The 5 A’s Behavior Change Model is intended for use with the Improving Chronic Illness Care Chronic Care Model (CCM), and was created with the goal of ensuring that all patients have a Self-Management (SM) Action Plan informed by and including all the 5 A’s elements (Assess, Advise, Agree, Assist, Arrange).

The Transtheoretical Model is an integrative, biopsychosocial model to conceptualize the process of intentional behavior change. Whereas other models of behavior change focus exclusively on certain dimensions of change (e.g. theories focusing mainly on social or biological influences), the TTM seeks to include and integrate key constructs from other theories into a comprehensive theory of change that can be applied to a variety of behaviors, populations, and settings.