Applied Psychology

Question 1

Main steps in public health intervention
development (Wight et al., 2015)

Answer 1

1. Define and understand the problem and its
   causes.
2. Clarify which causal or contextual factors are
   malleable and have greatest scope for change.
   (You will focus on behavioural causes)
3. Identify how to bring about change: the
   change mechanism.
4. Identify how to deliver the change
   mechanism.
5. Test and refine on a small scale.
6. Collect sufficient evidence of effectiveness to
   justify rigorous evaluation/implementation.