Social Network Interventions for Health Behaviours

Dear Colleagues,

Social networks can diffuse both positive and negative health behaviours through groups, and they can provide access to social support and social capital, or they can be a source of discrimination and social exclusion—all of which can impact health. Given the growing interest in the development and use of social-network-based interventions, we invite authors to submit original investigations, methods papers, or review papers that further our understanding of the effects of social networks and social influence on health behaviour throughout the lifespan.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Interventions that leverage social networks to promote behaviour change (within real-world conditions and controlled trials);
• Innovations in network data collection methods or tools, sampling approaches, incentives, intervention targets or topics, data analysis, network visualization, and the use of technology for network-based interventions;
• Impact of social ties, social influences, and social structure on the adoption and maintenance of health behaviours (quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods);
• Development of new social networks to influence health;
• Mechanisms by which social networks influence health behaviours;
• Methods and analytic models to assess social processes and social network dynamics.

Dr. Sabina B. Gesell
Dr. Kayla de la Haye
Dr. Katherine S. Eddens
Dr. Thomas W. Valente
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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