Skip to main content

Table 4 Selecting the target behaviours

From: Development of a context-sensitive physical activity intervention for persons living with HIV and AIDS of low socioeconomic status using the behaviour change wheel

Potential target behaviours relevant to improving PA engagement among PLWHA of low SES

Impact of behaviour change

Likelihood of changing behaviour

Spill over score

Measurement score

Walking, e.g., to and from church, the store, etc.

Very promising

Very promising

Very promising

Very promising

Simple home-based exercises.

Very promising

Very promising

Very promising

Very promising

Activities of daily living.

Very promising

Very promising

Very promising

Very promising

Exercising at the community centre

Very promising

Very promising

Very promising

Very promising

Exercising during leisure (e.g., actively participating in organised sport)

Unpromising but worth considering

Unpromising

Unpromising

Unpromising

  1. Target behaviours: Walking; Simple home-based exercises; Activities of daily living; exercising at the community centre
  2. Adapted from Michie et al. with permission from authors [29]. Spill over score = score assigned to the target behaviour based on its potential to impact on behaviour change and its likelihood of changing behaviour; Measurement score = Final score assigned to the target behaviour; Very promising = highly likely to change behaviour; Promising = likely to change behaviour; Unpromising, but worth considering = may not change behaviour within the given context but can be considered