Behaviour change theory and evidence: A presentation to Government

Health Psychology Review

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-22

  Michie, Susan ^a   West, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Nudge'; behaviour change; behaviour change interventions; behaviour change theory; evidence based policy; government policy; theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875339950     PISSN: 17437199     EISSN: 17437202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17437199.2011.649445     Document Type: Article

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