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- Title
Applying the Behaviour Change Wheel to UK Local Authority Policy Documents: A Content Analysis in the Context of Financial Behaviour.
- Authors
Mills, Zach; Wright, Katryn; D'Lima, Danielle
- Abstract
Local authorities in the UK often try to improve their residents' financial well-being by promoting changes in behaviour. The extent to which these behaviour change activities are based on relevant theory or evidence is unknown. This research aims to retrospectively analyse the content of local authorities' policies to identify opportunities for improvement. The Action, Actor, Context, Target, Time (AACTT) framework was used to assess the specification of target behaviours. The Behaviour Change Wheel (BCW) process was used to assess intervention content. Within the policy documents, target behaviours were not consistently specified in terms of the AACTT criteria. Descriptions of interventions lacked detail with 28% unable to be categorised and there was a reliance on Education (46%) to change financial behaviour. The designing and reporting of interventions to change residents' financial behaviour were not always aligned with behavioural science evidence and utilising systematic frameworks could help local authorities achieve policy objectives.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; CORPORATE finance; CONTENT analysis; BEHAVIORAL sciences; WELL-being; WHEELS
- Publication
Behavioral Sciences (2076-328X), 2023, Vol 13, Issue 12, p991
- ISSN
2076-328X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/bs13120991