The Theory and Techniques Tool. An online resource linking between behaviour change techniques and their mechanisms of action can be used for developing theory-based interventions or understanding interventions theoretically. This will be introduced by Professor Susan Michie, Dr Marta Marques and Professor Marie Johnston. We will ensure plenty of interaction both in the session and on a discussion board – we hope you can join us.

Speaker bios:

Susan Michie, FMedSci, FAcSS, FBA is Professor of Health Psychology and Director of UCL's Centre for Behaviour Change Professor Michie’s research focuses on human behaviour change in relation to health and the environment: how to understand it theoretically and apply theory and evidence to intervention and policy development, evaluation and implementation. Her research, collaborating with disciplines such as information science, environmental science, computer science and medicine, covers population, organisational and individual level interventions. She has served as an expert advisor on the UK’s Covid-19 Scientific Pandemic Insights Group on Behavioural Science (part of SAGE and the Lancet’s Covid-19 Commission. She is chair of WHO’s Behavioural Insights and Sciences Technical Advisory Group.

Marta Marques Ph.D. is a Senior Researcher at the Comprehensive Health Research Centre, NOVA Medical School, and am a visiting research fellow at Trinity College Dublin and Centre for Behaviour Change, University College London. She is a member of the Portuguese Behavioral Science COVID-19 Task Force, and of the Executive Committee of the European Health Psychology Society. Before this position, she was a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow at Trinity College Dublin. Marta obtained her PhD in Health Psychology from Leiden University, and is a chartered clinical and health psychologist. Her achievements have been recognised by two prestigious international early career awards from the European Health Psychology Society and International Society of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity, as well as by invitations to join expert commissions, such as the leading team responsible for developing the WHO global digital program for physical activity (B@Healthy B@Mobile mActive). Her research focuses on applying health behaviour change theories to develop and evaluate complex digital interventions targeting a range of health behaviours (e.g. physical activity), and in advancing the methods for the development of the science of behaviour change.

Marie Johnston Ph.D., B.Sc., HonFBPsS., FRSE., F.Med.Sci., FAcSS, FEHPS, FRCP.Edin., FBSPHN is Emeritus Professor in Health Psychology in the College of Life Sciences and Medicine at the University of Aberdeen. She conducts research on behaviour and behaviour change in the context of health, illness and healthcare with an emphasis on improving measurement, research design and reporting and developing implementable behaviour change interventions based on evidence and theory. She has over 500 publications and her research has been supported by research council, government and charitable sources. Interventions she was involved in developing and evaluating have been implemented in NHS Scotland.

Helpful links:

Past webinar recordings

Project website

Publications

Open Science Framework

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