Contact Information:
Sara J. Knight: sara.knight@ucsf.edu
Jamie L. Studts: jlstu2@email.uky.edu

Description/Mission Statement:
The Health Decision Making Special Interest Group (HDM SIG) provides a forum within the Society of Behavioral Medicine to advance the theory, science, and practice of health decision making, particularly as applied in behavioral medicine. The HDM SIG has a special interest in understanding informed decision making by patients and the general population, shared decision making between patients and health professionals, and clinical decision making by health professionals.

The HDM SIG accomplishes its mission through 1) fostering communication and collaboration among its members, 2) developing and offering activities through SBM venues that will enhance the collective knowledge of health decision making among SBM members, 3) providing high quality peer review of abstracts and manuscripts on decision making topics submitted to SBM meetings and publications, and 4) providing guidance on the science of health decision making to SBM committees, SIGs, and councils.

The HDM SIG is the point of contact for liaisons between SBM and other organizations relevant to health decision making such as the Society of Medical Decision Making and the Society for Judgment and Decision Making.