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Reference List  1. Abraham C, Michie S: ** A taxonomy of behavior change techniques used in interventions. ** // Health Psychol // 2008, ** 27: ** 379-387.  2. Taylor SL, Dy S, Foy R, Hempel S, McDonald KM, Ovretveit J // et al //.: ** What context features might be important determinants of the effectiveness of patient safety practice interventions? ** // BMJ Qual Saf // 2011, ** 20: ** 611-617.  3. Leeman J, Baernholdt M, Sandelowski M: ** Developing a theory-based taxonomy of methods for implementing change in practice. ** // J Adv Nurs // 2007, ** 58: ** 191-200.  4. Michie S, Ashford S, Sniehotta FF, Dombrowski SU, Bishop A, French DP: ** A refined taxonomy of behaviour change techniques to help people change their physical activity and healthy eating behaviours: the CALO-RE taxonomy. ** // Psychol Health // 2011, ** 26: ** 1479-1498.  5. Michie S, Hyder N, Walia A, West R: ** Development of a taxonomy of behaviour change techniques used in individual behavioural support for smoking cessation. ** // Addict Behav // 2011, ** 36: ** 315-319.  6. Lowe D, Ryan R, Santesso N, Hill S: ** Development of a taxonomy of interventions to organise the evidence on consumers' medicines use. ** // Patient Educ Couns // 2011, ** 85: ** e101-e107.  7. Galbraith JS, Herbst JH, Whittier DK, Jones PL, Smith BD, Uhl G // et al //.: ** Taxonomy for strengthening the identification of core elements for evidence-based behavioral interventions for HIV/AIDS prevention. ** // Health Educ Res // 2011, ** 26: ** 872-885.  8. Schulz R, Czaja SJ, McKay JR, Ory MG, Belle SH: ** Intervention taxonomy (ITAX): describing essential features of interventions. ** // Am J Health Behav // 2010, ** 34: ** 811-821.  9. Lamb SE, Becker C, Gillespie LD, Smith JL, Finnegan S, Potter R // et al //.: ** Reporting of complex interventions in clinical trials: development of a taxonomy to classify and describe fall-prevention interventions. ** // Trials // 2011, ** 12: ** 125. 10. Walter I, Nutley S, Davies H. DEVELOPING A TAXONOMY OF INTERVENTIONS USED TO INCREASE THE IMPACT OF RESEARCH. 2003. St Andrews University of St Andrews.  11. West R: ** Tobacco control: present and future. ** // Br Med Bull // 2006, ** 77-78: ** 123-136. 12. Shojania KG, McDonald KM, Wachter RM, Owens DK. Closing The Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies, Volume 1—Series Overview and Methodology. Technical Review 9 (Contract No. 290-02-0017 to the Stanford University-UCSF Evidence-based Practices Center). 8-1-2004. Rockville, MD, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. AHRQ Publication No. 04-0051-1.  13. Mazza D, Bairstow P, Buchan H, Chakraborty S, VanHecke O, Grech C // et al //.: ** Refining a taxonomy for guideline implementation: results of an exercise in abstract classification. ** // Implementation Science // 2013, ** 8: ** 32.  14. Reisman A: ** Transfer of technologies:a cross-disciplinary taxonomy ****. ** // Omega 33 // 2005, 189-202.  15. Dogherty EJ, Harrison MB, Graham ID: ** Facilitation as a role and process in achieving evidence-based practice in nursing: a focused review of concept and meaning. ** // Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing 7(2):76-89, // 2010.  16. Gifford W, Davies B, Graham I, Tourangeau A, Woodend A, Lefebre N: ** Developing Leadership Capacity for Guideline Use: A Pilot Cluster Randomized Control Trial. ** // Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing // 2013, ** 10: ** 51-65.  17. Evenboer K, Huyghen AM, Tuinstra J, Knorth E, Reijneveld S: ** A Taxonomy of Care for Youth: Results of an Empirical Development Procedure. ** // Research on Social Work Practice // 2012, ** 22: ** 637-646. <span style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 27.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: right .25in left 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> 18. Michie S, Whittington C, Hamoudi Z, Zarnani F, Tober G, West R: ** Identification of behaviour change techniques to reduce excessive alcohol consumption. ** // Addiction // 2012, ** 107: ** 1431-1440. <span style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 27.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: right .25in left 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> 19. Carlson JJ, Sullivan SD, Garrison LP, Neumann PJ, Veenstra DL: ** Linking payment to health outcomes: a taxonomy and examination of performance-based reimbursement schemes between healthcare payers and manufacturers. ** // Health Policy // 2010, ** 96: ** 179-190. <span style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 27.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: right .25in left 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> 20. Hardeman W, Griffin S, Johnston M, Kinmonth AL, Wareham NJ: ** Interventions to prevent weight gain: a systematic review of psychological models and behaviour change methods. ** // Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord // 2000, ** 24: ** 131-143. <span style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 27.