Applying the Non-adoption, Abandonment, Scale-up, Spread and Sustainability (NASSS) framework to evaluate automated evidence synthesis in health behaviour change

• Published in: Journal of Health Psychology Vol. 29; no. 7; pp. 770 - 781
• Main Authors: Branney, Peter, Marques, Marta M, Norris, Emma
• Format: Book Review Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.06.2024; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Automation; Behavior change; Health behavior; Medical technology; Sustainability; Terminology; automated evidence synthesis; health behaviour change; Human Behaviour-Change Project; NASSS framework
• ISSN: 1359-1053; 1461-7277; 1461-7277
• DOI: 10.1177/13591053241229870

Automated tools to speed up the process of evidence synthesis are increasingly apparent within health behaviour research. This brief review explores the potential of the Non-adoption, Abandonment, Scale-up, Spread and Sustainability framework for supporting automated evidence synthesis in health behaviour change by applying it to the ongoing Human Behaviour-Change Project, which aims to revolutionize evidence synthesis within behaviour change intervention research. To increase the relevance of NASSS for health behaviour change, we recommend i) terminology changes (‘condition’ to ‘behaviour’ and ‘patient’ to ‘end user’) and ii) that it is used prospectively address complexities iteratively. We draw conclusions about i) the need to specify the organizations that will use the technology, ii) identifying what to do if interdependencies fail and iii) even though we have focused on automated evidence synthesis, NASSS would arguably be beneficial for technology developments in health behaviour change more generally, particularly for invention development.