Drawing on original research on the effectiveness of a therapeutic community (TC) in reducing recidivism among juvenile male offenders, Correctional Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Communities: Reducing Recidivism Through Behavior Change provides a comprehensive review of the current state of drug treatment for the offending population, especially the link between juvenile offending and substance abuse. The book assesses the factors predicting successful completion of treatment as well as the methodological limitation of previous TC program reviews, and suggests policy implication and routes for future research. Using improvements such as multiple outcome criteria, long-term follow-up, matching groups on risk and needs, and the employment of a standardized instrument to measure program quality, Correctional Rehabilitation assesses the degree to which participation in the TC affects antisocial attitudes and reduces delinquency. Readers will explore how TCs can be designed to influence adolescent drug offenders and ultimately reduce recidivism. This book is essential reading for students, researchers, practitioners, and other stakeholders focusing on the development of treatment programs. / https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu_books/1145/thumbnail.jpg

The purpose of this study was to examine individual reactions to environmental messages based on three message frames. The frames include shock or fear, humor, and emotional frames. The intent of the study was to document, through the use of pre- and post-questionnaires, individuals' reactions to the three types of messages by measuring attitude or perception change, credibility of the message, and importance of the issue. In this study, baseline knowledge levels and beliefs about environmental issues were examined using a pre-questionnaire. How variable treatments affect attitudes or create perception change with regard to the environmental messages were explored. This study was questionnaire based, with results based on one time pre- and post questionnaires of mass communications undergraduate students at the University of South Florida. Along with message framing, McGuire's Information Processing Theory is useful in determining an individual's psychological context, and the steps an individual will take after a message is presented. This theory gives a "good overview of the attitude change process, reminding us that it involves a number of components" (Severin & Tankard, 2001, p. 175). Using these two theories as underpinning, exploration of the effects of different types of Greenpeace messages is possible. Determining which types of frames promote a behavior change in individuals adds to environmental persuasion research, and ultimately assists the designers of environmental messages and the deliverers of environmental communication.

<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p><strong>Background:</strong> Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS) is prevalent and the syndrome is associated with increased risk of health related problems. A positive effect of behavioral change programs to reduce weight is expected. More research is needed to identify barriers and facilitators to behavior change.</p><p><strong>Aim:</strong> To identify prerequisites for eating behavior change in obese patients with OSAS.</p><p><strong>Method:</strong> Semi-structured interviews were conducted on 15 obese patients living with OSAS. Data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis.</p><p><strong>Result:</strong> The categories identified as barriers to change in eating behavior in the analysis were desire and craving, influenced by mental state, low self-confidence, insufficient support, social acceptance, complexity of coping with new eating behaviors in daily routines, costs, lack of knowledge, perceived helplessness and low susceptibility. Categories that were identified as facilitators to change in eating behavior were high value of outcome expectations, support and control, external premises, applicable behavior change strategies, self-worth and being triggered by weight increase.</p><p><strong> Conclusion:</strong> To motivate patients living with OSAS to change their eating behavior it is necessary to address both barriers and facilitators. The categories low susceptibility as a barrier and high value of outcome expectations as a facilitator appears to be important for this patient group.</p> / <p><strong>Sammanfattning</strong></p><p><strong>Bakgrund:</strong> Obstruktiv sömnapnésyndrom (OSAS) är vanligt förekommande och syndromet är associerat med hälsorelaterade problem. Det finns en förväntad positiv effekt av beteende förändrande interventioner som syftar på viktminskning. Mera forskning behövs för att identifiera hinder och underlättande faktorer.</p><p><strong>Syfte:</strong> Att identifiera förutsättningar för att ändra matvanor hos feta patienter med OSAS.</p><p><strong>Metod:</strong> Semistrukturerade intervjuer utfördes på 15 feta patienter med OSAS och kategorier identifierades med hjälp av en innehållsanalys.</p><p><strong>Resultat:</strong> Följande kategorier identifierades de som hinder till förändrade matvanor i analysen; begär och sug, påverkan av sinnestillstånd, lågt självförtroende, otillräcklig stöd, social acceptans, komplexiteten i att klara av nya beteenden i dagliga rutiner, kostnader, brist på kunskap, upplevd hjälplöshet och låg mottaglighet. De kategorier som underlättade ändrade matvanor i studien var följande: högt värde av förväntningar, stöd och kontroll, externa faktorer, användbara strategier för ändringar i beteende, självkänsla och viktökning som utlösare.</p><p><strong>Slutsats:</strong> För att framgångsrikt motivera patienter med OSAS att ändra sina matvanor måste hänsyn tas både till hinder och till faktorer som underlättar ett förändrat beteende. Kategorierna ”låg mottaglighet” som ett hinder och ” högt värde av förväntningar” som underlättande faktor tycks vara viktiga för denna patientgrupp.</p>

