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IDM definition of best practices
Many different
definitions of best practices exist, depending on who is doing the defining. The IDM definition of best practices in health
promotion follows.
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Best practices
in health promotion are those sets of processes and activities that are consistent with health promotion
values/goals/ethics, theories/beliefs, evidence, and understanding of the environment, and that are most likely to achieve
health promotion goals in a given situation.
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Underlying premise of the IDM
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The underlying
premise of the Model is that the quality and value of practice depend on the participating health professionals' degree of
awareness, articulation, clarity, and reflection with respect to each of the IDM's domains and subdomains (that is, values/goals/ethics,
theories/beliefs, evidence, understanding of the environment, and practice itself).
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