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: right .25in left 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> 21. Michie S, Johnston M, Francis JJ, Hardeman W, Eccles MP: ** From Theory to Intervention: Mapping Theoretically Derived Behavioural Determinants to Behaviour Change Techniques. ** // Applied Psychology: An International Review // 2008, ** 57: ** 660-680. <span style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 27.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: right .25in left 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> 22. Embry DD, Biglan A: ** Evidence-based kernels: fundamental units of behavioral influence. ** // Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev // 2008, ** 11: ** 75-113. 23. Geller ES, Berry TD, Ludwig TD, Evans RE, Gilmore MR, Clark SW: ** A conceptual framework for developing and evaluating behavior change interventions for injury control. ** // Health Education Research // 1990, ** 5: ** 125-137. <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: -40px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 25px; width: 1px;"> Reference List <span style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 27.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: right .25in left 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> 1. Abraham C, Michie S: ** A taxonomy of behavior change techniques used in interventions. ** // Health Psychol // 2008, ** 27: ** 379-387. <span style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 27.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: right .25in left 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> 2. Taylor SL, Dy S, Foy R, Hempel S, McDonald KM, Ovretveit J // et al //.: ** What context features might be important determinants of the effectiveness of patient safety practice interventions? ** // BMJ Qual Saf // 2011, ** 20: ** 611-617. <span style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 27.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: right .25in left 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> 3. Leeman J, Baernholdt M, Sandelowski M: ** Developing a theory-based taxonomy of methods for implementing change in practice. ** // J Adv Nurs // 2007, ** 58: ** 191-200. <span style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 27.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: right .25in left 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> 4. Michie S, Ashford S, Sniehotta FF, Dombrowski SU, Bishop A, French DP: ** A refined taxonomy of behaviour change techniques to help people change their physical activity and healthy eating behaviours: the CALO-RE taxonomy. ** // Psychol Health // 2011, ** 26: ** 1479-1498. <span style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 27.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: right .25in left 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> 5. Michie S, Hyder N, Walia A, West R: ** Development of a taxonomy of behaviour change techniques used in individual behavioural support for smoking cessation. ** // Addict Behav // 2011, ** 36: ** 315-319. <span style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 27.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: right .25in left 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> 6. Lowe D, Ryan R, Santesso N, Hill S: ** Development of a taxonomy of interventions to organise the evidence on consumers' medicines use. ** // Patient Educ Couns // 2011, ** 85: ** e101-e107. <span style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 27.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: right .25in left 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> 7. Galbraith JS, Herbst JH, Whittier DK, Jones PL, Smith BD, Uhl G // et al //.: ** Taxonomy for strengthening the identification of core elements for evidence-based behavioral interventions for HIV/AIDS prevention. ** // Health Educ Res // 2011, ** 26: ** 872-885. <span style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 27.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: right .25in left 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> 8. Schulz R, Czaja SJ, McKay JR, Ory MG, Belle SH: ** Intervention taxonomy (ITAX): describing essential features of interventions. ** // Am J Health Behav // 2010, ** 34: ** 811-821. <span style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 27.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: right .25in left 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> 9. Lamb SE, Becker C, Gillespie LD, Smith JL, Finnegan S, Potter R // et al //.: ** Reporting of complex interventions in clinical trials: development of a taxonomy to classify and describe fall-prevention interventions. ** // Trials // 2011, ** 12: ** 125. 10. Walter I, Nutley S, Davies H. DEVELOPING A TAXONOMY OF INTERVENTIONS USED TO INCREASE THE IMPACT OF RESEARCH. 2003. St Andrews University of St Andrews. <span style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 27.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: right .25in left 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> 11. West R: ** Tobacco control: present and future. ** // Br Med Bull // 2006, ** 77-78: ** 123-136. 12. Shojania KG, McDonald KM, Wachter RM, Owens DK. Closing The Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies, Volume 1—Series Overview and Methodology. Technical Review 9 (Contract No. 290-02-0017 to the Stanford University-UCSF Evidence-based Practices Center). 8-1-2004. Rockville, MD, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. AHRQ Publication No. 04-0051-1. <span style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 27.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: right .25in left 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> 13. Mazza D, Bairstow P, Buchan H, Chakraborty S, VanHecke O, Grech C // et al //.: ** Refining a taxonomy for guideline implementation: results of an exercise in abstract classification. ** // Implementation Science // 2013, ** 8: ** 32. <span style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 27.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: right .25in left 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> 14. Reisman A: ** <span style="font-family: "MacmillanRoman","serif";">Transfer of technologies:a cross-disciplinary taxonomy ****. ** // Omega 33 // 2005, 189-202. <span style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 27.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: right .25in left 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> 15. Dogherty EJ, Harrison MB, Graham ID: ** Facilitation as a role and process in achieving evidence-based practice in nursing: a focused review of concept and meaning. ** // Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing 7(2):76-89, // 2010. <span style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 27.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: right .25in left 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> 16. Gifford W, Davies B, Graham I, Tourangeau A, Woodend A, Lefebre N: ** Developing Leadership Capacity for Guideline Use: A Pilot Cluster Randomized Control Trial. ** // Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing // 2013, ** 10: ** 51-65. <span style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 27.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: right .25in left 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> 17. Evenboer K, Huyghen AM, Tuinstra J, Knorth E, Reijneveld S: ** A Taxonomy of Care for Youth: Results of an Empirical Development Procedure. ** // Research on Social Work Practice // 2012, ** 22: ** 637-646. <span style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 27.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: right .25in left 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> 18. Michie S, Whittington C, Hamoudi Z, Zarnani F, Tober G, West R: ** Identification of behaviour change techniques to reduce excessive alcohol consumption. ** // Addiction // 2012, ** 107: ** 1431-1440. <span style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 27.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: right .25in left 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> 19. Carlson JJ, Sullivan SD, Garrison LP, Neumann PJ, Veenstra DL: ** Linking payment to health outcomes: a taxonomy and examination of performance-based reimbursement schemes between healthcare payers and manufacturers. ** // Health Policy // 2010, ** 96: ** 179-190. <span style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 27.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: right .25in left 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> 20. Hardeman W, Griffin S, Johnston M, Kinmonth AL, Wareham NJ: ** Interventions to prevent weight gain: a systematic review of psychological models and behaviour change methods. ** // Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord // 2000, ** 24: ** 131-143. <span style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 27.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: right .25in left 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> 21. Michie S, Johnston M, Francis JJ, Hardeman W, Eccles MP: ** From Theory to Intervention: Mapping Theoretically Derived Behavioural Determinants to Behaviour Change Techniques. ** // Applied Psychology: An International Review // 2008, ** 57: ** 660-680. <span style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 27.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: right .25in left 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> 22. Embry DD, Biglan A: ** Evidence-based kernels: fundamental units of behavioral influence. ** // Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev // 2008, ** 11: ** 75-113. 23. Geller ES, Berry TD, Ludwig TD, Evans RE, Gilmore MR, Clark SW: ** A conceptual framework for developing and evaluating behavior change interventions for injury control. ** // Health Education Research // 1990, ** 5: ** 125-137.
