Federation of Swedish County of Councils

Abstract

Methods for systematically following up and auditing health promotion have been in demand for a considerable period of time. Quality assurance as a method has opened up new opportunities in this area. On the basis of Donabedian´s "triad" of structure, process and outcome, the theoretical preconditions for and implementation of a number of successful health promotion programs/projects have been analyzed with regard to their common characteristics. These characteristics have been generalized, and then transformed into indicators of a successful health promotion program/project. To ensure the practical applicability of the quality indicators they were operationalized in a "question pro-forma". Any negative response to a question on the pro-forma indicates quality defects in a program, and any positive response the opposite. The "template" can be employed for both the planning and quality assurance of health promotion programs and projects. This method is now for the first time available on the Internet. One major advantage of presenting the method electronically is the possibility for people to adjust the question pro-forma to their own needs.

Keywords

Quality Assurance, Health Promotion, Project

Institution

Federation of Swedish County of Councils

Postaddress

Box 70 491

Postcode

SE-107 26

City

Stockholm

Country

Sweden

Contact

Berensson Karin

E-mail

kab@lf.se

Phone

+ 46 8 702 45 40

Fax

+ 46 8 702 43 18