Table 3 Prioritising behavioural interventions
Potential target areas | Potential behavioural targets | Impact of behaviour change | Likelihood of changing behaviour | Spillover score | Measurement score | Selection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Healthcare professionals | Initiating physical activity conversations routinely | very promising | promising | very promising | promising | Primary target |
Following a counselling protocol to help structure consultations | promising | promising | Promising | very promising | Secondary target | |
increasing own physical activity levels | promising | promising | very promising | promising | unfeasible | |
engaging in education and training to improve skills and knowledge | promising | very promising | Promising | very promising | Secondary target | |
Patient behaviour | Prompting patient initiation of conversation | very promising | very promising | Promising | promising | Secondary target |
Independent efforts to increase physical activity | unpromising, but worth considering | very promising | Promising | unpromising, but worth considering | Unfeasible | |
Environment | protecting dedicated time for physical activity conversations | unpromising, but worth considering | very promising | promising | promising | Unfeasible |
peer support in the workplace for physical activity promotion | promising | promising | very promising | unpromising, but worth considering | Secondary target | |
service expectations | very promising | very promising | very promising | promising | Unfeasible | |
Systems | using a resource to help structure conversations | Promising | promising | very promising | unpromising, but worth considering | Secondary target |
visiting a resource to learn more | promising | very promising | promising | very promising | Secondary target | |
responding to system requirements for physical activity conversations | very promising | very promising | very promising | promising | Unfeasible |