Health Promotion Strategies
Course readings and resources
Week 1: Introduction to course
Week 2: Introduction HP practice
Week 3: Introduction to the Intervention Mapping Approach
Roles of values, evidence and theory in HP practice (not covered in 2012)
Week 4: IMA Step 1: Socio-ecological needs assessment
Week 5: IMA Step 2: Preparing matrices of change objectives
Week 6: Individual change strategies (including health education & health communication)
Reading Week: February 20-24
Week 7: Socio-environmental changes strategies: Organizatinal development & change
Week 8: Social-environmental change strategies: Community organization & community building
Week 9: Social-environmental change strategies: Healthy public policy & advocacy
Week 10: IMA Step 3: Selecting theory-informed intervention methods & practical strategies
Week 11: IMA Steps 4: Producing program components & materials
Week 12: IMA Steps 5: Adoption, implmentation & sustainability of HP interventions
Week 13: IMA Step 6: Evaluation in HP practice & course integration

Week 3: Introduction to the Intervention Mapping Approach

Preparation for Week #3
1.     Begin to develop a “Problem and Solution Tree” related to your chosen issue
a.     Review Snowdon, W., Schultz, J., & Swinburn, B. (2008). Problem and solution trees: a practical approach for identifying potential interventions to improve population nutrition. Health Promot. Int., 23(4), 345-353. (http://heapro.oxfordjournals.org.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/cgi/reprint/23/4/345 )
b.     You might find it helpful to explore the following resources related to the use of “problem/solution trees”:
i.      Department for International Development (DFID). Section 3, “Problem and Situational Analysis”, in Tools for Development: A handbook for those engaged in development activity http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Documents/publications/toolsfordevelopment.pdf
ii.     AusGUIDEline: The Logical Framework Approachhttp://www.ausaid.gov.au/ausguide/pdf/ausguideline3.3.pdf
 
Class Topics
 
Introduction to the Intervention Mapping Approach
Required readings from course textbooks
 
1.     Bartholomew et al. (2011): read Chapter 1 very carefully; begin to familiarize yourself with Chapter 4
2.     Glanz et al. (2008): Chapters 1, 18, 20
(the PRECEDE-PROCEED Model, and the Socio-ecological Model, are essential guiding frameworks for the Intervention Mapping Approach)
 
Additional required reading
Glanz et al.: Chapters 2, 7, 12, 17, 22 (summary chapters regarding theories)
Michael Goodstadt Ph.D., C.Psych. Director MPH Program in Health Promotion, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Canada m.goodstadt@utoronto.ca