As a critical building block to developing social norms interventions to support healthy family
planning and other reproductive health behaviors, we conducted a literature review to …

BACKGROUND: Theories and models help explain how behavior change occurs. We
systematically reviewed randomized controlled trials that examined theory-based …

Background Although social norms are thought to play an important role in couples'
reproductive decisions, only limited theoretical or empirical guidance exists on how the …

Much attention has been focused on efforts to reduce unintended pregnancy by improving
contraceptive use among high-risk women; however, there is limited information to guide …

We aimed to identify effective behaviour change techniques to increase modern
contraceptive use in low and middle income countries (LMICs). Literature was identified in …

Abstract Study Objective To describe a model of how interactions between positive and
negative childbearing motivations affect the use of condoms for contraceptive purposes and …

The Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change was examined for its applicability to
contraceptive and condom use adoption and maintenance using N= 248 heterosexually …

Background An aim of this study is to introduce a practitioner-friendly behavior model. Few
theories of health behavior explicitly take the effect of social norms on behavior into account …

In this article we explore elements of the theory of normative social behavior (TNSB) through
interviews with low-income women (N= 30) in a Midwestern US state about their …

Background: To provide protection against sexually transmitted infections and pregnancy,
condoms must be used consistently and correctly. However, a significant proportion of …