Courses

NSG 6115

The Design of Multiple Interventions in Community Health

Course Description:

This course critiques the design of multi-component and multi-level intervention programs in community health. Selected case examples are used to examine the theoretical basis for multiple intervention programs. Key issues in the design of multiple intervention programs are discussed including the optimal blend and timing of interventions; synergistic effects, and the contextual environment. Planning tools to support the design and evaluation of multiple intervention programs are reviewed. Barriers to the design and evaluation of effective multiple intervention programs are debated.

Course Objectives:

Theory Objectives:

1. To review typologies describing multiple (multi-component, multi-level and multi-channel) interventions in community health.
2. To examine the theoretical basis for the design of multiple intervention programs in community health.
3. To examine and critique key elements of multiple intervention program design including the optimal blend and timing of interventions; synergistic effects, and the contextual environment.
4. To articulate principles for choosing among alternative interventions and optimizing the blend of interventions for improving population health.
5. To examine organizational and political barriers to the design and evaluation of effective multiple intervention programs.
6. To undertake a comparative analysis of selected planning tools for the design of multiple intervention programs
7. To debate directions for the future design and evaluation of multiple intervention programs in community health.
8. To become familiar with the strengths and limitations of selected planning tools for the design of multiple intervention community health programs.
9. To examine and critique existing approaches to multi-component program design in community health.

For a detailed course description and for course prerequisites contact Dr. Nancy Edwards