 * ** Article ** || ** Country ** || ** Objective ** || ** Description ** || ** Discipline ** || ** Methodology ** || ** Peer reviewed ** || ** Knowledge users ** || ** Piloted or tested ** || ** Theory based ** ||
 * Abraham 2008[1] || UK || to develop and extend existing lists of content components into a set of distinct, theory-linked definitions of behavior change techniques (BCTs) and, to test whether these definitions could be used to reliably identify techniques included in interventions on the basis of intervention descriptions || 26 BCTs with definitions and illustrative theoretical frameworks. || general || review, mapping, || yes || no || yes || yes ||
 * Taylor 2011[2] || USA || develop a taxonomy of which contextual features which may be important determinants of the efficacy of patient safety practice interventions || 4 domains: safety culture, teamwork and leadership involvement; structural organizational characteristics (e.g., size, organizational complexity or financial status); external factors (e.g., financial or performance incentives or regulations); availability of implementation and management tools (e.g., training resources or internal organizational incentives). || patient safety || expert panel, literature review || yes || yes || no || no ||
 * Leeman 2007[3] || USA || linked existing taxonomies with relevant theories to create a system for categorizing implementation methods || taxonomy of 14 implementation methods in 5 categories: increasing coordination, raising awareness, persuasion via interpersonal channels, persuasion via reinforcing belief that behaviour will lead to desirable results, increasing behavioral control. || nursing || literature review and content analysis || yes || no || no || yes ||
 * Michie 2011[4] || UK || to extend the scope and improve the reliability of a 26-item taxonomy of behaviour change techniques developed by Abraham and Michie in order to optimize the reporting and scientific study of behaviour change interventions || 40-item taxonomy of BCTs for physical activity and healthy eating behaviours || public health || iterative refining; document coding || yes || no || yes || yes ||
 * Michie 2011[5] || UK || to develop for the first time a reliable taxonomy of behaviour change techniques (BCTs) used within individual behavioural support for smoking cessation || 43-item taxonomy of BCTs classified into 4 functions (motivation; maximizing self-regulatory capacity; promoting adjuvant activities; supporting other BCTs) for individual behaviour support for smoking cessation || public health || coding of 2 key documents || yes || no || yes || yes ||
 * Lowe 2011[6] || AUS || of a classification system (or taxonomy) of interventions aiming to: (1) organize the range of interventions to improve prescribing for and medicines use by consumers in a meaningful way; (2) define the range of interventions available in order to improve sector-wide awareness and understanding; and (3) provide an organized entry point for decision makers to find evidence about the effectiveness of a wide range of interventions. || 8 categories based on the purpose of the intervention (to inform and educate; to support behaviour change; to teach skills; to facilitate communication and/or decision making; to support; to minimize risk and harms; to involve consumers at the system level; and to improve health care quality) with examples || health; medication use || literature review and thematic analysis || yes || no || no || no ||
 * Galbraith 2011[7] || USA || process to identify core elements based on the creation of a taxonomy [of evidence-based behavioral interventions for HIV/AIDS prevention] developed from a review of the literature and a novel approach for describing core elements so they are simple, measureable, achievable, results-based and tested || 61 categories of core elements within 3 domains (implementation, content, pedagogy) || health, HIV/AIDS prevention || literature review || yes || no || yes || no ||
 * Schulz 2010[8] || USA || present a taxonomy for describing intervention protocols designed to help researchers conceptualize needed elements of intervention protocols and to enhance both the internal (e.g., understanding the active ingredients of intervention components) and external validity (e.g., replicating studies in real world settings) of intervention research || delivery characteristics (domain) with 9 dimensions (mode; materials; location; schedule; scripting; sensitivity to participant characteristics; interventionist characteristics; adaptability; and treatment implementation). Content and goals of intervention (domain) with 2 dimensions (treatment content strategies; mechanisms of action) || general || literature review || yes || yes || yes || no ||
