Abstract
ObjectiveTo assess the role of Intervention Mapping (IM) in designing disease prevention interventions worldwide.MethodsSystematic search and review of the relevant literature—peer-reviewed and grey—was conducted using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis (PRISMA) guidelines.FindingsOnly five of the twenty two included studies reviewed were RCTs that compared intervention using IM protocol with placebo intervention, and provided the outcomes in terms of percentage increase in the uptake of disease-prevention programmes, and only one of the five studies provided an effect measure in the form of relative risk (RR = 1.59, 95% CI = 1.08–2.34, p = 0.02). Of the five RCTs, three were rated as strong evidences, one as a medium evidence and one as a weak evidence, and they all reported statistically significant difference between the two study groups, with disease prevention interventions that have used the intervention mapping approach generally reported significant increases in the uptake of disease-prevention interventions, ranging from 9% to 28.5% (0.0001 ≤ p ≤ 0.02), On the other hand, all the 22 studies have successfully identified the determinants of the uptake of disease prevention interventions that is essential to the success of disease prevention programmes.ConclusionIntervention Mapping has been successfully used to plan, implement and evaluate interventions that showed significant increase in uptake of disease prevention programmes. This study has provided a good understanding of the role of intervention mapping in designing disease prevention interventions, and a good foundation upon which subsequent reviews can be guided.
Highlights
BackgroundHealth promotion entails the use of both educational and environmental interventions to improve conditions of living favourable to health.[1]
This study has provided a good understanding of the role of intervention mapping in designing
Different health promotion intervention models have been used in the past, such as the logic model described by Kirby and associates [2] and the PRECEDE/PROCEED model described by Green and Kreuter.[1]
Summary
Health promotion entails the use of both educational and environmental interventions to improve conditions of living favourable to health.[1] Different health promotion intervention models have been used in the past, such as the logic model described by Kirby and associates [2] and the PRECEDE/PROCEED model described by Green and Kreuter.[1] The logic model provides a background of risk behaviours and their determinants in the at-risk groups It depicts the environmental factors and their determinants that impact directly or indirectly on the risk behaviours, as well as identifying characteristics that distinguish between effective and ineffective programmes.[2] The PRECEDE component involves an analysis of the behavioural and environmental determinants of health and their correlates. Intervention mapping (IM) is a health promotion protocol for selecting and applying social and behavioural science theories, such as theories of health psychology, to the planning, implementation and evaluation of health promotion programmes.[3]
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