Adherence and Behavior Change in Health and Rehabilitation Interventions

Dear Colleagues,

Health and rehabilitation interventions typically require people to adhere to specific treatments, exercises, or programs to optimize the associated benefits. Conversely, a lack of adherence may negatively impact outcomes, including the validity of efficacy studies and implementation science studies, adoption and implementation of evidence-based practices and guidelines, and health and wellness of individuals and communities. Adherence often requires an element of behavior change—either at the individual level or across families, communities, and healthcare organizations. In this Special Issue of Healthcare, titled “Adherence and Behavior Change in Health and Rehabilitation Interventions”, we seek to advance our shared scientific understanding of adherence in health and rehabilitation interventions through a collection of articles examining new advances, novel approaches, and best practices for promoting adherence. Scoping and systematic review articles, pilot studies, efficacy studies, secondary data analyses, and feasibility studies of novel approaches, particularly approaches that use technologies to augment treatments in the home and community setting, are of particular interest.

Prof. Dr. Julie J. Keysor
Guest Editor

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