 * Lamb 2011[9] || UK || to develop a classification system to characterize the major influential components of fall prevention interventions and promote consistency of reporting across international boundaries || 4 domains with 9 sub-domains: Approach (aims, selection criteria), Base (case identification, site of delivery, individual(s) delivering intervention), Components (assessments, intervention combinations), and Descriptors (of test intervention components, shall or control interventions) || health; public health || literature review, consensus || yes || yes || yes || no ||
 * Walter 2003[10] || UK || a taxonomy of interventions to enhance the impact of research on public sector policy and practice which has been developed by the Research Unit for Research Utilization (RURU) at the University of St. Andrews || 2-fold taxonomy of almost 200 intervention types and 8 mechanisms (Dissemination, Education, Social influence, Collaboration (between researchers and users), Incentives, Reinforcement, Facilitation, Multifaceted initiatives.) || general || literature review || yes || no || no || yes ||
 * West 2006[11] || UK || review on current and future tobacco control efforts || EPICURE taxonomy of approaches to influencing behaviour: Education; Persuasion; Inducements; Coercion; Upskilling; Regulating access; Empowerment || public health || NR || yes || NR || no || NR ||
 * Shojania 2004[12] || USA || a critical analysis of the existing literature on quality improvement strategies for a selection of 20 disease and practice priorities || list of 9 quality improvement strategies (provider reminder systems; facilitated relay of clinical data to providers; audit and feedback; provider education; patient education; promotion of self-management; patient reminder systems; organizational change; financial incentives, regulation, and policy) with key substrategies (examples) || quality improvement || literature review || yes || no || no || no ||
 * Mazza 2013[13] || AUS || was to draft an implementation taxonomy and to pilot its usefulness and feasibility as a tool for classifying implementation strategies || 4 domains of intervention types (professional, financial, organizational, and regulatory) with 49 implementation strategies (15 targeting health professionals; 12 financial incentives (8 for guideline implementers and 4 for patients); 18 organizational strategies (6 at an implementer level, 3 at a patient level, and 9 at a structural level); and 4 structural change strategies || guideline implementation || amendment of EPOC || yes || no || yes || no ||
 * Reisman 2005[14] || USA || presents a taxonomy defining the field of transfer of technologies in its entirety and delineating all of its facets in a manner that is parsimonious yet discriminating || attribute based taxonomy with 4 keys: Actors, Transaction types, Motivations, Disciplines and 173 attributes. || general || literature review || yes || no || no || no ||
 * Dogherty 2010[15] || CAN || to examine the current state of knowledge surrounding the concept of facilitation as a role and process in the implementation of research findings within the nursing context || taxonomy of facilitation interventions with 4 main stages (planning for change, knowledge and data management, monitoring progress and ongoing implementation, and evaluating change) each with associated activities || health, nursing || literature review || yes || no || no || no ||
 * Gifford 2013[16] || CAN || to pilot a leadership intervention designed to influence nurses’ use of guideline recommendations when caring for patients with diabetic foot ulcers in home care nursing and proposing a taxonomy of leadership behaviors || taxonomy of leadership behaviors to influence guideline use categorized by relations, change, and task-oriented || health, nursing || qualitative interviews || yes || no || no || yes ||
 * Evenboer 2012[17] || NL || to present an empirically developed taxonomy of care for youth || taxonomy of interventions and their characteristics used in the care of youth || social work, youth || interviews, chart reviews, expert panel, || yes || yes || yes || no ||
 * Michie 2012[18] || UK || to develop a reliable taxonomy of behaviour change techniques (BCTs) used in interventions to reduce excessive alcohol consumption (not to treat alcohol dependence) || taxonomy of 42 BCTs; 13 addressed motivation, 12 addressed self-regulation, 2 performed adjuvant functions and 15 addressed other aspects of the interaction, such as general communication. || public health || coding of documents || yes || no || yes || no ||
