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David P. French

Researcher at University of Manchester

Publications -  264
Citations -  15333

David P. French is an academic researcher from University of Manchester. The author has contributed to research in topics: Psychological intervention & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 51, co-authored 220 publications receiving 11575 citations. Previous affiliations of David P. French include Coventry University & RMIT University.

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A refined taxonomy of behaviour change techniques to help people change their physical activity and healthy eating behaviours: the CALO-RE taxonomy.

TL;DR: This taxonomy can be used to improve the specification of interventions in published reports, thus improving replication, implementation and evidence syntheses and will strengthen the scientific study of behaviour change and intervention development.
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A new framework for developing and evaluating complex interventions: Update of Medical Research Council guidance

TL;DR: JBl received funding from NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Bristol and by the MRC ConDuCT-II Hub (Collaboration and innovation for Difficult and Complex randomised controlled Trials In Invasive procedures).
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Physical activity in older age: perspectives for healthy ageing and frailty.

TL;DR: The physiological rationale for physical activity, risks of adverse events, societal and psychological factors are discussed with a view to inform public health initiatives for the relatively healthy older person as well as those with physical frailty.
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What is the best way to change self-efficacy to promote lifestyle and recreational physical activity? A systematic review with meta-analysis.

TL;DR: Interventions that included feedback on past or others' performance produced the highest levels of self-efficacy found in this review, forming an evidence base for which psychological techniques are most effective in increasing self-efficiency for physical activity.
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What are the most effective intervention techniques for changing physical activity self-efficacy and physical activity behaviour—and are they the same?

TL;DR: A meta-analysis of physical activity intervention studies for 'healthy' adults found that 'action planning', 'provide instruction' and 'reinforcing effort towards behaviour' were associated with significantly higher levels of both self-efficacy and physical activity.