FULL DAY WORKSHOPS

EHPS 2026 will accommodate three (3) Full Day workshops, which will be held on Monday 31st of August 2026. Conference attendees who wish to participate in these workshops will be required to register and pay the appropriate fee. You can see the relevant workshop registration fees below. 

A minimum number of participants (5) are required for the workshop to be held. If by the week before the conference starts the minimum number of participants is not reached, the workshop will be cancelled and any participants who signed up will be asked to either move to a workshop which will be held, or be refunded fully for the registration fee of the cancelled workshop.

The registration fee covers two (2) coffee breaks and Certificate of Attendance for the workshop (on request)

Full Day Workshop 1

Storying behaviour change: Designing digital health stories using the STORY-Q Framework and StoryHelper Platform.

Abstract:

Digital stories are short, narrative-based knowledge translation interventions increasingly used to promote health behaviour change, enhance engagement with scientific evidence, and reach diverse audiences through digital media. Despite growing interest, researchers and practitioners often lack structured guidance on how to design stories that are theoretically grounded, ethically responsible, and behaviourally effective.

This hands-on workshop introduces StoryHelper, a platform developed to support the systematic creation of digital health stories grounded in behaviour change theory and audience-centred design principles.

Participants will:

• learn a quality framework for digital storytelling as a health promotion intervention,
• analyse applied case studies including WHO Science in 5 and CHAMPS maternal health initiatives,
• identify ethical and engagement considerations in digital health communication,
• design a digital story prototype tailored to a specific behaviour change goal using StoryHelper.
• Interactive activities include guided design exercises, small-group collaboration, and peer feedback. Participants will leave with a draft digital story concept and practical skills applicable to research dissemination, intervention development, and policy communication.
• The workshop targets researchers, practitioners, and policy professionals interested in innovative digital approaches to health promotion and knowledge transfer.

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Full Day Workshop 2

Behaviour Change Intervention Ontology in Action: Harnessing the ontology for better evidence synthesis of Interventions

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Rationale:
Learning from behavioural sciences evidence can improve health interventions. Numerous systematic reviews, meta-analyses and broader evidence synthesis efforts aim to organise and integrate our growing knowledge base. The Behaviour Change Intervention Ontology (BCIO) provides a detailed framework for structuring information about interventions, their contexts and outcomes. It supports developing coding schemas, comparing and integrating studies and laying the groundwork for automated evidence synthesis. As engaging with the full BCIO can be resource-intensive, projects may draw selectively on components, such as the Behaviour Change Techniques Ontology (BCTO) and delivery-related ontologies.

Objectives:
This workshop will train participants to apply the BCIO for evidence synthesis on intervention content and delivery. It will cover:
1. The BCIO’s scope, structure and its component ontologies, specifically the BCTO and delivery-related ontologies.
2. How to navigate the BCIO’s online tools
3. How to use the BCIO to code information for evidence synthesis (e.g., in systematic reviews)
4. How to present synthesised evidence in publications

Activities:
This workshop will present the BCIO as a method of representing and organising knowledge that enables precise communication and better integration of evidence. It will focus on five component ontologies: BCTO, Mode of Delivery Ontology, Source Ontology, Style of Delivery Ontology and Schedule Ontology.

Practical examples will illustrate the BCIO’s application in systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Hands-on activities will guide participants in exploring these ontologies and identifying relevant classes for evidence synthesis. Participants will also practise coding and developing coding schemas. The workshop will conclude with guidance on reporting the ontologies’ use in evidence synthesis.

Facilitators expertise: Paulina, Carolina, Maya and Micaela have extensive experience in health psychology ontologies, including their development, application in evidence synthesis and delivering training on BCIO applications.

Intended participants: Anyone interested in evidence synthesis and/or using the BCIO.

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Full Day Workshop 3

Digital Health Interventions in Health Psychology: From Design and Regulation to Real World Delivery

Abstract:

Digital health interventions are increasingly central to health psychology research and practice. However, researchers face a range of complex challenges, including navigating regulatory classification (wellness app vs. software as a medical device), integrating lived‑experience input in digital contexts, designing studies and governance processes when regulators are involved, managing clinical investigations and adverse‑event reporting, supporting integration of innovations into existing clinical pathways, and addressing cross‑country regulatory differences (UKCA vs CE marking).
This workshop will provide practical guidance and lessons learned using a range of products developed by the team including a digital intervention for MS fatigue (REFUEL-MS) as case studies. The workshop aims to encourage knowledge exchange to support high-quality and compliant digital health research which has a better chance of successful real-world implementation.
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
1. Identify early regulatory considerations including differentiating between wellness apps and software as a medical device (SaMD), consider cross-country differences and share lessons learned about how to integrate regulation into digital intervention planning and study designs.
2. Embed implementation science and lived experience throughout the entire digital intervention journey.
3. Liaise with industry and policy makers to scale evidenced based products.
4. Design an approach to developing and translating their own digital innovation that navigates challenges around regulation and implementation.
The workshop will include discussions, group work and interactive quizzes. This workshop is suitable for early to midcareer researchers, PhD students working on digital health, health psychologists developing or evaluating digital interventions and researchers collaborating with industry or tech partners. No prior regulatory expertise required and no maximum number of participants. The convener declares no conflicts of interest.

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