Integrating Knowledge Across Domains to Advance the Science of Health Behavior: Overcoming Challenges and Facilitating Success

Overview

Journal Transl Behav Med

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialties General Medicine
Public Health
Social Sciences

Date 2016 Aug 14

PMID 27520313

Citations 7

Authors

William M P Klein

Emily G Grenen

Mary OConnell

Danielle Blanch-Hartigan

Wen-Ying Sylvia Chou

Kara L Hall

Jennifer M Taber

Amanda L Vogel

Affiliations

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Abstract

Health behaviors often co-occur and have common determinants at multiple levels (e.g., individual, relational, environmental). Nevertheless, research programs often examine single health behaviors without a systematic attempt to integrate knowledge across behaviors. This paper highlights the significant potential of cross-cutting behavioral research to advance our understanding of the mechanisms and causal factors that shape health behaviors. It also offers suggestions for how researchers could develop more effective interventions. We highlight barriers to such an integrative science along with potential steps that can be taken to address these barriers. With a more nuanced understanding of health behavior, redundancies in research can be minimized, and a stronger evidence base for the development of health behavior interventions can be realized.

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