Exploring the need for community-level health promotion theory (Hawe, 2015; Moore & Evans, 2017) (PHD1123 Spring 2024) by Andrew Springer

What are key critiques of Hawe (2015) and Moore & Evans (2017) in our field of public health in applying theory to community/population-level health promotion?

andrewespringer — 2023-12-11 21:09:34 UTC

How can we move toward the development and application of community-level theory for community health promotion? What is needed for better understanding how the environment influences the individual?

andrewespringer — 2023-12-11 21:09:34 UTC

What are the challenges and barriers with developing, testing and applying community-level health promotion theory? What keeps us with a focus on individual-level theory and individual-level interventions?

andrewespringer — 2023-12-11 21:09:34 UTC

Other thoughts about Hawe (2015) & Moore & Evans (2017) readings? What can we do to improve theory for community health promotion?

andrewespringer — 2023-12-11 21:14:06 UTC

JC

2024-01-23 20:32:56 UTC

Love the concept of contradictions can lead to better understanding. Complexity will be challenging and theories or methods will need to change for proper community health promotion implementation.

2024-01-23 20:37:07 UTC

A better understanding of the systems or environment into which we are attempting to introduce change before intervening.

2024-01-23 20:38:03 UTC

Can be difficult since similar constructs have different names across theories.

2024-01-23 20:38:51 UTC

Community is complex and nebulous at times. Easier to conceptualize at individual level based on personal experience and interactions. Also easier to garner individual feedback.

2024-01-23 20:38:59 UTC

"...broader conceptualization of theory that reaches across disciplines and moves beyond individual-level theorizing is vital if the theory is to enhance, rather than constrain, the contribution of intervention research."

adopting a popular theory may simply serve to provide false assurance

2024-01-23 20:39:10 UTC

2024-01-23 20:39:30 UTC

Tunnel Vision, which leads to an inability to recognize the wealth of alternative social science theories that can be used for health promotion intervention

2024-01-23 20:40:12 UTC

Some theories can act as a security blanket ie providing false assurances

Hawe (2015)

anissaccastillo — 2024-01-23 20:40:14 UTC

Fascinated with language, metaphor, & terminology. I believe becoming comfortable with language as ever-evolving and agreeing on an approach for terms at the outset of the intervention. Acknowledging if harm was done previously and moving on as a group for common language for an intervention. Probably easier said than done.

2024-01-23 20:40:29 UTC

Debates in theories and false assurances

2024-01-23 20:40:47 UTC

We have to remember that intervention deliverers/practioners/agents often know the system better than the researchers

2024-01-23 20:41:07 UTC

Complexity of Community and need to recognize practitioners/implementation

Focus on individual-level . . .

anissaccastillo — 2024-01-23 20:41:44 UTC

Perhaps time? Re-training away from lack of an "acceptable" p-value to mean all is lost with the effort. Working in a participatory mode requires extra time and effort.

2024-01-23 20:41:49 UTC

Plan With Data and With Evidence-Based Practice and Practice-

Based Evidence

SR

2024-01-23 20:41:56 UTC

Understanding the needs and resources to better allocate what is need to promote the application in that community.

2024-01-23 20:42:24 UTC

Conceptualize the partner community for the proposed intervention

Intervention mapping

anissaccastillo — 2024-01-23 20:43:55 UTC

Great, systematic application of theory as I understand it thus far.

JC

2024-01-23 20:44:20 UTC

Strengthen support through relationships in the communities and assessment of the current issues requiring change and needs/factors that influence health

Exploring the need for community-level health promotion theory (Hawe, 2015; Moore & Evans, 2017) (PHD1123 Spring 2024) by Andrew Springer

What are key critiques of Hawe (2015) and Moore & Evans (2017) in our field of public health in applying theory to community/population-level health promotion?

How can we move toward the development and application of community-level theory for community health promotion? What is needed for better understanding how the environment influences the individual?

What are the challenges and barriers with developing, testing and applying community-level health promotion theory? What keeps us with a focus on individual-level theory and individual-level interventions?

Other thoughts about Hawe (2015) & Moore & Evans (2017) readings? What can we do to improve theory for community health promotion?

JC

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adopting a popular theory may simply serve to provide false assurance

Hawe (2015)

Focus on individual-level . . .

SR

Intervention mapping

JC