Disease management interventions II: What else is in the black box?

Area of Science:

• Health Behavior Change
• Disease Management Interventions
• Psychosocial Models

Background:

• Disease management (DM) program success hinges on participant behavior change.
• Program administrators must consider desired changes, intervention scope, and support structures.
• Selecting appropriate behavioral change models is crucial for achieving program goals.

Purpose of the Study:

• To extend prior work describing eight core psychosocial behavioral change models.
• To introduce five recently developed, theory-based approaches for behavior change.
• To provide updated information for DM program designers.

Main Methods:

• Literature review of recently developed, theory-based behavioral change approaches.
• Extension of a previous paper detailing eight core psychosocial behavioral change models.
• Synthesis of information to guide selection of appropriate change models.

Main Results:

• Introduction of five new psychosocial behavioral change models.
• Discussion of considerations for DM program administrators.
• Framework for selecting effective behavior change strategies.

Conclusions:

• Understanding behavioral change models is essential for successful disease management.
• Newly introduced models offer advanced strategies for health behavior modification.
• This work supports evidence-based design of effective DM programs.