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Community Development Journal Advance Access published online on July 12, 2005
Community Development Journal, doi:10.1093/cdj/bsi061
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Multilevel community health promotion: How can we make it work?

Neena Chappell 1, Laura Funk 2, Arlene Carson 3, Patricia MacKenzie 4, and Richard Stanwick 5*

1 Centre on Aging and Department of Sociology, Centre on Aging, University of Victoria
2 University of Victoria
3 University of Victoria and Vancouver Island Health Authority
4 School of Social Work, University of Victoria
5 Vancouver Island Health Authority, Centre on Aging, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 1700 STNCSC, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W2Y2


  Abstract

The need for multilevel, comprehensive health promotion programmes has become widely accepted, as has the importance of community approaches. However, many health promotion programmes focus on change at the individual level, no doubt partly due to the difficulty of implementing all-inclusive health promotion. This paper discusses two strategies for guiding multilevel projects: multiple methods for community assessment and charting project activities by level of change (a possibility framework). These strategies help ensure a multilevel focus and provide valuable information that can assist with the implementation of multilevel health promotion research projects in specific community contexts. Our primary purpose, therefore, is not to focus on theory or research findings. Rather, our goal is to make visible two strategies that have been helpful in one health promotion research project in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.


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