title: Use of GLIF to model a behavioral intervention.
abstract: As a first step towards creating an ontology describing behavioral interventions, we created an ontology of PACE-Adolescent, a theory-based behavioral intervention, using PROTEGE-2000 and GLIF3. In the ontology, we were able to describe the overall behavioral protocol using GLIF3, adding additional ontology components to describe counseling actions, to enumerate behavioral theory constructs, and to link actions to constructs. We hope to work towards facilitating formal analysis of behavioral interventions and reuse and retesting of their components.
authors.affiliation: San Diego State University and Veterans Administration San Diego Health Care System, USA.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mailhot
authors.forename: Lenert
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lenert
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Patrick
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Norman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003658:Decision Making, Computer-Assisted; D015438:Health Behavior; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011381:Programming Languages; D009626:Terminology as Topic