1. Session 3
Conceptual Model

2. Session Objectives Prepare a conceptual model that illustrates:
The current situational dynamics at play in a selected project site (demographic, social, environment dynamics)
The causal linkages and assumptions between the factors.

3. Designing a PHE Approach
Social and environmental factors linked to food insecurity in coastal Philippines

4. Building a Conceptual Framework
Vision – the goal or desired conditions (targets) at the site which the project aims to influence
Factors include direct threats, indirect threats, and opportunities
Each factor has one or more stakeholders associated with it

5. Conceptual Model: IPOPCORM Project
ECO-HUMAN HEALTH
Lack of Access to Family Planning
High Fertility
Large Family
Size
Food Security
Over Fishing
Traditions
&
Preferences
Desire for More Children
High Population Growth
Need to Generate Income
Fish Availability
Destructive and Illegal
Fishing
&
Environment
Practices
Labor Intensive
Migration
Stable
Marine Ecosystems
Pollution
Poor
Rural
Economy
Reliance
on Resource Extraction
Lack of Alternative Livelihoods
Weak
Enforcement

6. Creating Causal Chains
Target
Indirect
Threat
Direct
Opportunity
Large
Family
Size
Lack of
Access
To FP
Food
Insecurity
High
Fertility
Traditions
&
Preferences
Desire
For
More
Children

7. Creating Causal Chains
Food
Insecurity
Lack of
Alternative
Livelihood
Decline in Fish
Production and
Availability
Reliance
on Resource Extraction
Need to
Generate
Income
Over fishing
And
Destructive
Fishing
Ecosystem
Degraded
Weak
Enforcement

8. Conceptual Model: Nepal PHE Project
HEALTHY FORESTS
HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
Lack of
Knowledge
And
Access to FP
High Fertility
Large Family
Size
Income Security
Desire for More Children
Seasonal Migration to India
Lack of HIV Prevention Knowledge
Risk of
AIDS / HIV
Traditions
&
Preferences
Human Health
Traditional Cooking Stoves
Indoor
Air Pollution
Acute Respiratory
Infections
Stable
Forest Ecosystems
Forest
Dependent
Economy
Over
Harvest
of Trees
Loss of
Forests
&
Species
Degraded Ecosystems & Declining Services

9. Causal Chain Nepal Conceptual Framework
Unstable
Forest Ecosystems
Forest
Dependent
Economy
Over
Harvest
of Trees
Loss of
Forests
&
Species
Degraded Ecosystems & Declining Services
Human
Sickness
&
Death
Traditions
&
Preferences
Traditional Cooking Stoves
Indoor
Air Pollution
Acute Respiratory
Infections
(pneumonia)

10. TEAM TASK – Conceptual Model
Create a conceptual model of the situation your current project addresses and include the problem/issue you want your expanded project to address:
First, determine the overall vision for your expanded project and your overarching targets, then
Identify opportunities and threats. Map them to show causal relationships. Use arrows to show the linkages.
Use packet of cards and dots to map your model on flipchart.
Make a list of the data gaps.
Time: 60 minutes
Note: In 15 minutes, the trainers will check your Vision-Target part of the model