The NIH Music-Based Intervention Toolkit
NIH Stage Model for Behavioral Intervention Development
In the past decade, the amount of research into the effects of the arts on health and well-being has increased.[1, 2] Nonpharmacologic approaches, such as music, continue to be explored for the treatment and symptom management of brain disorders of aging, including stroke,[3, 4] Parkinson’s disease (PD),[5–7] Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and Alzheimer’s disease related dementias (ADRD) [Full text]
The Stage Model is a model of behavioral intervention development composed of six stages: basic science (Stage 0), intervention generation, refinement, modification, and adaptation and pilot testing (Stage I); traditional efficacy testing (Stage II); efficacy testing with real-world providers (Stage III); effectiveness research (Stage IV) and; dissemination and implementation research (Stage V). (Full text)
Science of Behavior Change (SOBC)
SOBC CLIMBR
A lot of work has been done in the field of behavioral medicine in order to help people make healthy choices, and some of that work has been successful. The problem is that even when these efforts are successful, we don’t know why or how they worked. (Full text
The Checklist for Investigating Mechanisms in Behavior-change Research (CLIMBR) is a standardized guide to help you to conduct, report, and evaluate mechanism-focused research. It is designed to help researchers understand which mechanisms can be influenced through intervention and which mechanisms yield behavior change. (Full text)
