title: Prioritizing multiple health behavior change research topics: expert opinions in behavior change science.
abstract: Multiple health behavior change (MHBC) approaches are understudied. The purpose of this study is to provide strategic MHBC research direction. This cross-sectional study contacted participants through the Society of Behavioral Medicine email listservs and rated the importance of 24 MHBC research topics (1 = not at all important, 5 = extremely important) separately for general and underserved populations. Participants (n = 76) were 79 % female; 76 % White, 10 % Asian, 8 % African American, 5 % Hispanic, and 1 % Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander. Top MHBC research priorities were predictors of behavior change and the sustainability, long-term effects, and dissemination/translation of interventions for both populations. Recruitment and retention of participants (t(68) = 2.17, p = 0.000), multi-behavioral indices (t(68) = 3.54, p = 0.001), and measurement burden (t(67) = 5.04, p = 0.001) were important for the underserved. Results identified the same top research priorities across populations. For the underserved, research should emphasize recruitment, retention, and measurement burden.
authors.affiliation: Office of Public Health Studies, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, 1960 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA.
authors.forename: Katie
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Amato
authors.affiliation: College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Eunhee
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Office of Public Health Studies, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, 1960 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA. cnigg@hawaii.edu.
authors.forename: Claudio R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Nigg
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Interventions; Measurement; Multiple health behavior change (MHBC); Recommendations; Research; Theory