 * Carlson 2010[19] || USA || to identify, categorize, and evaluate performance-based health outcomes reimbursement schemes between medical product manufacturers and payers || health outcomes-based schemes with subcategories: conditional coverage; performance-linked reimbursement; coverage with evidence development; only in research; only with research; conditional treatment continuation; outcomes guarantees; pattern or process of care || health, policy || literature review || yes || no || no || no ||
 * Hardeman 2000[20] || UK || to describe the interventions aimed at the prevention of weight gain; and to characterize the target behaviours; the psychological models underlying the interventions, behaviour change methods and modes of delivery; the methodological quality of the evaluation; the characteristics of the participants; and the outcomes of the studies || taxonomy with 3 features: underlying model, behaviour change methods, and modes of delivery || public health, obesity || literature review || yes || no || no || no ||
 * Michie 2008[21] || UK || illustrate methods for developing an extensive list of behaviour change techniques (with definitions) and for linking techniques to theoretical constructs. || list of 118 behaviour change techniques || behaviour change || literature review, brainstorming || yes || no || yes || yes ||
 * Embry 2008[22] || USA || describes evidence-based kernels, fundamental units of behavioral influence that appear to underlie effective prevention and treatment for children, adults, and families || 52 kernels affecting behaviours by reinforcement, altering antecedents, changing verbal relational responding, or changing physiological states directly || psychology || not reported || yes || no || no || no ||
 * Geller 1990[23] || USA || A framework for designing large-scale injury control programs and for evaluating the impact of such programs. || a tripartite classification of injury control factors (i.e. environmental, individual, or behavioral variables); a heuristic framework for categorizing and evaluating behavior change strategies; and a taxonomy of 24 behavior change techniques || public health, injury control || not reported || yes || no || no || yes ||
 * ** Article ** || ** Country ** || ** Objective ** || ** Description ** || ** Discipline ** || ** Methodology ** || ** Peer reviewed ** || ** Knowledge users ** || ** Piloted or tested ** || ** Theory based ** ||
 * Abraham 2008[1] || UK || to develop and extend existing lists of content components into a set of distinct, theory-linked definitions of behavior change techniques (BCTs) and, to test whether these definitions could be used to reliably identify techniques included in interventions on the basis of intervention descriptions || 26 BCTs with definitions and illustrative theoretical frameworks. || general || review, mapping, || yes || no || yes || yes ||
 * Taylor 2011[2] || USA || develop a taxonomy of which contextual features which may be important determinants of the efficacy of patient safety practice interventions || 4 domains: safety culture, teamwork and leadership involvement; structural organizational characteristics (e.g., size, organizational complexity or financial status); external factors (e.g., financial or performance incentives or regulations); availability of implementation and management tools (e.g., training resources or internal organizational incentives). || patient safety || expert panel, literature review || yes || yes || no || no ||
 * Leeman 2007[3] || USA || linked existing taxonomies with relevant theories to create a system for categorizing implementation methods || taxonomy of 14 implementation methods in 5 categories: increasing coordination, raising awareness, persuasion via interpersonal channels, persuasion via reinforcing belief that behaviour will lead to desirable results, increasing behavioral control. || nursing || literature review and content analysis || yes || no || no || yes ||
 * Michie 2011[4] || UK || to extend the scope and improve the reliability of a 26-item taxonomy of behaviour change techniques developed by Abraham and Michie in order to optimize the reporting and scientific study of behaviour change interventions || 40-item taxonomy of BCTs for physical activity and healthy eating behaviours || public health || iterative refining; document coding || yes || no || yes || yes ||
