Table 2.

Intervention Mapping steps, objectives and methods

Steps		Objectives	Methods
1.	Needs Assessment	• Gain insight into health problems and underlying determinants of consumers with SMI	• Problems analyses using PRECEDE model Resources: o Qualitative literature o Internet forum discussions o IMR resources and literature o Development group discussions
2.	Preparing Matrices of Change Objectives	• Set intervention outcomes • Specify performance objectives and changeable determinants • Identify proximal change objectives	• Content analyses • Resources: o Qualitative literature o Internet forum discussion o IMR resources and literature o Development group discussions
3.	Selecting Theory-Informed Intervention Methods and Practical Implications	• Identify and select theoretical models • Select methods that address change objectives • Select evidence-based interventions and design of practical implications	• Content analyses • Resources: o Literature on behavioural change theories o IMR resources and literature o Qualitative IMR evaluation o Literature on telemedicine and SMI o BCT Classification
4.	Producing Program Components and Materials	• Compile an intervention	• Choosing an e-health platform partner • Constructing and pretesting the e-IMR intervention • Resources: o Literature on telemedicine and SMI
5.	Planning Program Adoption and Implementation	• Preparing implementation	• Resources: o Literature on telemedicine and SMI o Interviewing consumers on computer literacy (n = 52)
6.	Planning for Evaluation	• Setting up an evaluation plan	• Designing an early RCT • Resources: o The MRC guideline o Literature on questionnaires

BCT Behavioural Change Techniques, IMR Illness Management & Recovery programme, MRC Medical Research Council, PRECEDE Predisposing, Reinforcing and Enabling Constructs in Educational Diagnosis and Evaluation, RCT Random Controlled Trial, SMI Severe Mental Illness