Cues to action are triggers, such as symptoms, reminders, recommendations, media messages, or a clinician’s prompt, that move people toward a health behavior. They do not necessarily turn favorable beliefs into action, and a prompt differs from changes that make a service accessible.
- Entry typeKey concept
- Category of its source unitTheories & Explanatory Models
- DomainPersuasion & Argument
What these mean
Editorial orientation · Entry type
Key concept
Key concepts are the working vocabulary of the field: the terms that the models and tools rely on and that a decision about communication has to use precisely. Each entry defines the term and sends you to the brief or the self-guided audit where it is put to work.
Editorial orientation · Category
Theories & Explanatory Models
Explains how or why a communication process works by relating mechanisms, conditions or variables. Its value is an account that can guide inquiry into what produces an outcome, rather than a name for the outcome alone.