Health Policy and Planning
Volume 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 508-517

Developing a logic model for youth mental health: Participatory research with a refugee community in Beirut (Article) (Open Access)

Afifi R.A. , Makhoul J. , El Hajj T. , Nakkash R.T.*
  • a Department of Health Promotion and Community Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
  • b Department of Health Promotion and Community Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
  • c Department of Health Promotion and Community Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
  • d Department of Health Promotion and Community Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, Center for Research on Population and Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, P.O. Box 11-0236, Riad El Solh 1107 2020, Beirut, Lebanon

Abstract

Although logic models are now touted as an important component of health promotion planning, implementation and evaluation, there are few published manuscripts that describe the process of logic model development, and fewer which do so with community involvement, despite the increasing emphasis on participatory research. This paper describes a process leading to the development of a logic model for a youth mental health promotion intervention using a participatory approach in a Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon. First, a needs assessment, including quantitative and qualitative data collection was carried out with children, parents and teachers. The second phase was identification of a priority health issue and analysis of determinants. The final phase in the construction of the logic model involved development of an intervention. The process was iterative and resulted in a more grounded depiction of the pathways of influence informed by evidence. Constructing a logic model with community input ensured that the intervention was more relevant to community needs, feasible for implementation and more likely to be sustainable. © The Author 2011; all rights reserved.

Author Keywords

Mental health Adolescent Participatory research logic model Refugee

Index Keywords

refugee psychological aspect mental health human Refugees Logistic Models Arab ethnology Arabs Young Adult Lebanon Humans Adolescent male female Article adult participatory research Community-Based Participatory Research statistical model
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-80455149678&doi=10.1093%2fheapol%2fczr001&partnerID=40&md5=7be28de16238da62da5ac67c6917ae89
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czr001
ISSN: 02681080
Cited by: 20
Original Language: English