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Setting Objectives for Community and Systems Change: An Application of Concept Mapping for Planning a Statewide Health Improvement Initiative

William M. K. Trochim, PhD

Bobby Milstein, MPH

Betty J. Wood, PhD, MPH

Susan Jackson, BA

Virginia Pressler, MD, MBA, FACS

The Hawaii Department of Health (HDOH) used concept mapping techniques to engage local stakeholders and national subject area experts in defining the community and system factors that affect individuals’ behaviors related to tobacco, nutrition, and physical activity. Over eight working days, project participants brainstormed 496 statements (edited to a final set of 90), which were then sorted and rated for their importance and feasibility. A sequence of multivariate statistical analyses, including multidimensional scaling and hierarchical cluster analysis, generated maps and figures that were then interpreted by project stakeholders. The results were immediately incorporated into an official plan, approved by the governor and state legislature, recommending how Hawaii’s tobacco settlement resources could be used to create sustainable changes in population health. The results also provide empirical support for the premise that both community and systems factors ought to be considered when planning comprehensive health improvement initiatives.

Key Words: community and systems change • health planning • tobacco settlement • concept mapping • multidimensional scaling

Health Promotion Practice, Vol. 5, No. 1, 8-19 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/1524839903258020
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