Abstract Background: Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS) is prevalent and the syndrome is associated with increased risk of health related problems. A positive effect of behavioral change programs to reduce weight is expected. More research is needed to identify barriers and facilitators to behavior change. Aim: To identify prerequisites for eating behavior change in obese patients with OSAS. Method: Semi-structured interviews were conducted on 15 obese patients living with OSAS. Data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Result: The categories identified as barriers to change in eating behavior in the analysis were desire and craving, influenced by mental state, low self-confidence, insufficient support, social acceptance, complexity of coping with new eating behaviors in daily routines, costs, lack of knowledge, perceived helplessness and low susceptibility. Categories that were identified as facilitators to change in eating behavior were high value of outcome expectations, support and control, external premises, applicable behavior change strategies, self-worth and being triggered by weight increase. Conclusion: To motivate patients living with OSAS to change their eating behavior it is necessary to address both barriers and facilitators. The categories low susceptibility as a barrier and high value of outcome expectations as a facilitator appears to be important for this patient group. / Sammanfattning Bakgrund: Obstruktiv sömnapnésyndrom (OSAS) är vanligt förekommande och syndromet är associerat med hälsorelaterade problem. Det finns en förväntad positiv effekt av beteende förändrande interventioner som syftar på viktminskning. Mera forskning behövs för att identifiera hinder och underlättande faktorer. Syfte: Att identifiera förutsättningar för att ändra matvanor hos feta patienter med OSAS. Metod: Semistrukturerade intervjuer utfördes på 15 feta patienter med OSAS och kategorier identifierades med hjälp av en innehållsanalys. Resultat: Följande kategorier identifierades de som hinder till förändrade matvanor i analysen; begär och sug, påverkan av sinnestillstånd, lågt självförtroende, otillräcklig stöd, social acceptans, komplexiteten i att klara av nya beteenden i dagliga rutiner, kostnader, brist på kunskap, upplevd hjälplöshet och låg mottaglighet. De kategorier som underlättade ändrade matvanor i studien var följande: högt värde av förväntningar, stöd och kontroll, externa faktorer, användbara strategier för ändringar i beteende, självkänsla och viktökning som utlösare. Slutsats: För att framgångsrikt motivera patienter med OSAS att ändra sina matvanor måste hänsyn tas både till hinder och till faktorer som underlättar ett förändrat beteende. Kategorierna ”låg mottaglighet” som ett hinder och ” högt värde av förväntningar” som underlättande faktor tycks vara viktiga för denna patientgrupp.

Many people use personal informatics systems to gather personal behavioral data, make better decisions, and make changes to their behavior. While the proliferation of new products on the market makes collecting personal data easier, how to help people engage with these systems over a long period of time remains an open question. To uncover which features of personal informatics systems lead to engaging experience and long-term use, two user studies were conducted with people who use personal informatics systems to support or track behavior change. Baseline interviews were conducted and participants were asked to interact with personal informatics systems. Participants rated their experience both qualitatively and quantitatively and particularly in Study2, participants rated their experience with the system daily. At the beginning and at the end of each study, participants were asked to reflect on their physical activity levels and on their perceived behavior change at the end of the each study. The results were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively and similarities and differences between the studies were exhibited. This research reveals that easy and instant access to data is critical, and feeling good and positive social outcomes of interaction will also support sustained product use. In addition, personalization of data is emerged to be an important expectation of the users. At the end, design implications for future personal informatics system are also offered.

This thesis study proposes a method for organizations to perform business process modeling in a decentralized and concurrent manner. The Plural method is based on the idea that organizations&rsquo / processes can be modeled by individuals actually performing the processes. Instead of having a central and devoted group of people to understand, analyze, model and improve processes, individuals are held responsible to model and improve their own processes concurrently. These individual models are then integrated to form organization&rsquo / s process network. The method guides the application of this approach in organizations with the activities to be followed and the artifacts to be produced. To apply the method, the study also introduces a notation and a prototype toolset. A multiple-case study involving two cases is conducted in order to evaluate the applicability of the method for decentralized process modeling and validate the expected benefits.

