title: Changing health-promoting behaviours through narrative interventions: A systematic review.
abstract: The objective of this review was to summarize the literature supporting narrative interventions that target health-promoting behaviours. Eligible articles were English-language peer-reviewed studies that quantitatively reported the results of a narrative intervention targeting health-promoting behaviours or theoretical determinants of behaviour. Five public health and psychology databases were searched. A total of 52 studies met inclusion criteria. In all, 14 studies found positive changes in health-promoting behaviours after exposure to a narrative intervention. The results for the changes in theoretical determinants were mixed. While narrative appears to be a promising intervention strategy, more research is needed to determine how and when to use these interventions.
authors.affiliation: McMaster University, Canada.
authors.forename: Marie-Josée
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Perrier
authors.affiliation: McMaster University, Canada.
authors.forename: Kathleen A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Martin Ginis
mesh_terms: D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D033262:Narration; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: behaviour change; health promotion; messaging; narrative; storytelling