Health behaviours
In the Labonte model, health behaviours are actions individuals take that affect their health positively or negatively such as smoking, substance abuse or physical activity.
Use the dropdowns on this page to see guidance and advice mapped to health behaviours.
NG209 Tobacco: preventing uptake, promoting quitting and treating dependence
QS82 Smoking: reducing and preventing tobacco use
NG16 Dementia, disability and frailty in later life – mid-life approaches to delay or prevent onset
PH15 Cardiovascular disease: identifying and supporting people most at risk of dying early
NG246 Overweight and obesity management
QS24 Nutrition support in adults
PH25 Cardiovascular disease prevention
CG189 Obesity: identification, assessment and management
PH42 Obesity: working with local communities
QS127 Obesity: clinical assessment and management
QS111 Obesity in adults: prevention and lifestyle weight management programmes
QS94 Obesity in children and young people: prevention and lifestyle weight management programmes
NG7 Preventing excess weight gain
PH35 Type 2 diabetes prevention: population and community-level interventions
NG135 Alcohol interventions in secondary and further education
CG100 Alcohol-use disorders: diagnosis and management of physical complications
PH24 Alcohol-use disorders: prevention
QS83 Alcohol: preventing harmful use in the community
QS11 Alcohol-use disorders: diagnosis and management
QS188 Coexisting severe mental illness and substance misuse
NG16 Dementia, disability and frailty in later life – mid-life approaches to delay or prevent onset
CG51 Drug misuse in over 16s: psychosocial interventions
NG64 Drug misuse prevention: targeted interventions
CG52 Drug misuse in over 16s: opioid detoxification
PH52 Needle and syringe programmes
QS23 Drug use disorders in adults
NG46 Controlled drugs: safe use and management
NG90 Physical activity and the environment
PH17 Physical activity for children and young people
PH13 Physical activity in the workplace
PH44 Physical activity: brief advice for adults in primary care
PH54 Physical activity: exercise referral schemes
PH41 Physical activity: walking and cycling
NG16 Dementia, disability and frailty in later life – mid-life approaches to delay or prevent onset
NG246 Overweight and obesity management
QS183 Physical activity: encouraging activity in the community
QS84 physical activity for NHS staff, patients and carers
NG57 Physical health of people in prison
NG183 Behaviour change: digital and mobile health interventions
PH6 Behaviour change: general approaches
PH49 Behaviour change: individual approaches
NG34 Sunlight exposure: risks and benefits
NG63 Antimicrobial stewardship: changing risk-related behaviours in the general population
NG16 Dementia, disability and frailty in later life – mid-life approaches to delay or prevent onset
NG218 Vaccine uptake in the general population
QS145 Vaccine uptake in under 19s
NG103 Flu vaccination: increasing uptake
QS190 Flu vaccination: increasing uptake
PH43 Hepatitis B and C testing: people at risk of infection