Behavior Change

Background:

Convincing people to take simple steps for their own health should be easy. But encouraging healthy behaviors is not straightforward. Living a healthy, productive life requires individuals, families, and communities to embrace behaviors, products and services that promote well-being. Despite increasing recognition of behavioral effects on health, and increasing availability of products and services that address common health challenges, adoption of both behaviors and solutions is often slow and inequitable.

Changing behaviors involves asking:

Background:

Convincing people to take simple steps for their own health should be easy. But encouraging healthy behaviors is not straightforward. Living a healthy, productive life requires individuals, families, and communities to embrace behaviors, technologies and services that promote well-being. Despite increasing recognition of behavioral effects on health, and increasing availability of products and services that address common health challenges, adoption of both behaviors and solutions is often slow and inequitable.

Changing behaviors involves asking: