Another way to identify or validate performance objectives is to obtain a review
and feedback from community representatives. Through focus groups or interviews,
potential program participants can be asked whether the performance
objectives fit with their views of how they would go about performing the healthrelated
behaviors. Feedback from individuals who have had experience with the
health behavior or the environmental condition can be very helpful. For example,
in planning a smoking-cessation program, talking with both those who have quit
smoking and those who have had difficulty quitting can give the planner ideas of
how to construct performance objectives.