The Behaviour Change Wheel

• ISBN: 978-1-912141-00-5

Introduction

• Who the Guide is for
• Why have we written this Guide?
• More about the Behaviour Change Wheel (BCW)
• Things to remember
• Intervention design is about more than effectiveness
• How to use the Guide
• Questions addressed by the Guide

Chapter 1 Understand the behaviour

• Step 1. Define the problem in behavioural terms
• Step 2. Select the target behaviour
• Step 3. Specify the target behaviour
• Step 4: Identify what needs to change
• Optional Step 4a: Identify what needs to change using the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF)

Chapter 2 Identify intervention options

• Step 5: Identify intervention functions
• Step 6: Identify policy categories

Chapter 3 Identify content and implementation options

• Step 7: Identify behaviour change techniques (BCTs)
• Step 8: Identify mode of delivery

Chapter 4 A case study using the BCW to design an intervention to prevent melioidosis in Northeast Thailand

• Aim
• Methods
• Results
• Summary

Chapter 5 A brief guide to using the BCW to evaluate behaviour change interventions and synthesise evidence

• 1. Identify intervention content
• 2. Investigate the functions played by BCTs
• 3. Specify theoretical underpinnings of interventions and understand processes of change
• 4. Assess fidelity of delivery
• 5. Evaluate other behaviour change frameworks

Appendix 1 Behaviour change frameworks contributing to the Behaviour Change Wheel

Appendix 2 Worksheets

Appendix 3 Spin the Wheel Quiz - answers

Appendix 4 Behaviour Change Technique Taxonomy (v1)

Appendix 5 Using the BCW, BCTTv1 and TDF to describe an intervention and support implementation: improving compliance with the ‘Sepsis Six’ care pathway

Appendix 6 Sources referencing the Behaviour Change Wheel