Theory-driven behavioral intervention research for the control of diarrheal diseases

Bonita Stanton, Robert Black, Patrice Engle and Gretel Pelto

Social Science & Medicine, 1992, vol. 35, issue 11, 1405-1420

Abstract: Essentially all methods to reduce diarrheal morbidity and mortality require behavioral change. Research is required to design, implement and evaluate behavior-modifying interventions. Accumulated experience in the many involved disciplines should serve as a basis for this research. However, each of these disciplines is associated with different research perspectives and analytic assumptions; thus integration of these varied but potentially complementary experiences has been elusive. In the present paper, arguing that such perspectives and assumptions are embodied in discipline-based theory, we have developed a generic framework for the conduct of theory-based behavioral intervention research. We illustrate the application of this framework through two vignettes applying two of the theories and models to the development of hypothetical handwashing interventions.

Keywords: behavior; educational; intervention; diarrhea (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1992
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