Lecture notes – Bridging the Gap
Lecture 1: Interventions and policies in the field of youth
development and youth care
Actors in the field of youth development:
Steps in intervention development
1. Needs assessment
a. Target population
b. Wishes and priorities
c. Resources available
2. Program formulation
a. Goals and aims
b. How to reach = objectives
c. Long-term vs. short-term outcomes
3. Theory of change
a. Program-theory
b. What is needed to change behavior?
c. Working mechanisms
4. Implementation
a. Who needs to be involved?
b. Who is targeted, where and when?
c. How much is needed?
5. Evaluation
a. Effective in reaching the goals and adapting to the needs.
Needs assessment, program formulation and the theory of change are part of the program
development.
, How can science inform practice and vice versa?
- Theory development/program theory
- Evaluating needs
- Structural action planning
- Effect evaluation
- Process evaluation
Who develops programs and when?
- Agenda setting and lobby
- Local versus national
- Knowledge institutes, expertise center and interest groups
- Monitoring
Levels of prevention
- Environmental prevention
- Universal prevention
- Selective prevention
- Indicative prevention
Intervention mapping
- Identifying determinant
o Health promoting or risk reducing behaviors
o Determinants of behavior
- Behavior change methods
o What is needed to change behavior
- Implementation
Steps of intervention mapping
- Intervention development
1. Logic model problem
2. Objectives = goals, aims and outcomes
3. Program design = programme theory
- Implementation
4. Program production
5. Implementation plan
- Evaluation
6. Evaluation plan
Lecture 1: Interventions and policies in the field of youth
development and youth care
Actors in the field of youth development:
Steps in intervention development
1. Needs assessment
a. Target population
b. Wishes and priorities
c. Resources available
2. Program formulation
a. Goals and aims
b. How to reach = objectives
c. Long-term vs. short-term outcomes
3. Theory of change
a. Program-theory
b. What is needed to change behavior?
c. Working mechanisms
4. Implementation
a. Who needs to be involved?
b. Who is targeted, where and when?
c. How much is needed?
5. Evaluation
a. Effective in reaching the goals and adapting to the needs.
Needs assessment, program formulation and the theory of change are part of the program
development.
, How can science inform practice and vice versa?
- Theory development/program theory
- Evaluating needs
- Structural action planning
- Effect evaluation
- Process evaluation
Who develops programs and when?
- Agenda setting and lobby
- Local versus national
- Knowledge institutes, expertise center and interest groups
- Monitoring
Levels of prevention
- Environmental prevention
- Universal prevention
- Selective prevention
- Indicative prevention
Intervention mapping
- Identifying determinant
o Health promoting or risk reducing behaviors
o Determinants of behavior
- Behavior change methods
o What is needed to change behavior
- Implementation
Steps of intervention mapping
- Intervention development
1. Logic model problem
2. Objectives = goals, aims and outcomes
3. Program design = programme theory
- Implementation
4. Program production
5. Implementation plan
- Evaluation
6. Evaluation plan
