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Interventions to Promote Adherence: Innovations in Behavior Change Strategies

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Only in recent years has a large enough body of research on adherence-promoting interventions been amassed so that systematic reviews and meta-analyses of their impact can reliably be evaluated. Overall, these reviews indicate that interventions tend to result in modest improvements in adherence to treatment recommendations and medications, with effect sizes typically in the small to medium range across various chronic condition populations and intervention types. Positive effects on health outcomes have also been reported. This chapter reviews the literature on interventions for pediatric nonadherence, paying special attention to recent innovations that have the potential to expand interventions’ reach and effectiveness.

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    Although the electronic monitoring feedback interventions described above by definition use technological tools to monitor adherence, the feedback portion is typically delivered in person and thus is distinct from the interventions discussed in this section.

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  1. Associate Professor of Pediatrics Department of Pediatrics Section of Psychology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

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  2. Department of Pediatrics, Section of Psychology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

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Schwartz, D., Axelrad, M., Hilliard, M. (2015). Interventions to Promote Adherence: Innovations in Behavior Change Strategies. In: Healthcare Partnerships for Pediatric Adherence. SpringerBriefs in Public Health(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13668-4_4

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