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dc.contributor.authorGanz, Gary
dc.contributor.authorNeville, Fergus G.
dc.contributor.authorWard, Catherine L.
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-31T15:30:08Z
dc.date.available2017-05-31T15:30:08Z
dc.date.issued2017-05-30
dc.identifier.citationGanz , G , Neville , F G & Ward , C L 2017 , ' Applying behavioural science to issues of public health : the case for social norms intervention ' , South African Journal of Science , vol. 113 , no. 5/6 . https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2017/20160217en
dc.identifier.issn0038-2353
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 249091153
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: c51c04b2-64ef-49a8-a4b9-14fc47b30c5b
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 85020107622
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-7377-4507/work/57568378
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000402327600008
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/10886
dc.description.abstractIn the effort to address behavioural risk factors – which contribute significantly to the global burden of disease – there is a growing movement in public health towards the use of interventions informed by behavioural science. These interventions have the benefit of being amenable to testing in randomised controlled trials, are cost-effective, and when scaled up can have significant public health benefits. Given the substantial, and seemingly intractable, public health crises which South Africa faces, these interventions have significant potential in this context. A subset of these interventions attempt to change behaviour by shifting social norms perception (what I think everyone else does and thinks). This paper surveys the work on social norms intervention and considers its applicability to issues of public health in South Africa.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofSouth African Journal of Scienceen
dc.rights© 2017. The Author(s). Published under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence.en
dc.subjectEvidence-based interventionen
dc.subjectSocial psychologyen
dc.subjectTobacco smokingen
dc.subjectInterpersonal violenceen
dc.subjectUnsafe sexen
dc.subjectBF Psychologyen
dc.subjectT-NDASen
dc.subjectSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingen
dc.subjectSDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutionsen
dc.subject.lccBFen
dc.titleApplying behavioural science to issues of public health : the case for social norms interventionen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.description.versionPublisher PDFen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Psychology and Neuroscienceen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Public Health Groupen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2017/20160217
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden


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