3As Counselling Model

Uses

How it works

Comparisons

Background

Evidence quality

Highlighted claims

• The 3As is a brief counselling method originally developed for smoking cessation but adaptable to physical activity. — Physical activity advice from general practitioners in Germany: findings from a cross-sectional population survey of individuals with chronic ischaemic heart disease (OptiCor study)
• The 3As approach can be delivered within a few minutes and is easier to integrate into routine primary care than longer counselling interventions. — Physical activity advice from general practitioners in Germany: findings from a cross-sectional population survey of individuals with chronic ischaemic heart disease (OptiCor study)
• The Assist component of the 3As is especially important because prior research links it most strongly to health behaviour change. — Physical activity advice from general practitioners in Germany: findings from a cross-sectional population survey of individuals with chronic ischaemic heart disease (OptiCor study)
• International evidence shows that all three 3As elements are rarely implemented together and that consultations often stop after Ask or Assess. — Physical activity advice from general practitioners in Germany: findings from a cross-sectional population survey of individuals with chronic ischaemic heart disease (OptiCor study)
• Population survey evidence indicates that delivering all three 3As elements is more effective than providing only isolated elements. — Physical activity advice from general practitioners in Germany: findings from a cross-sectional population survey of individuals with chronic ischaemic heart disease (OptiCor study)