Truelove Stephanie, Vanderloo Leigh M, Tucker Patricia, Di Sebastiano Katie M, Faulkner Guy
Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Western Ontario, Elborn College, Room 2577, London, Ontario, Canada.
Child Health and Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Prev Med Rep. 2020 Oct 11;20:101224. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2020.101224. eCollection 2020 Dec.
The purpose of this study was to provide a detailed and systematic outline of how a theoretical behaviour change framework was applied in the development of ParticipACTION's app to support a more active Canada. The app development process was guided by the Behaviour Change Wheel (BCW) framework, a theoretically-based approach for intervention development, in collaboration with the commercial app industry. Specifically, a behavioural diagnosis was used to understand what needs to change for the targeted behaviour to occur. Current literature, along with a series of surveys, and market research informed app development. Additionally, a validated app behaviour change scale, was consulted throughout development to help ensure app features maximized behaviour change potential. The behavioural diagnosis revealed that the app needed to target individuals' physical and psychological capabilities, physical and social opportunities, and reflective and automatic motivations in order to increase physical activity levels. To accomplish this, 6 of a possible 9 intervention functions and 2 of 7 policy categories were selected from the BCW to be included in the app. Goals and planning, feedback and monitoring, behaviour identification, action planning and knowledge shaping were selected as the main behaviour change techniques for the app. Collaboration with a mobile app development firm helped to embed the selected behaviour change techniques, policy categories, intervention functions, and sources of behaviour within the app. Using a systematic approach, this study used the BCW to ensure the health promotion app was theoretically informed. Future research will evaluate its effectiveness in increasing the physical activity of Canadians.
本研究的目的是详细且系统地概述一个理论行为改变框架如何应用于“参与行动”（ParticipACTION）应用程序的开发，以支持加拿大民众更加积极地参与活动。该应用程序的开发过程由行为改变轮（BCW）框架指导，这是一种基于理论的干预开发方法，并与商业应用程序行业合作开展。具体而言，通过行为诊断来了解为使目标行为发生需要改变的内容。当前的文献资料、一系列的调查以及市场研究为应用程序的开发提供了参考。此外，在整个开发过程中还参考了一个经过验证的应用程序行为改变量表，以帮助确保应用程序的功能能够最大限度地发挥行为改变的潜力。行为诊断表明，该应用程序需要针对个人的身体和心理能力、身体和社会机会以及反思性和自动性动机，以提高身体活动水平。为实现这一目标，从行为改变轮中选择了9种可能的干预功能中的6种以及7种政策类别中的2种纳入该应用程序。目标设定与规划、反馈与监测、行为识别、行动计划制定和知识塑造被选为该应用程序的主要行为改变技术。与一家移动应用程序开发公司合作，有助于将选定的行为改变技术、政策类别、干预功能以及行为来源融入到应用程序中。本研究采用系统的方法，运用行为改变轮确保健康促进应用程序有理论依据。未来的研究将评估其在提高加拿大人身体活动水平方面的有效性。
