Theory Database - Theory 64: Social consensus model of health education

This is a searchable database of theories of behaviour change that have been formalised according to an Ontology-Based Modelling System.

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West, R., Godinho, C. A., Bohlen, L. C., Carey, R. N., Hastings, J., Lefevre, C. E., & Michie, S. (2019). Development of a formal system for representing behaviour-change theories. Nature human behaviour, 3(5), 526. doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0561-2.
Hale, J., Hastings, J., West, R., Lefevre, C. E., Direito, A., Connell Bohlen, L., Godinho, C., Anderson, N., Zink, S., Goarke, H., and Michie, S. (2020) An ontology-based modelling system (OBMS) for representing behaviour change theories applied to 76 theories [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]. Wellcome Open Research.

Theory 64: Social consensus model of health education

Number of Constructs: 13
Number of Triples: 24

Theory triples

Individual knowledge influences Behaviour
Social environment / consensus influences Behaviour
Education influences Individual knowledge
Education influences Individual beliefs
Education influences Individual attitudes
Individual beliefs influences Behaviour
Individual attitudes influences Behaviour
Social environment / consensus influences Individual attitudes
Social environment / consensus influences Individual beliefs
Social environment / consensus influences Individual knowledge
Social beliefs influences Personal relevance
Social knowledge influences Personal relevance
Personal relevance influences the 'Social environment / consensus ' to 'Behaviour' Influences relationship
Education influences Social knowledge
Education influences Social beliefs
Education influences Social meanings
Education influences Social norms
Education influences Stereotypes
Social meanings influences Personal relevance
Social knowledge part of Social environment / consensus
Social beliefs part of Social environment / consensus
Social meanings part of Social environment / consensus
Social norms part of Social environment / consensus
Stereotypes part of Social environment / consensus

Theory constructs and annotations

Individual knowledge The information, understanding and skills of the individual [ BCIO:006052 (Knowledge) 64 , BCIO:006004 (Mental skill) 64 66 5 80 52 60 9 3 14 ]
Behaviour Anything one does in response to internal/external events [ BCIO:036000 (Individual human behaviour) 64 70 8 5 14 62 63 78 81 65 77 13 55 74 79 24 18 53 54 57 69 71 ]
Social environment / consensus The general agreement or understanding of knowledge, beliefs, social meanings and social norms that exist within social environments [ BCIO:050671 (group evaluative behavioural norm) 64 69 42 78 62 9 22 71 ]
Education The process of teaching or acquiring knowledge, skills and values [ BCIO:037017 (Educational behaviour change intervention) 64 , BCIO:050000 (Training behaviour change intervention) 64 ]
Individual beliefs Evaluations of attitude objects held by the individual [ BCIO:006038 (Evaluative belief) 64 53 55 1 12 14 ]
Individual attitudes The positive or negative evaluations/appraisals held by the individual [ BCIO:050328 (Attitude) 64 72 4 80 2 1 29 35 ]
Social beliefs Socially shared body of tenets held by a group [ BCIO:050669 (Group belief) 64 ]
Personal relevance The extent to which a health threat is relevant to an individual; determined by perceptions about the severity of the threat and personal susceptibility to it
Social knowledge The facts, information and skills that exist within social environments [ BCIO:006001 (Social environmental system) 64 62 13 68 10 14 69 72 33 60 28 80 41 4 65 77 3 57 ]
Social meanings Images and interpretations that social groups attach to behaviour [ BCIO:050779 (Social representation of a behaviour) 64 ]
Social norms The social expectations that groups maintain to define appropriate behaviour [ BCIO:050671 (group evaluative behavioural norm) 64 69 42 78 62 9 22 71 ]
Stereotypes A set of cognitive generalisations about the qualities and characteristics of the members of a particular group or social category [ BCIO:006072 (Stereotype) 64 ]

Theory illustration

Theory Reference

Romer, D. & Hornik. R. (1992). HIV education for youth: The importance of social consensus in behaviour change. AIDS Care, 4(3), 285-307.

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