Issue AddressedThe Ophelia (Optimising Health Literacy and Access to Health Services) process can be used as a practical tool for effective health promotion program delivery because of its multi‐sector and pragmatic approach to designing health interventions. An initial case study showed how its first phase was successfully adapted in a pilot community in Leyte, Philippines. In this study, the three phases of the Ophelia process were implemented in Leyte, along with additional communities in Mindoro and Surigao.MethodsAfter conducting needs assessment and community profiling in phase 1, the results were transformed into vignettes, hypothetical personas representing the health needs of the community. These were used in phase 2, which involved focus group discussions and workshops to cocreate intervention ideas with government organisations, practitioners, and community representatives. A rapid realist review was conducted in phase 3 to check for the feasibility of interventions.ResultsThrough this, the top evidence‐based health interventions for each life stage were listed and presented for prioritisation. Program implementation and impact evaluation plans were created for the top health intervention prior to implementation.ConclusionsThe Ophelia process ensured that health promotion interventions addressed community needs and were designed using community resources and the wisdom of health practitioners that have been immersed in the local health system.So What?The study demonstrated the usefulness of vignettes in presenting data to lay people and how the rapid realist review approach is a practical tool for policy‐makers to ensure that program plans designed by the communities and health practitioners are evidence‐based without sacrificing the timeliness of implementation.
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