What does PRECEDE stand for?

• A. Predisposing, Reinforcing, and Enabling Concepts in Educational/Ecological Diagnosis and Evaluation.
• B. Planning, Regulatory, Educational, and Community Development.
• C. Primary, Risk, Environmental, and Educational Determinants of Health.
• D. People, Resources, Education, and Community Development.

Answer: (A)

The name PRECEDE comes from Predisposing, Reinforcing, and Enabling Constructs in Educational/Ecological Diagnosis and Evaluation. This means the model focuses on three kinds of factors that influence behavior: Predisposing factors like knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs that shape motivation to change; Enabling factors such as skills, resources, and conditions that make a behavior possible; and Reinforcing factors like feedback and social support that help sustain the change. The phrase Educational/Ecological Diagnosis and Evaluation signals using educational and ecological perspectives to assess these determinants before designing interventions. The other options don’t use these specific terms or reflect the intended constructs of the PRECEDE portion.