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===Phase 3 – educational and ecological diagnosis===

Once the behavioral and environmental factors are identified and interventions are selected, planners can start to work on selecting factors that, if modified, will be most likely to result in behavior change, andas canwell as sustain this change processit. These factors are classified as 1) predisposing factors, 2) enabling factors, and 3) reinforcing factors.<ref name="Green05" /><ref name="Gielen08" />

''Predisposing factors'' are any characteristics of a person or population that motivatesmotivate behavior prior to or during the occurrence of that behavior.<ref name="Green05" /> They include an individual's knowledge, beliefs, values, and attitudes.

''Enabling factors'' are those characteristics of the environment that facilitate action and any skill or resource required to attain specific behavior.<ref name="Green05" /> They include programs, services, availability and accessibility of resources, or new skills required to enable behavior change.

''Reinforcing factors'' are rewards or punishments following or anticipated as a consequence of a behavior.<ref name="Green05" /> They serve to strengthen the motivation for a behavior. Some of the reinforcing factors include social support, peer support, etc.

===Phase 4 – administrative and policy diagnosis===