The study is looking into how community based organization utilized outreach mobile health methods to reach out to young people of ages 16 - 25 years in the community to provide reproductive and sexual health promotion. I have contemplated lots of theoretical frameworks but at the moment indecisive. The study will be a mixed methods case study of two CBOs and a statutory health facility.
Hi Itodo, you might want to incorporate the Prochaska transtheorectical model of change to your research study to examine what will influence teenagers and build this into your research. This link might be helpful because those CBOs are desiged to promote change in behavioral. The website address is http://www.prochange.com/transtheoretical-model-of-behavior-change
Also adolescents and young adults are heavily influenced by the media, peer communications and their overall enviroment so include those critical components in your scientific study.
Hi Michele, thanks for this insight.
I will be looking at the TTM of behavior change you suggested. My current thinking is that any model or theoretical framework will be incorporating the design phase and implementation of the health promotion program. This will also link organizational cultures and contexts of the program while also incorporating the roles of service providers along with health promotion workers which translated into the intervention offer by the CBO to young people.
Thanks once again.
Hi Itodo!
In my point of view and expertise, the Action Research is an excellent and flexible method to studying and analyzing of these issues in adolescents and young adults.
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Hi Octavio,
Thanks for the replies and this insight. Aside from looking at the study from adolescent and young adult's side of the coin, I am hoping to bring all the actors together to present a more holistic picture of this phenomenon. This includes executives of CBOs, health promotion workers and the 16-25 years old.
Many thanks once again.
Look at social construction theory -Ore, T.E. (2003) The social construction of difference of inequalities or read Olivier M. 1998 Theories in Health Care and Research
Orem,s self care model can be used for teaching purposes
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