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      Why is changing health-related behaviour so difficult?

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          Abstract

          To demonstrate that six common errors made in attempts to change behaviour have prevented the implementation of the scientific evidence base derived from psychology and sociology; to suggest a new approach which incorporates recent developments in the behavioural sciences.

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          Journal
          Public Health
          Public health
          Elsevier BV
          1476-5616
          0033-3506
          Jul 2016
          : 136
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Primary Care Unit, Institute of Public Health, Forvie Site, University of Cambridge, CB2 0SR, UK. Electronic address: mk744@medschl.cam.ac.uk.
          [2 ] MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK.
          Article
          S0033-3506(16)30017-8 EMS68916
          10.1016/j.puhe.2016.03.030
          4931896
          27184821
          f07a2abe-cd05-4452-b525-c6b0c0af206f
          History

          Behaviour change,Non-communicable disease,Psychological theory,Public health,Social practice

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