Table 3.

Illustrations of Ideal-Types in the Vignettes

Vignettes	Ideals-Types Identified in Each Vignette
Vignette 1 (NB)	Reflexivity on action The professional used reflexivity to investigate how the general orientation of the services provided by her organization prevented her from accomplishing her full mandate. She later built on her learning and experience to identify and develop a concrete solution to deal with this problem. Reflexivity underlying action The professional also used reflexivity to question the structures and the practice conditions of the current system, resulting in a proposition to modify them.
Vignette 2 (MHR)	Reflexivity underlying action Reflexivity was mainly used by this researcher to critically question the premise of alcohol prevention practices in the context of a specific health promotion program, “teasing out the moral and ethical dimensions of alcohol prevention” more broadly. By questioning the political and cultural values/assumptions that “underlie” this health promotion program, the researcher highlighted inherent ambiguities within health promotion knowledge and practices, and its contradictions with the situated experiences of those for whom the programs are created.
Vignette 3 (MW)	Reflexivity in action In a workshop with practitioners and a researcher, engaging reflexivity allowed participants to recognize that a maternal drop-in center located in a low-income neighborhood was not reaching its target population (mothers). Reflexivity on action Reflexivity was used to explore the relevance and the rationale of the service provided, with respect to the center’s mission (improving mother–child bonding early to reduce subsequent recourse to child protection and family services). Reflexivity underlying action Reflexivity also allowed actors to challenge the assumption that the mothers were inadequately bonding with their children. It uncovered how service provision logic can objectify target groups, as well as some contradictory assumptions about mothers’ needs and the center’s vision.