Resources

Articles

• Onken, L. S., Carroll, K. M., Shoham, V., Cuthbert, B. N., & Riddle, M. (2014). Reenvisioning clinical science: Unifying the discipline to improve the public health  . Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. 2(1), 22-34.
• Onken, L. S. (2019). History and evolution of the NIH stage model. In S. Dimidjian (Ed.), Evidence-based practice in action: bridging clinical science and intervention  (pp. 28-42). The Guilford Press.

Videos

• “NIH Stage Model (2022)”   [YouTube]
• “Stages of Intervention Development”   presented by Lisa Onken, PhD, at the Research Centers Collaborative Network (RCCN) Workshop “Achieving and Sustaining Behavior Change to Benefit Older Adults”, December 2018. [YouTube]

Websites

• National Institute on Aging (2024). NIH Stage Model for Behavioral Intervention Development
• Columbia University Medical Center. Science of Behavior Change NIH Stage Model for Behavioral Intervention Development

Articles

• Nielsen, L., Riddle, M., King, J. W., NIH Science of Behavior Change Implementation Team, Aklin, W. M., Chen, W., Clark, D., Collier, E., Czajkowski, S., Esposito, L., Ferrer, R., Green, P., Hunter, C., Kehl, K., King, R., Onken, L., Simmons, J. M., Stoeckel, L., Stoney, C., … Weber, W. (2018). The NIH Science of Behavior Change Program: Transforming the science through a focus on mechanisms of change . Behaviour Research and Therapy, 101, 3-11.
• Kazdin, A. E. (2014). Moderators, mediators and mechanisms of change in psychotherapy. In W. Lutz, & S. Knox, (Eds.). Quantitative and qualitative methods in psychotherapy research  (pp. 87-101). Hove, East Sussex ; New York, NY: Routledge.
• Birk, J. L., Otto, M. W., Cornelius, T., Poldrack, R. A., & Edmondson, D. (2023). Improving the Rigor of Mechanistic Behavioral Science: The Introduction of the Checklist for Investigating Mechanisms in Behavior-Change Research (CLIMBR)  . Behavior Therapy, 54(4), 708–713.

Videos

• “SOBC 101: Science of Behavioral Change for Psychological Scientists”   [YouTube]. Presented by Science of Behavior Change (SOBC) at Columbia University Medical Center.

Websites

• Science of Behavior Change.Org   Hosts a large number of publications, presentations, and other resources on SOBC.

Websites

• National Institutes of Health. Basic Experimental Studies Involving Humans (BESH) 

Videos

• NIH-Funded Basic Experimental Studies with Humans (BESH): Registration and Results Reporting Webinar

Syllabi

Advanced Behavioral Intervention Design Concentration (K07AG076616; PI: Gaugler, University of Minnesota School of Public Health)

• PubH 8817: Designing Behavioral Interventions for Older Adults and Others Across the Lifespan
• PubH 8808: Advanced Topics in Behavioral Intervention Science Across the Lifespan
• PubH 8814: Mixed Methods-Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Strategies in Research
• PubH 8816: Implementation Science

Texts

• Gitlin, L., & Czaja, S. (2016). Behavioral Intervention Research: Designing, Evaluating, and implementing . Springer Publishing Company

Websites

• National Institutes of Health (2024). Research Methods Resources

Journal Articles

• Chu, J., & Leino, A. (2017). Advancement in the maturing science of cultural adaptations of evidence-based interventions . Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 85(1), 45-57.
• Barrera, M., Jr., & Castro, F. G. (2006). A Heuristic Framework for the Cultural Adaptation of Interventions  . Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 13(4), 311–316.

• Castro, F., Barrera, M., Jr., & Martinez, C., Jr. (2004). The Cultural Adaptation of Prevention Interventions: Resolving Tensions Between Fidelity and Fit  . Prevention Science, 5(1), 41-45.
• Bernal, G., Jiménez-Chafey, M. I., & Domenech Rodríguez, M. M. (2009). Cultural adaptation of treatments: A resource for considering culture in evidence-based practice  . Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 40(4), 361–368.

Texts

• Gitlin, L. N., Kolanowski, A., Lyons, K. J. (2021). Successful Grant Writing: Strategies for Health and Human Service Professionals   (5th edition). Springer Publishing Company.

Presentations

• Gaugler, J.E. (September 2024). Scaling and adapting interventions: The role of mechanisms. Building Bridges: Connecting Caregiving Research, Policy, and Practice Conference , Pittsburgh, PA.