Task 2 - Step 1

Question 1

Intervention Mapping

Answer 1

provides health promotion planners with a framework for effective decision making at each step in intervention planning, implementation, & evaluation

• planning approach that is based on using theory & evidence as foundations for taking an ecological approach to assessing and intervening in health problems & entering community participation
• enables planners to develop a solid foundation in theory and evidence
• in each step the oils (existing literature, appropriate theories & additional research data) are systematically applied

Question 2

perspectives of IM

Answer 2

participation
- take culture into account (cultural humility)

ethical practice

• goals should always be related to the health of the public
• intervention should be based on thorough evidence
• include diverse participation
• consider the rights of persons & protect them

Multiple theories approach
- IM is a theory & evidence based approach

socio-ecological approach

Question 3

Theory in IM

Answer 3

use of theory is necessary in evidence-inofrmed health promotion to ensure that we can describe and address the factors that cause health problems and the methods to achieve change

uses theory from a problem-driven perspective

• may use multiple theories
• main focus is on problem-solving
• criteria for success are formulated as outcomes to the problem

Question 4

Socio-ecological Model

Answer 4

underpinning for IM
- consonant with & encompassed by systems thinking

Health = function of individual & the environment in which individuals live

system = activities, actors & settings that are affected by to affect a certain problem situation

Socio-ecological paradigm:

• focuses on the interrelationship between individuals (bio-psycho & behavioural chart) & their environment (physical, social & cultural aspects that exist across individual life domains & social settings)
• nested structure of environment allows for multiple influences with both within & across levels
• -> loog at agents at each ecological level (interpersonal, organisational, community or societal)
• an intervention at one environmental level can influence causal factors at multiple levels

Question 5

Participation in Planning

Answer 5

• all health promotion program development, implementation & evaluation should be based on broad participation of community members
• helps ensure that program focus reflects concerns for local community
• can bring greater breadth of skills, knowledge and expertise
• can improve external validity of interventions by recognition and evaluation of local knowledge of community members & practitioners
• evidence-based health promotion interventions may be more acceptable to communities & potential pp when research does not originate under special circumstance at distant place

Question 6

Principles for facilitating participatory action & partnership

Answer 6

• recognise a partner community as a unit of identity
• build upon community strengths & resources
• facilitate collaborative, equitable decision making in which partners negotiate desired roles in all project phases & attend to social inequalities
• foster co-learning among partners