Includes bibliographical references (p. 647-729) and indexes.; Foundations -- Overview of intervention mapping -- Core processes: using evidence, theory, and new research -- Behavior-oriented theories used in health promotion -- Environment-oriented theories -- Intervention mapping steps -- Intervention mapping step 1: needs assessment -- Intervention mapping step 2: preparing matrices of change objectives -- Intervention mapping step 3: selecting theory-informed intervention methods and practical strategies -- Intervention mapping step 4: producing program components and materials -- Intervention mapping step 5: planning program adoption, implementation, and sustainability -- Intervention mapping step 6: planning for evaluation -- Case studies -- A school HIV-prevention program in the Netherlands / Herman Schaalma and Gerjo Kok -- Asthma management for inner-city children / Christine Markham ... [et al.] -- Theory and context in project PANDA: a program to help postpartum women stay off cigarettes / Patricia Dolan Mullen, Carlo C. DiClemente, and L. Kay Bartholomew -- Cultivando la salud / María Fernández ... [et al.].;