The third question posed at the beginning of this article
was “What are the implications, for both practitioners
and policy makers, of taking a best practices approach
to health promotion?” It is apparent that two
notable characteristics of our IDM Operational Framework
have major implications for both practitioners
and policy makers: (a) the framework emphasizes the
importance of taking a “critically reflective” approach
to identifying and applying best practices in health promotion,
and (b) the framework provides a means for optimizing
benefits and minimizing risks associated with
taking such an approach.