Table 1 Components of Implementation Mapping process
Intervention Mapping Step | Purpose | Questions addressed |
|---|---|---|
Task 1 | Engage stakeholders integral to the context where the intervention will be employed who will be responsible for its adoption, implementation, and maintenance. Identify actions necessary for and barriers/facilitators of implementation. | 1. Who will decide to adopt and use the program? |
Conduct a needs and assets assessment | ||
2. Which stakeholders will decision makers need to consult? | ||
3. Who will make resources available to implement the program? | ||
4. Will the program require different people to implement different components? | ||
5. Who will ensure the program will continue as long as it is needed? | ||
Task 2 | Define who needs to do what to adopt, deliver, and maintain the program and its essential elements and create change objectives to guide implementation design. | 4. What is are the target outcomes the adopters, implementers, and maintainers need to achieve? |
Identify adoption and implementation outcomes, performance objectives, determinants, and change objectives | ||
5. What needs to be done to adopt, implement, and maintain the program (i.e. performance objectives)? | ||
6. What personal determinants will influence the “why” decisions for each group? | ||
7. What has to change for each determinant in order to encourage the performance objectives? | ||
Task 3 | Using theory, choose implementation strategies to create practical applications for the specified context. | 8. What theory-based change methods are most appropriate for this context? |
Select theoretical methods and design implementation strategies | ||
9. How can these change methods be used as practical applications in this context? | ||
Task 4 | Outline implementation plan. | 10. What program components need to be created? |
Produce implementation protocols and materials | ||
11. Are the program materials appropriate for the target audience? | ||
Task 5 | Design evaluation plan. | 12. What needs to be measured to describe program effects before and after the implementation? |
Produce implementation protocols and materials | ||
13. How will the chosen constructs be measured? |