 * Michie 2011[5] || UK || to develop for the first time a reliable taxonomy of behaviour change techniques (BCTs) used within individual behavioural support for smoking cessation || 43-item taxonomy of BCTs classified into 4 functions (motivation; maximizing self-regulatory capacity; promoting adjuvant activities; supporting other BCTs) for individual behaviour support for smoking cessation || public health || coding of 2 key documents || yes || no || yes || yes ||
 * Lowe 2011[6] || AUS || of a classification system (or taxonomy) of interventions aiming to: (1) organize the range of interventions to improve prescribing for and medicines use by consumers in a meaningful way; (2) define the range of interventions available in order to improve sector-wide awareness and understanding; and (3) provide an organized entry point for decision makers to find evidence about the effectiveness of a wide range of interventions. || 8 categories based on the purpose of the intervention (to inform and educate; to support behaviour change; to teach skills; to facilitate communication and/or decision making; to support; to minimize risk and harms; to involve consumers at the system level; and to improve health care quality) with examples || health; medication use || literature review and thematic analysis || yes || no || no || no ||
 * Galbraith 2011[7] || USA || process to identify core elements based on the creation of a taxonomy [of evidence-based behavioral interventions for HIV/AIDS prevention] developed from a review of the literature and a novel approach for describing core elements so they are simple, measureable, achievable, results-based and tested || 61 categories of core elements within 3 domains (implementation, content, pedagogy) || health, HIV/AIDS prevention || literature review || yes || no || yes || no ||
 * Schulz 2010[8] || USA || present a taxonomy for describing intervention protocols designed to help researchers conceptualize needed elements of intervention protocols and to enhance both the internal (e.g., understanding the active ingredients of intervention components) and external validity (e.g., replicating studies in real world settings) of intervention research || delivery characteristics (domain) with 9 dimensions (mode; materials; location; schedule; scripting; sensitivity to participant characteristics; interventionist characteristics; adaptability; and treatment implementation). Content and goals of intervention (domain) with 2 dimensions (treatment content strategies; mechanisms of action) || general || literature review || yes || yes || yes || no ||
 * Lamb 2011[9] || UK || to develop a classification system to characterize the major influential components of fall prevention interventions and promote consistency of reporting across international boundaries || 4 domains with 9 sub-domains: Approach (aims, selection criteria), Base (case identification, site of delivery, individual(s) delivering intervention), Components (assessments, intervention combinations), and Descriptors (of test intervention components, shall or control interventions) || health; public health || literature review, consensus || yes || yes || yes || no ||
 * Walter 2003[10] || UK || a taxonomy of interventions to enhance the impact of research on public sector policy and practice which has been developed by the Research Unit for Research Utilization (RURU) at the University of St. Andrews || 2-fold taxonomy of almost 200 intervention types and 8 mechanisms (Dissemination, Education, Social influence, Collaboration (between researchers and users), Incentives, Reinforcement, Facilitation, Multifaceted initiatives.) || general || literature review || yes || no || no || yes ||
 * West 2006[11] || UK || review on current and future tobacco control efforts || EPICURE taxonomy of approaches to influencing behaviour: Education; Persuasion; Inducements; Coercion; Upskilling; Regulating access; Empowerment || public health || NR || yes || NR || no || NR ||
 * Shojania 2004[12] || USA || a critical analysis of the existing literature on quality improvement strategies for a selection of 20 disease and practice priorities || list of 9 quality improvement strategies (provider reminder systems; facilitated relay of clinical data to providers; audit and feedback; provider education; patient education; promotion of self-management; patient reminder systems; organizational change; financial incentives, regulation, and policy) with key substrategies (examples) || quality improvement || literature review || yes || no || no || no ||
