The Stage-Of-Change Model

The stages-of-change model was developed in the mid 1980s by James Prochaska and Carlo DiClemente. The model showed that people can make behavior health changes on their own. The model has six steps including precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance, and relapse. The model shows that changes does not happen in one step but rather through different stages. The stages-of-change model has also been use in a broad range of behaviors health behavior change programs including weight loss, injury preventing, alcohol and drug treatment programs (Scott, 2008).

In stage one, precontemplation, the individual is not planning to change his/her behavior as they do not see it as a problem. They are not thinking seriously about