1. Health Behaviour Change competencies: what are they and have we got what it takes? www.tinyurl.com/3jld7hj Eleanor Bull, Trainee Health Psychologist

2. The Health Promoting Health Service Changeable health behaviours ‘every healthcare contact is a health improvement opportunity’ 1, 2 health

3. The Science of Behaviour Change What are the active ingredients? 3,4 Formulating an initial list Developing expert consensus Testing the taxonomy Which competencies are needed to deliver? 5 Examining professional competency frameworks Gathering systematic reviews of interventions & manuals Improving with stakeholder feedback 89 Behaviour Change Techniques 24 topics containing competencies

4. The HBCC Framework Communication skills to develop an alliance professional and ethical guidelines Knowledge, assessment and intervention skills for theory- based behaviour change interventions 89 techniques in three routes to behaviour change: M otivation A ction P rompts/cues Increasing flexibility, complexity and intervention duration http://www.healthscotland.com/learning/index.aspx

7. Not just a pretty framework…? Training Recruitment CPD Policy Over to you…what do you make of this?!

8. References 1.Scottish Government (2008). CEL14: Health promoting health service: Action in acute settings. Available at http://www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/mels/CEL2008_14.pdfhttp://www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/mels/CEL2008_14.pdf 2.National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (2007). Public Health Guidance 6: Behaviour change at population, community and individual levels. Available at: www.nice.org.uk/PH6www.nice.org.uk/PH6 3.Michie, S., Abraham, C., Eccles, M., Francis, J., Hardeman, W., and Johnston, M. (2011). Strengthening evaluation and implementation by specifying components of behaviour change interventions: a study protocol. Implementation Science, 6:10. 4.Abraham, C. and Michie, S. (2008). A taxonomy of behaviour change techniques used in interventions. Health Psychology, 27 (3): 379-387. 5.Dixon, D., and Johnston, M. (2010). The Health Behaviour Change Competency Framework. Available at http://www.healthscotland.com/learning/index.aspxhttp://www.healthscotland.com/learning/index.aspx Contributors Professor Marie JohnstonUniversity of Aberdeen Dr Diane DixonUniversity of Strathclyde Dr Linda Leighton-Beck NHS Grampian Dorothy Ross-ArcherNHS Grampian www.tinyurl.com/3jld7hj