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Helping people to understand the short-, medium- and longer term consequences of health-related behaviour
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Review with participants—‘Looking after my diabetes’
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Helping people to feel positive about the benefits of changing their behaviour
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Discuss plan for change in general terms—‘I am going to…’
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Building the person’s confidence in their ability to make and sustain changes
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Encourage positive action planning
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Recognising how social contexts and relationships may affect a person’s behaviour
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Review participant’s life—social network, named supporter and helpers
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Helping plan changes in terms of easy steps over time
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Make a weekly plan
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Identifying and planning for situations that might undermine the changes people are trying to make (including planning explicit ‘if–then’ coping strategies to prevent relapse)
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Build ‘if–then’ thinking into action plan
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Encouraging people to make a personal commitment to adopt health-enhancing behaviours by setting (and recording) achievable goals in particular contexts, over a specified time
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Write goals on visible board
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Helping people to use self-regulation techniques (such as self-monitoring, progress review, relapse management and goal revision) to encourage learning from experience
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Identify personal rewards for success
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Encouraging people to engage the support of others to help them to maintain their behaviour-change goals
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Supporter pack and flash cards
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