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Kobrin S, Ferrer R, Meissner H, et al. Use of Health Behavior Theory in Funded Grant Proposals: Cancer Screening Interventions as a Case Study. Ann Behav Med. 2015;49(6):809-18doi: 10.1007/s12160-015-9714-3.
Kobrin, S., Ferrer, R., Meissner, H., Tiro, J., Hall, K., Shmueli-Blumberg, D., & Rothman, A. (2015). Use of Health Behavior Theory in Funded Grant Proposals: Cancer Screening Interventions as a Case Study. Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, 49(6), 809-18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-015-9714-3
Kobrin, Sarah, et al. "Use of Health Behavior Theory in Funded Grant Proposals: Cancer Screening Interventions as a Case Study." Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine vol. 49,6 (2015): 809-18. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-015-9714-3
Kobrin S, Ferrer R, Meissner H, Tiro J, Hall K, Shmueli-Blumberg D, Rothman A. Use of Health Behavior Theory in Funded Grant Proposals: Cancer Screening Interventions as a Case Study. Ann Behav Med. 2015 Dec;49(6):809-18. doi: 10.1007/s12160-015-9714-3. PMID: 26070290.
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Ann Behav Med. 2015 Dec;49(6):809-18. doi: 10.1007/s12160-015-9714-3.

Use of Health Behavior Theory in Funded Grant Proposals: Cancer Screening Interventions as a Case Study.

Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine

Sarah Kobrin, Rebecca Ferrer, Helen Meissner, Jasmin Tiro, Kara Hall, Dikla Shmueli-Blumberg, Alex Rothman

Affiliations

  1. Behavioral Research Program, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA. [email protected].
  2. Behavioral Research Program, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA.
  3. Office of Disease Prevention, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
  4. Division of Behavioral and Communication Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
  5. The Emmes Corporation, Rockville, MD, USA.
  6. Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

PMID: 26070290 DOI: 10.1007/s12160-015-9714-3

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Interventions using theory should change behavior and identify both mechanisms of effect and necessary conditions. To date, inconsistent description of "use of theory" has limited understanding of how theory improves intervention impact.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to describe the use of theory in health behavior intervention development by coding grant proposals.

METHODS: We developed an abstraction tool to characterize investigators, interventions, and theory use and identified seven core elements describing both how and how much theory was used. We used the tool to review and code NCI's funded cancer screening intervention R01 proposals, 1998-2009.

RESULTS: Of 116 proposals, 38 met criteria; all but one described a conceptual model unique to the proposed research. Few proposals included plans to identify mechanisms of effect or conditions necessary for intervention effectiveness.

CONCLUSIONS: Cancer screening intervention grant proposals rarely use theory in ways that advance behavioral or theoretical sciences. Proposed core elements may classify and synthesize the use of theory in behavioral intervention research.

Keywords: Behavioral theory; Cancer screening; Grant proposal; Use of theory

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