The Personal Transportation System safeguards peoples’ cultural understanding of freedom: to move individually without being dependent on others. However, the increasing number of private vehicles driven on fossil fuels contributes to unsustainability and one of the most urgent issues, climate change. The authors explored electric vehicles as an alternative to fossil fuel driven vehicles as a way of moving strategically towards sustainability in the Personal Transportation System. In order to increase demand of electric vehicles, barriers need to be overcome. The authors identified perceived barriers and enablers through literature review, interviews with automobile dealers and other stakeholders of the EV sector in Southeast Sweden, as well as through an electronic survey of individuals living in this region. The outcome of the thesis is a pilot strategy using behavior change tools from Community-Based Social Marketing in order to address the perceived barriers and enablers on the demand side of the electric vehicle market. With highly positive attitudes towards electric vehicles in Southeast Sweden, the strategy may be successful in the region; however, it needs to be combined with further measures on the supply side of the market which cannot be addressed with behavior change tools.

"Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration from the Naval Postgraduate School, December 2009." / Advisor(s): King, Cynthia. ; Salem, Anita. "December 2009." "MBA Professional report"--Cover. Description based on title screen as viewed on April 12, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Energy Conservation; Strategic Communication; U.S. Navy Energy Conservation Programs; Motivations; Incentives; Behavior Change Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-87). Also available in print.

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Submitted by Tatiana Lima (tatianasl@ufba.br) on 2016-08-30T20:30:14Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Silva, Maria Gabriela Jandiroba.pdf: 2110986 bytes, checksum: e6a32a3bab7a6ef0926c80a4556bb53d (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Maria Angela Dortas (dortas@ufba.br) on 2016-08-30T21:12:36Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Silva, Maria Gabriela Jandiroba.pdf: 2110986 bytes, checksum: e6a32a3bab7a6ef0926c80a4556bb53d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-30T21:12:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Silva, Maria Gabriela Jandiroba.pdf: 2110986 bytes, checksum: e6a32a3bab7a6ef0926c80a4556bb53d (MD5) / Visando interferir mudando comportamentos e, desta forma, evitando a possível ocorrência de problemas sociais que podem causar transtornos em longo prazo, muitas organizações têm utilizado as técnicas do Marketing Social. Quando as intervenções visam prioritariamente à mudança de comportamento dos seus próprios funcionários como público-alvo e o escopo de atuação versa sobre a proteção do meio ambiente, pode-se afirmar, então, que a abordagem utilizada é a de Marketing Social Interno (abordagem que mescla conceitos de Marketing Social e Marketing Interno) relacionado a questões ambientais. Este trabalho considerou a campanha de distribuição de canecas da Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco - uma campanha condizente com os objetivos do aludido campo de atuação do Marketing. O objetivo geral deste trabalho consistiu em analisar a contribuição da referida campanha enquanto estratégia impulsionadora da redução, por parte dos servidores da instituição, do consumo de copos descartáveis no ambiente laboral. A pesquisa teve natureza exploratória e descritiva e a estratégia metodológica escolhida foi o estudo de caso. Como técnicas de coleta de dados utilizou-se a pesquisa documental, o método survey e a observação direta, visando à triangulação de várias fontes de evidências. Como resultado, obteve-se que a campanha analisada contribuiu para a mudança de comportamento dos servidores, no ambiente laboral, materializada pela efetiva e alegada redução do consumo de copos plásticos descartáveis na instituição. Tal contribuição poderia, no entanto, ter sido ainda mais contundente caso alguns aspectos examinados tivessem contado com um planejamento de marketing mais adequado. As recomendações gerenciais que emergiram deste trabalho apontam, principalmente, para a necessidade de planejamento e avaliação de campanhas ambientais futuras, à luz dos princípios e técnicas do Marketing Social Interno. / Aimed at changing behaviors interfere and thus avoiding the possible occurrence of social problems that can cause problems in the long term, many organizations have used the techniques of social marketing. When interventions aimed primarily at behavior change of their own employees as target audience and the scope of work relates to environmental protection, it can be said, then, that the approach is the Social Internal Marketing (approach merges concepts of Social Marketing and Internal Marketing) related to environmental issues. This work considered mugs distribution campaign of Federal University of São Francisco Valley - a fitting campaign with the objectives of the aforementioned Marketing playing field. The aim of this study was to analyze the contribution of this campaign as the driving strategy of reduction on the part of the institution's servers, the consumption of disposable cups in the workplace. The research was exploratory and descriptive nature and the chosen methodological strategy was the case study. Data collection techniques used to document research, the survey method and direct observation, aiming to triangulation from various sources of evidence. As a result, it was found that the campaign analyzed contributed to the change in behavior of the servers, the work environment, materialized by effective and allegedly reduced consumption of disposable plastic cups in the institution. This contribution would, however, have been even more forceful if some aspects examined had counted on a better marketing plan. The management recommendations that emerged from this study point mainly to the need for planning and evaluation of future environmental campaigns in the light of the principles and techniques of Social Internal Marketing.