising skills)

  4. Modelling (providing examples to model or aspire to)

  5. Incentivization (offering incentives or rewards for the behaviour)

  6. Enablement [increasing means (e.g. opportunities, support) or reducing barriers to the behaviour]

  7. Environmental restructuring (using physical or social cues for action, e.g. prompts, physical materials)

  8. Restriction (setting rules for the behaviour)

  9. Coercion (creating an expectation of punishment or cost)