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Intervention mapping [1] is a protocol for developing theory -based and evidence-based health promotion programs. Intervention Mapping describes the process of health promotion program planning in six steps: the needs assessment based on the PRECEDE-PROCEED model. the definition of performance and change objectives based upon scientific ...
The issue-based information system (IBIS) is an argumentation -based approach to clarifying wicked problems —complex, ill-defined problems that involve multiple stakeholders. [1] Diagrammatic visualization using IBIS notation is often called issue mapping. [2]: ix. IBIS was invented by Werner Kunz and Horst Rittel in the 1960s.
A behavior change method, or behavior change technique, is a theory -based method for changing one or several determinants of behavior such as a person's attitude or self-efficacy. Such behavior change methods are used in behavior change interventions. Although of course attempts to influence people's attitude and other psychological ...
Impact evaluation. Impact evaluation assesses the changes that can be attributed to a particular intervention, such as a project, program or policy, both the intended ones, as well as ideally the unintended ones. [1] In contrast to outcome monitoring, which examines whether targets have been achieved, impact evaluation is structured to answer ...
Evaluation. In common usage, evaluation is a systematic determination and assessment of a subject's merit, worth and significance, using criteria governed by a set of standards. It can assist an organization, program, design, project or any other intervention or initiative to assess any aim, realizable concept/proposal, or any alternative, to ...
Implementation research is the systematic study of methods that support the application of research findings and other evidence-based knowledge into policy and practice. [1] It aims to understand the most effective pathways from research to practical application, particularly in areas such as health, education, psychology and management. [ 2 ]
Problem structuring methods (PSMs) are a group of techniques used to model or to map the nature or structure of a situation or state of affairs that some people want to change. [1] PSMs are usually used by a group of people in collaboration (rather than by a solitary individual) to create a consensus about, or at least to facilitate ...
The transtheoretical model of behavior change is an integrative theory of therapy that assesses an individual's readiness to act on a new healthier behavior, and provides strategies, or processes of change to guide the individual. [1] The model is composed of constructs such as: stages of change, processes of change, levels of change, self ...