Summary

You should now be able to

• Gather data and review available information about a specific health problem.
• Determine who is affected by the problem and what groups could be a target audience for the intervention.
• Identify what range of behaviors need to be changed to address the health problem.
• Make preliminary decisions about a behavior to address.
• Determine potential strategies for change.
• Explain how to identify information available through existing data, and determine what is relevant to selecting a target audience and to selecting a behavior to change.
• Identify stakeholders and obtain information from them on existing programs or activities.