Implementation Science and Research

Concurrent Education Session - 60 minutes

1307 - Using Health Behavior Theory to Increase Efficacy of IPC

Primary Speaker(s)

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  Stephanie Stroever, PhD, MPH, CIC

  Lead Research Associate - Surgery
  Western Connecticut Health Network
  Spring, Texas

  Nothing to disclose

Second Speaker(s)

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  Melissa Peskin, PhD

  Associate Professor
  UTHealth School of Public Health
  Houston, Texas

Moderator(s)

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  Angela Vassallo, MPH, MS, CIC, FAPIC

  Infection Prevention Expert
  Health Services Advisory Group, Inc.
  Los Angeles, California

IPs are frequently tasked with the development and implementation of performance improvement (PI) initiatives to encourage healthcare practices that prevent or interrupt the spread of infection. These initiatives often seek to increase knowledge and implement policy, with the assumption that behavior change will follow. However, evidence shows that knowledge is necessary but not enough for behavior change.

Behavioral theory suggests behavior is driven by determinants at multiple levels of the ecological model, including personal, interpersonal, organizational, and societal. These determinants may include attitudes, perceived norms, self-efficacy, an enabling environment, the balance between benefits and barriers, and positive peer and leadership support.

In order to design and implement effective interventions, IPs must understand the determinants of behavior change and learn how to apply these evidence-based changed methods to build successful PI initiatives. This session provides tools and strategies that can be for quality improvement and will help participants understand key insights into the drivers of behavior among healthcare staff and patients for improved safety.

Learning Objectives:

• Upon completion, participants will be able to recall and define health promotion and behavioral science constructs and change methods from two evidence-based health behavior theories.
• Upon completion, participants will understand and be able to explain the role of health promotion and behavioral science theory in the development and adaptation of infection prevention interventions.
• Upon completion, participants will be able to apply theoretical constructs and change methods to the development of new or existing infection prevention programs.