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McBride CM, Koehly LM. Imagining roles for epigenetics in health promotion research. J Behav Med. 2016;40(2):229-238doi: 10.1007/s10865-016-9764-4.
McBride, C. M., & Koehly, L. M. (2017). Imagining roles for epigenetics in health promotion research. Journal of behavioral medicine, 40(2), 229-238. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-016-9764-4
McBride, Colleen M, and Koehly, Laura M. "Imagining roles for epigenetics in health promotion research." Journal of behavioral medicine vol. 40,2 (2017): 229-238. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-016-9764-4
McBride CM, Koehly LM. Imagining roles for epigenetics in health promotion research. J Behav Med. 2017 Apr;40(2):229-238. doi: 10.1007/s10865-016-9764-4. Epub 2016 Jul 13. PMID: 27412775; PMCID: PMC5332486.
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J Behav Med. 2017 Apr;40(2):229-238. doi: 10.1007/s10865-016-9764-4. Epub 2016 Jul 13.

Imagining roles for epigenetics in health promotion research.

Journal of behavioral medicine

Colleen M McBride, Laura M Koehly

Affiliations

  1. Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd. NE, GCR 564, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA. [email protected].
  2. National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA.

PMID: 27412775 PMCID: PMC5332486 DOI: 10.1007/s10865-016-9764-4

Abstract

Discoveries from the Human Genome Project have invigorated discussions of epigenetic effects-modifiable chemical processes that influence DNA's ability to give instructions to turn gene expression on or off-on health outcomes. We suggest three domains in which new understandings of epigenetics could inform innovations in health promotion research: (1) increase the motivational potency of health communications (e.g., explaining individual differences in health outcomes to interrupt optimistic biases about health exposures); (2) illuminate new approaches to targeted and tailored health promotion interventions (e.g., relapse prevention targeted to epigenetic responses to intervention participation); and (3) inform more sensitive measures of intervention impact, (e.g., replace or augment self-reported adherence). We suggest a three-step process for using epigenetics in health promotion research that emphasizes integrating epigenetic mechanisms into conceptual model development that then informs selection of intervention approaches and outcomes. Lastly, we pose examples of relevant scientific questions worth exploring.

Keywords: Epigenetics; Health behavior change; Health promotion; Interventions

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