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Behavioural Sciences for Better Health: WHO Resolution and Action Framework

Behavioural factors are important contributors to increasing trends in communicable and non-communicable diseases and their risk factors, injuries, and health emergency risks as well as other health challenges that pose a significant challenge to health systems and increase disease burden globally....

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Autores principales: Bach Habersaat, K, Altieri, E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10596785/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckad160.463
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description Behavioural factors are important contributors to increasing trends in communicable and non-communicable diseases and their risk factors, injuries, and health emergency risks as well as other health challenges that pose a significant challenge to health systems and increase disease burden globally. The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended the adoption of a Resolution on Behavioural Sciences for Better Health to the Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly #WHA76, held in Geneva, Switzerland on 21-30 May 2023. BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE RESOLUTION: The resolution recognizes that behavioural science is a multidisciplinary scientific approach that deals with human action, its psychological, social, and environmental drivers, determinants and influencing factors. It acknowledges the contribution of behavioural science in achieving improved health outcomes and the value of high-quality data about behaviours in guiding the health sector. It also recognizes that no single discipline can provide a complete understanding of how to support individuals to enact healthier behaviours to achieve improved health outcomes. The resolution notes that behavioural science can facilitate the understanding of how behavioural influences and communications guide decision-making. It highlights the contribution of behavioural science in achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and in strengthening prevention of, preparedness, and response to public health emergencies. It also recognizes the importance of building capacity to systematically adopt evidence, including evidence from behavioural science and implementation studies. Finally, it urges member states to mainstream behavioural science approaches in health policies and to advocate for necessary structural considerations including behavioural science teams, units or functions, and for the allocation of sufficient funding and human resources.
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spelling pubmed-105967852023-10-25 Behavioural Sciences for Better Health: WHO Resolution and Action Framework Bach Habersaat, K Altieri, E Eur J Public Health Parallel Programme Behavioural factors are important contributors to increasing trends in communicable and non-communicable diseases and their risk factors, injuries, and health emergency risks as well as other health challenges that pose a significant challenge to health systems and increase disease burden globally. The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended the adoption of a Resolution on Behavioural Sciences for Better Health to the Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly #WHA76, held in Geneva, Switzerland on 21-30 May 2023. BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE RESOLUTION: The resolution recognizes that behavioural science is a multidisciplinary scientific approach that deals with human action, its psychological, social, and environmental drivers, determinants and influencing factors. It acknowledges the contribution of behavioural science in achieving improved health outcomes and the value of high-quality data about behaviours in guiding the health sector. It also recognizes that no single discipline can provide a complete understanding of how to support individuals to enact healthier behaviours to achieve improved health outcomes. The resolution notes that behavioural science can facilitate the understanding of how behavioural influences and communications guide decision-making. It highlights the contribution of behavioural science in achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and in strengthening prevention of, preparedness, and response to public health emergencies. It also recognizes the importance of building capacity to systematically adopt evidence, including evidence from behavioural science and implementation studies. Finally, it urges member states to mainstream behavioural science approaches in health policies and to advocate for necessary structural considerations including behavioural science teams, units or functions, and for the allocation of sufficient funding and human resources. Oxford University Press 2023-10-24 /pmc/articles/PMC10596785/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckad160.463 Text en © The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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