the precede-proceed model

The Precede-Proceed framework for planning is founded on the disciplines of epidemiology; the social, behavioral, and educational sciences; and health administration. Throughout the work with Precede and Proceed, two fundamental propositions are emphasized: (1) health and health risks are caused by multiple factors and (2) because health and health risks are determined by multiple factors, efforts to effect behavioral, environmental, and social change must be multidimensional or multisectoral, and participatory. (Dr. Lawrence Green: http://www.lgreen.net/precede.htm)


The original model was published in 1974: