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Schölmerich, Vera L. N.; Kawachi, Ichiro – Health Education & Behavior, 2016
Multilevel interventions are inspired by socio-ecological models, and seek to create change on various levels--for example by increasing the health literacy of individuals as well as modifying the social norms within a community. Despite becoming a buzzword in public health, actual multilevel interventions remain scarce. In this commentary, we…
Descriptors: Intervention, Theory Practice Relationship, Ecological Factors, Social Influences
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LeRoy, Lisa; Benet, Dana Jones; Mason, Theresa; Austin, W. David; Mills, Sherry – Health Education & Behavior, 2004
Whereas most evaluations of youth empowerment focus on individual outcomes (i.e., were individual youths empowered?), this article focuses on the program as the unit of analysis and seeks to explain how organizational structures, program design features, and processes lead to organizational empowerment (OE). OE is defined as organizational efforts…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Program Design, Smoking, Public Health