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Human Behaviour Change - APRICOT @HBCProject

The Human Behaviour Change Project, and its follow-up the APRICOT aim to improve evidence synthesis using ontologies and ontology tools.

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We will be posting less of HBCPC & APRICOT on here. Want to keep getting updates? You can find us here: - humanbehaviourchange.org/ - linkedin.com/company/human-b… - bsky.app/profile/hbcproject.…
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Interested in ontologies, but not sure if you could ever apply them in your own work? Do not miss this exciting editorial about the APRICOT project, which is all about usability and accessibility of ontologies! Read the editorial here: wellcomeopenresearch.org/art…

Human Behaviour Change - APRICOT@HBCProject
20 Dec 2024
The first APRICOT publication is officially online! Have a look at this editorial to learn more about our aims and plans! You can read it here: lnkd.in/epCkhemK
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Curious about what we have done so far? We have just organized all of the HBCP's publications within a gateway. Protip: If you hit the track button, you get a notification whenever a new publication is added to this gateway! More here: buff.ly/41HURDe
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The first APRICOT publication is officially online! Have a look at this editorial to learn more about our aims and plans! You can read it here: lnkd.in/epCkhemK
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Check out this recent publication on the newest addition to the BCIO: the Schedule Ontology, led by Marta Marques! Full paper here: wellcomeopenresearch.org/art…
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🚨 New version of paper! 🚨 "Using machine learning to extract info & predict outcomes from smoking cessation trials" now published! 🔗 Read here: lnkd.in/dxnVpx3S
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💡 This research dives into the potential of machine learning in extracting information and making predictions based on trial reports but also highlights key challenges in improving prediction accuracy.
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Big news! We're evolving: HBCP is now HBCP & APRICOT. Good news – we have a 5-year NIH grant to expand the Behaviour Change Intervention Ontology and make it more useful and useable. Learn more about APRICOT: humanbehaviourchange.org Stay tuned for updates! 🍑
A textpost saying: What's new? 1. Expanding and improving the Behaviour Change Intervention Ontology. 2. Developing user-friendly tools to make ontologies accessible to everyone. 3. Building new ways to connect with researchers

ALT A textpost saying: What's new? 1. Expanding and improving the Behaviour Change Intervention Ontology. 2. Developing user-friendly tools to make ontologies accessible to everyone. 3. Building new ways to connect with researchers

A photo titled "Who's involved" with 9 researchers (from left to right: Paulina Schenk, Janna Hastings, Marta Marques, Bill Hogan, Colbie Reed, Maya Braun, Susan Michie, Robert West, Carolina Silva) posing. It also contains the logos of the involved insitutions: The Medical College of Wisconsin, University College London, University of Zürich and NOVA University in Lisbon

ALT A photo titled "Who's involved" with 9 researchers (from left to right: Paulina Schenk, Janna Hastings, Marta Marques, Bill Hogan, Colbie Reed, Maya Braun, Susan Michie, Robert West, Carolina Silva) posing. It also contains the logos of the involved insitutions: The Medical College of Wisconsin, University College London, University of Zürich and NOVA University in Lisbon
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📢New paper alert! 🔖 The BSSO Foundry: A community of practice for ontologies in the behavioural and social sciences 🔗 Link: wellcomeopenresearch.org/art…

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📚We launched the Behavioural & Social Sciences Ontology (BSSO) Foundry - a community-driven repository for creating & sharing ontologies. Together, we can streamline research efforts, reduce duplication, and enable meaningful integration across studies and disciplines.
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@JannaHastings @Lisa_Zhang @paulina_schenk @robertjwest @HoganReflects @BruceChorpita @MarieJohnstonx @marta_m_marques, @Princellewelyn @HarrietMBaird @GeertCrombez  @SusanMichie
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❓Are you involved with #AI in #PublicHealth? Check out our 5-step toolkit to help you think about the pros & cons of AI systems, to determine if a system should be used or not 💡Read our blog with reflections from the team: ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-change/n…

Human Behaviour Change - APRICOT@HBCProject
28 Aug 2024
🔔NEW RESOURCE ALERT!🔔 📣Introducing the AI in Public Health Decision Toolkit📣 👥What was the project about? We carried out a public engagement project to co-produce a toolkit of resources to help those who need it to make decisions around AI systems and public health
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👏Thank you to all the attendees who joined us for various sessions at @EHPS2024 in Cascais, Portugal – we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! #EHPS2024 💡Here’s a thread of what our team was involved in:
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3️⃣ @paulina_schenk contributed to the roundtable “Protecting pluralism or committing to consensus? Risks and opportunities of ontologies in behavioral sciences”. Find the slides here: osf.io/6myxw/
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4️⃣ @Lisa_Zhang_ contributed to the roundtable “When 1 1 =/= 2: Challenges in the specification and measurement of dyadic mechanisms”, focusing on how individual and interpersonal mechanisms are specified in BCIO
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Human Behaviour Change - APRICOT retweeted
UCL Centre for Behaviour Change@UCLBehaveChange
9 Sep 2024
The @HBCProject team provide some important reflections on the considerations when using AI in public health decisions, following the launch of their toolkit. 👉 Read the blog: ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-change/n… 👉 Access the toolkit: artificialintelligenceinpubl…
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Human Behaviour Change - APRICOT retweeted
Prof Jane Walsh@ProfJaneWalsh
6 Sep 2024
.@SusanMichie opens a symposium on Applying ontologies to advance Health Psychology. First up @robertjwest @EHPS2024 #EHPS2024
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Human Behaviour Change - APRICOT retweeted
UCL Centre for Behaviour Change@UCLBehaveChange
29 Aug 2024
Are you involved with #AI in #PublicHealth? The @HBCProject has just released a handy 5-step resource to help people to think about the pros & cons of AI systems, to determine if a system should be used or not. 🔗 Visit: artificialintelligenceinpubl… 📑 Paper: wellcomeopenresearch.org/art…
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