title: [The intervention mapping protocol: A structured process to develop, implement and evaluate health promotion programs].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Health promotion programs are expected to improve population health and reduce social inequalities in health. However, their theoretical foundations are frequently ill-defined, and their implementation faces many obstacles. The aim of this article is to describe the intervention mapping protocol in health promotion programs planning, used recently in several countries.
  
  
  METHODS
  The challenges of planning health promotion programs are presented, and the six steps of the intervention mapping protocol are described with an example. Based on a literature review, the use of this protocol, its requirements and potential limitations are discussed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The intervention mapping protocol has four essential characteristics: an ecological perspective (person-environment), a participative approach, the use of theoretical models in human and social sciences and the use of scientific evidence. It comprises six steps: conduct a health needs assessment, define change objectives, select theory-based change techniques and practical applications, organize techniques and applications into an intervention program (logic model), plan for program adoption, implementation, and sustainability, and generate an evaluation plan. This protocol was used in different countries and domains such as obesity, tobacco, physical activity, cancer and occupational health. Although its utilization requires resources and a critical stance, this protocol was used to develop interventions which efficacy was demonstrated.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The intervention mapping protocol is an integrated process that fits the scientific and practical challenges of health promotion. It could be tested in France as it was used in other countries, in particular to reduce social inequalities in health.
authors.affiliation: UMR T 9405, unité mixte de recherche épidémiologique et de surveillance transport travail environnement (UMRESTTE), université Claude-Bernard Lyon 1, 8, avenue Rockefeller, 69373 Lyon cedex 08, France; CAPRIT, campus Longueuil, université de Sherbrooke, 150, place Charles-Le Moyne, bureau 200, J4K 0A8 Longueuil, QC, Canada. Electronic address: jean-baptiste.fassier@univ-lyon1.fr.
authors.forename: J-B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Fassier
authors.affiliation: UMR T 9405, unité mixte de recherche épidémiologique et de surveillance transport travail environnement (UMRESTTE), université Claude-Bernard Lyon 1, 8, avenue Rockefeller, 69373 Lyon cedex 08, France; Département de médecine générale, université Claude-Bernard Lyon 1, 8, avenue Rockefeller, 69373 Lyon cedex 08, France. Electronic address: marion.lamort-bouche@univ-lyon1.fr.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lamort-Bouché
authors.affiliation: EA 4163, institut de psychologie, groupe de recherche en psychologie sociale (GREPS), université Lyon 2, 5, avenue P.-Mendès-France, 69656 Bron, France. Electronic address: philippe.sarnin@univ-lyon2.fr.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sarnin
authors.affiliation: EA 4163, institut de psychologie, groupe de recherche en psychologie sociale (GREPS), université Lyon 2, 5, avenue P.-Mendès-France, 69656 Bron, France. Electronic address: christine.durif@univ-lyon2.fr.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Durif-Bruckert
authors.affiliation: UMR 5558, laboratoire de biométrie et biologie évolutive (LBBE), hôpital Lyon Sud, université Claude-Bernard Lyon 1, 165, chemin du Grand-Revoyet, 69495 Pierre-Bénite, France. Electronic address: julien.peron@chu-lyon.fr.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Péron
authors.affiliation: Département de médecine générale, université Claude-Bernard Lyon 1, 8, avenue Rockefeller, 69373 Lyon cedex 08, France; EA 4129, santé individu société (SIS), institut de psychologie, université Lyon 2, 5, avenue P.-Mendès-France, 69676 Bron, France. Electronic address: laurent.letrilliart@wanadoo.fr.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Letrilliart
authors.affiliation: CAPRIT, campus Longueuil, université de Sherbrooke, 150, place Charles-Le Moyne, bureau 200, J4K 0A8 Longueuil, QC, Canada. Electronic address: marie-jose.durand@usherbrooke.ca.
authors.forename: M-J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Durand
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D062305:Geographic Mapping; D006284:Health Plan Implementation / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards
keywords: Disparités de l’état de santé; Health planning; Health promotion; Health status disparities; Planification en santé; Program evaluation; Promotion de la santé; Évaluation de programmes