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. 2008 May 20;3:27. doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-3-27

Table 1.

Summary of propositions for multiple interventions in community health

# PROPOSITIONS
Identify intervention options

Integrating theory
1 Relevant theories are integrated to contribute to a multi-level and multi-strategy intervention plan.

Optimize potential impact of interventions

Creating synergy
2 Combinations and sequences of interventions within and across levels of the system are used to create synergy.
3 Interventions create synergy through coordinating and integrating intervention efforts across sectors and jurisdictions.

Achieving adequate implementation
4 Implementation of the interventions is sufficient to achieve population impacts.
5 The timing, the effort, and the features of the intervention strategies are tailored to the implementation context.

Creating enabling structures and conditions
6 Relevant enabling structures and conditions at professional, organizational, community, and other system levels support the interventions.

Monitor process, impact, spin-offs and sustainability

Modifying interventions during implementation
7 Interventions are continuously adapted to the contextual environment (e.g., setting, leadership, structures, culture, etc.), while maintaining integrity with theoretical underpinnings.
8 Evaluation feedback is used to design interventions and to modify them throughout implementation.

Facilitating sustainability
9 Sustainability – a focus on continuing and extending benefits of interventions – is addressed during planning, implementation, and maintenance phases of interventions.