Planning for change

Get started with change by applying strategies to support planning.  

LCT Journey Step 1

To accelerate planning for change, the three "Preconditions" of the Social Movement Action (SMA) Framework and three of the action cycle phases of the Knowledge-to-Action (KTA) framework can be applied.

  • For SMA, this includes the preconditions "Change is valued and necessary", "Receptivity to change" and "Social movements are recognized". 
  • For KTA , this includes three of the action cycle phases "Identify the problem"; "Adapt knowledge to local context" and "Assess barriers and facilitators to knowledge use"].   

Three of the relevant framework components are highlighted below. For more details on these and the other components, see the framework pages. 

Social Movement Action Framework

Change is valued and necessary

As one of the preconditions of social movement action, this element focuses on strategies to root the change as meaningful and urgently needed. 

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Social Movement Action Framework

Rooting diabetes prevention in Indigenous values

A diabetes prevention project in a First Nations community in Quebec was effectively implemented through multiple strategies including the integration of Indigenous values and beliefs. 

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Kahnawake, Quebec
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Social Movement Action Framework

Receptivity to change

As one of the preconditions of social movement action, this element includes strategies to build a readiness for change with a focus on fostering activism energy.    

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Social Movement Action Framework

Taking action to create change

A coalition of community partners who took action and created change for cancer prevention and promotion. 

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Alabama, USA
Alabama Cancer Coalition
Knowledge-to-Action Framework

Adapt knowledge to local context

In this action cycle phase, the implementation of the best practice is considered in the context of the setting and whether any modifications are needed to make the practice change.     

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Knowledge-to-Action Framework

Adapting BPG recommendation to a Chinese acute care context

Care practices were revised using adapted evidence-based best practice guidelines in an acute care facility in Beijing, China. 

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DongZhiMen Hospital, Beijing, China
Dong Zhi Men Hospital

Implementation tools for Planning for change 

Downloadable tips and tools to give you and your change team the know-how to effectively make change happen.

Social Movement Action Framework

Checklists

Getting started with the SMA framework Key takeaways of SMA FW What does it take to be effective change agent

Worksheets

Assessing a group's energy domains Business case development checklist Enhancing your change initiative: Using components of both frameworks Getting started on selecting a framework decision tool Worksheet Is your timing right?

Knowledge-to-Action Framework

Checklists

Getting started with the KTA Key takeaways of the KTA framework Tips to enhance your gap analysis What does it take to be an effective change agent

Worksheets

Business case development checklist Communication Plan Enhancing your change initiative: Using components of both frameworks Getting started on selecting a framework decision tool Identifying the problem area or issue.pdf KTA Worksheet: Identifying adaptations needed for the change KTA Worksheet: Questions to Guide the Assessment of Barriers and Facilitators Prioritizing the gaps you have identified

Resource pages

Adapt to local context - Examples of potential stakeholders Gap Analysis Prevention of falls BPG - LTC focus How a practice problem can be identified Identifying potential stakeholders influence Prioritization Matrix Resource sheet Budget planning table Sample completed gap analysis tool - Acute care

Engaging persons with lived experience

Worksheets

Assessing your change team readiness

Two complementary frameworks

Worksheets

Business case development checklist Enhancing your change initiative: Using components of both frameworks

Other sections of the Leading Change Toolkit

In addition to "Planning for change ", the Leading Change Toolkit also has two other sections to support your change journey: "Making change happen" and "Sustaining change". "Engaging persons with lived experience" helps you to include individuals with lived experience in your change.    

LCT Journey Step 2
Making change happen

Making change happen includes all of the strategies to achieve the practice change and its goals.  

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LCT Journey Step 3
Sustaining change

A change journey continues after it is made with "Sustaining change" to make best practices last. 

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Engaging persons with lived experience

The journey of achieving and sustaining change often includes engaging persons with lived experience to support a person- and family-centred practice change. 

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