title: Force field analysis: a model for promoting adolescents' involvement in their own health care.
abstract: This article advances a three-step model for engaging adolescents in shaping their own health care supports and services through systems and social change that rely on principles of force field analysis. Consistent with health promotion values and trends for evidence-based practice, force field analysis provides a systematic and multilevel approach to problem assessment, resolution, and social change that is particularly appropriate for adolescents. The article reviews relevant literature, proposes the model, and concludes with a comparative illustration and critical analysis of the use of force field analysis to promote adolescent health.
authors.affiliation: University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA.
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: MacDuffie
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: DePoy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D010358:Patient Participation; D016730:Program Development; D012922:Social Change; D014481:United States