My ISHN article last month discussed how to estimate the relative risks of behaviors considered for inclusion on a critical behavior checklist (CBC). Three dimensions of behavioral risk - exposure, severity, and probability - were described as the "ESP" characteristics of at-risk behavior that should guide your process of selecting behaviors for a CBC. This month's article introduces the role of behavioral inconvenience in determining the design and use of a CBC.
Behavioral inconvenience likely influences every percent-safe score. The more inconvenient the safe behaviors on a CBC, the lower the percent-safe score, unless an intervention has been implemented to improve one or more inconvenient behaviors.