Disability and health behavior change

Ravesloot, Craig; Ruggiero, Casey; Ipsen, Catherine; Traci, Meg; Seekins, Tom; Boehm, Tracy; Ware-Backs, Desirae; Rigles, Bethany

doi:10.1016/j.dhjo.2010.05.006

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Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 19-23, January 2011

Disability and health behavior change

Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA

published online 26 July 2010.

Abstract

Objective/hypothesis

We conducted a review of four health behavior change (HBC) theories (Health Belief, Theory of Planned Behavior, Social Cognitive, and Transtheoretical) to consider how these theories conceptually apply to people with disabilities.

Methods

We identified five common constructs across HBC theories and examined how these commonalities fit within the International Classification of Function (ICF).

Results

Four of the HBC constructs appear to be Personal Factors within the ICF, while the fifth represents Environmental Factors.

Conclusions

Using the ICF framework to understand disability and HBC, we propose that including a sense of meaning as another personal factor will further develop HBC theories that lead to more effective HBC interventions for people with disabilities.

Keywords: Health behavior change, Health education, International classification of functioning