"hidden" social networks in behavior change interventions

R.F. Hunter, H. McAneney, M. Davis, M.A. Tully, T.W. Valente and F. Kee

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 3, 513-516

Abstract: We investigated whether "hidden" (or unobserved) social networks were evident in a 2011 physical activity behavior change intervention in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Results showed evidence of unobserved social networks in the intervention and illustrated how the network evolved over short periods and affected behavior. Behavior change interventions should account for the interaction among participants (i.e., social networks) and how such interactions affect intervention outcome.

Keywords: health behavior; human; Northern Ireland; social behavior; social support; sociometric status, Health Behavior; Humans; Northern Ireland; Social Behavior; Social Support; Sociometric Techniques (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302399

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