A highly practical guide to public health intervention development. This book has been developed to assist anyone involved with effective health promotion project design. It cuts through the complex theories and technical frameworks to provide a 6 step formula for creating effective and sustainable interventions.
Key features
- Adopts a pragmatic approach that addresses barriers and challenges to project delivery
- Utilises the Six Steps in Quality Intervention Development framework - a unique model designed specifically to improve intervention planning
- Combines the theory and concepts behind intervention development with practical methods of delivery on the ground
- Includes detailed case studies that provide examples of how the six steps can be used for successful intervention design
Autorentext
Professor Ruth Jepson is a professor of public health in social science and Director of the Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy at the University of Edinburgh. She has a background in nursing and has worked in the field of public health for over 30 years. Her expertise includes systematic reviews, co-production, qualitative methods and the development and evaluation of complex public health interventions. She was part of the team who developed the Six Steps in Quality Intervention Development and has used it widely in her teaching and research.
Inhalt
Introduction to the Book
Principles of Intervention Development
Causality, Systems and Complexity
6SQuID Step 1: Understand the Problem and Its Causes
Step 2: Identifying Modifiable Causal Factors
Step 3: Identifying How to Bring About Change: Theory of Change
Step 4: Identifying How to Deliver Change Mechanisms - Theory of Action
Step 5 of 6squid: Testing and Adapting the Intervention
6SQuID Step 6: Collecting Sufficient Evidence of Effectiveness to Proceed to a Rigorous Evaluation
Case Studies
Conclusion