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Department of Health Education and Promotion Faculty of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Jazan University, KSA Evidence-Based Practice (Health Promotion) 3 Theory, Research and Practice Dr. Yahya Alamir BSN, MAP, PhD ,Assistant Professor Public Health, Social & Behavioral Sciences Contents ...

Department of Health Education and Promotion Faculty of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Jazan University, KSA Evidence-Based Practice (Health Promotion) 3 Theory, Research and Practice Dr. Yahya Alamir BSN, MAP, PhD ,Assistant Professor Public Health, Social & Behavioral Sciences Contents  Theory Research and Practice  Task 2 Theories Research/Practice As Health promoter Your Goal is to Change Behavior Health Education HP Programs Researc h Theory-based Intervention Practic e Health Promotion Program Health Education Clinical Community wide campaign Theorybased Researc h  Theory, research, and practice are interrelated..  Not only are they related, but they are each essential to health education and health behavior.  The best theory is informed by practice; the best practice should be grounded in theory.  Researchers and practitioners may differ in their priorities, but the relationship between research and its application can and should move in both directions.  The task of health behavior and health education is both to understand health behavior and to transform knowledge about behavior into effective strategies for health enhancement.  Research in health education and health behavior ultimately will be judged by its contributions to improving the health of populations.  Although basic behavioral research is important in developing theories, we must ultimately test our theories iteratively in realworld contexts  When we do so, theory, research, and practice begin to converge.  There is increasing recognition that, “if we want more evidence-based practice, we need more practice-based evidence” (Green and Glasgow, 2006). Effective practice depends on using theories and strategies that are appropriate to a situation  Researchers and practitioners use theory to investigate answers to the questions of “why,” “what,” and “how” health problems should be addressed.  By seeking answers to these questions, they clarify the nature of targeted health behaviors.  That is, Theory guides the search for reasons why people do or do not engage in certain health behaviors; Types of studies/researches Using Theories  Informed by theory: a theoretical framework was identified, but no or limited application of the theory was used in specific study components and measures.  Applied theory: a theoretical framework was specified, and several of the constructs were applied in components of the study  Tested theory: a theoretical framework was specified, and more than half the theoretical constructs were measured and explicitly tested, or two or more theories were compared to one another in a study.  Building/creating theory: new or revised/expanded theory was developed using constructs specified, measured, and analyzed in a study. Task 2  What do you want to know about your Identified behavioral issue?  Search the literature… Thank you ??Questions