title: Theory-driven behavioral intervention research for the control of diarrheal diseases.
abstract: Essentially all methods to reduce diarrheal morbidity and mortality require behavioral change. Research is required to design, implement and evaluate behavior-modifying interventions. Accumulated experience in the many involved disciplines should serve as a basis for this research. However, each of these disciplines is associated with different research perspectives and analytic assumptions; thus integration of these varied but potentially complementary experiences has been elusive. In the present paper, arguing that such perspectives and assumptions are embodied in discipline-based theory, we have developed a generic framework for the conduct of theory-based behavioral intervention research. We illustrate the application of this framework through two vignettes applying two of the theories and models to the development of hypothetical handwashing interventions.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Pediatrics, University of Maryland, Baltimore 21201.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stanton
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Engle
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pelto
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy; D003469:Culture; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012106:Research