 * Mazza 2013[13] || AUS || was to draft an implementation taxonomy and to pilot its usefulness and feasibility as a tool for classifying implementation strategies || 4 domains of intervention types (professional, financial, organizational, and regulatory) with 49 implementation strategies (15 targeting health professionals; 12 financial incentives (8 for guideline implementers and 4 for patients); 18 organizational strategies (6 at an implementer level, 3 at a patient level, and 9 at a structural level); and 4 structural change strategies || guideline implementation || amendment of EPOC || yes || no || yes || no ||
 * Reisman 2005[14] || USA || presents a taxonomy defining the field of transfer of technologies in its entirety and delineating all of its facets in a manner that is parsimonious yet discriminating || attribute based taxonomy with 4 keys: Actors, Transaction types, Motivations, Disciplines and 173 attributes. || general || literature review || yes || no || no || no ||
 * Dogherty 2010[15] || CAN || to examine the current state of knowledge surrounding the concept of facilitation as a role and process in the implementation of research findings within the nursing context || taxonomy of facilitation interventions with 4 main stages (planning for change, knowledge and data management, monitoring progress and ongoing implementation, and evaluating change) each with associated activities || health, nursing || literature review || yes || no || no || no ||
 * Gifford 2013[16] || CAN || to pilot a leadership intervention designed to influence nurses’ use of guideline recommendations when caring for patients with diabetic foot ulcers in home care nursing and proposing a taxonomy of leadership behaviors || taxonomy of leadership behaviors to influence guideline use categorized by relations, change, and task-oriented || health, nursing || qualitative interviews || yes || no || no || yes ||
 * Evenboer 2012[17] || NL || to present an empirically developed taxonomy of care for youth || taxonomy of interventions and their characteristics used in the care of youth || social work, youth || interviews, chart reviews, expert panel, || yes || yes || yes || no ||
 * Michie 2012[18] || UK || to develop a reliable taxonomy of behaviour change techniques (BCTs) used in interventions to reduce excessive alcohol consumption (not to treat alcohol dependence) || taxonomy of 42 BCTs; 13 addressed motivation, 12 addressed self-regulation, 2 performed adjuvant functions and 15 addressed other aspects of the interaction, such as general communication. || public health || coding of documents || yes || no || yes || no ||
 * Carlson 2010[19] || USA || to identify, categorize, and evaluate performance-based health outcomes reimbursement schemes between medical product manufacturers and payers || health outcomes-based schemes with subcategories: conditional coverage; performance-linked reimbursement; coverage with evidence development; only in research; only with research; conditional treatment continuation; outcomes guarantees; pattern or process of care || health, policy || literature review || yes || no || no || no ||
 * Hardeman 2000[20] || UK || to describe the interventions aimed at the prevention of weight gain; and to characterize the target behaviours; the psychological models underlying the interventions, behaviour change methods and modes of delivery; the methodological quality of the evaluation; the characteristics of the participants; and the outcomes of the studies || taxonomy with 3 features: underlying model, behaviour change methods, and modes of delivery || public health, obesity || literature review || yes || no || no || no ||
 * Michie 2008[21] || UK || illustrate methods for developing an extensive list of behaviour change techniques (with definitions) and for linking techniques to theoretical constructs. || list of 118 behaviour change techniques || behaviour change || literature review, brainstorming || yes || no || yes || yes ||
 * Embry 2008[22] || USA || describes evidence-based kernels, fundamental units of behavioral influence that appear to underlie effective prevention and treatment for children, adults, and families || 52 kernels affecting behaviours by reinforcement, altering antecedents, changing verbal relational responding, or changing physiological states directly || psychology || not reported || yes || no || no || no ||
 * Geller 1990[23] || USA || A framework for designing large-scale injury control programs and for evaluating the impact of such programs. || a tripartite classification of injury control factors (i.e. environmental, individual, or behavioral variables); a heuristic framework for categorizing and evaluating behavior change strategies; and a taxonomy of 24 behavior change techniques || public health, injury control || not reported || yes || no || no || yes ||