Program Overview

Program Development Using Intervention Mapping-Equity

Overview

This course equips students with the knowledge and skills to apply Intervention Mapping - Equity to co-design health, social care, and educational programs that are culturally relevant and grounded in evidence, theory, and practice-based knowledge.

Fees

• Without assessment: $1,800 incl. GST
• With assessment: $3,600 incl. GST
• Alumni discounted fees: 10% discount for Students / Monash staff / Monash alumni / Alfred staff / VHA members

Who Should Attend

This three-day course utilizes Intervention Mapping, Implementation Science methodologies, and equity theories and frameworks and is designed specifically for professionals developing and implementing interventions in health, social care, and education settings.

What You Will Learn

On completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Investigate and discuss how IM uses theory, empirical evidence, and co-design to develop a program or intervention for use in health, social care, and education settings.
• Apply explicit equity practices, strategies, and guiding questions for program planners across all IM steps and tasks during program development.
• Construct a Logic Model of the Problem using the needs assessment approach to ensure the purpose, goals, and objectives of the program are relevant and appropriate.
• Construct IM Change Objectives matrices detailing performance and changes objectives linked to theory and practical program strategies to achieve change.
• Create an IM plan to develop a program using IM Steps 1–4.

Program Structure

DAY 1

• Introduction to Intervention Mapping - Equity (IM-Equity)
• The IM-Equity Wheel (equity practices, strategies, and guiding questions for program planners)
• Design and advisory groups
• Conducting a needs assessment
• Conducting an asset assessment
• Creating a logic model of the program and program goal

DAY 2

• Identifying behavior and environment outcomes, performance objectives, and determinants
• Creating matrices of change objectives
• Creating a logic model of the change

DAY 3

• Co-designing program themes, components, scope, and sequence
• Selecting theory and evidence-based behavior change methods
• Developing practical applications
• Building program structure, materials, messages, and protocols
• Pre-testing and pilot-testing
• Producing your intervention

Testimonials

"Great course - excellent facilitators and opportunities to work on own research ideas."

Accelerate Your Qualification

Eligible participants who complete the micro-credential can receive 6 credit points of unspecified credit towards the Master of Public Health.

Instructors

• Dr. Mandy O'Connor: Developmental Psychologist and Research Fellow at Monash University, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Health and Social Care Unit (HSCU).
• Dr. Claire Blewitt: Research Fellow, Evidence Synthesis Qual & Implt Methods

Terms and Conditions

Learn more about the program's terms and conditions. This course is provided by the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine.