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Volume
2:
No. 2, April 2005
COMMUNITY CASE STUDY
Capturing Change in a Community/University Partnership: The ¡Sí Se Puede! Project
This figure illustrates the relationships among intervention
characteristics and intermediate and distal outcomes. In general, the
figure reads from left to right. The six top headings read from left to
right: 1) 揚roject Theory,?2) 揑ntervention Levels,?3) 揑ntervention
Processes,?4) 揑ntermediate Outcomes,?5) 揙utcome,?and 6) 揑mpact.?
Under each heading, there are topics, with arrows pointing from left to
right between each set of topics. Under the first heading is a single box,
揈cological Model.?Under the final heading is a single box,
揚romote/Increase Healthy Lifestyle in Greater Lawn.?Along the bottom of
the figure, a dashed line, 揚articipatory Research,?joins the first box
揈cological Model?with the final box, 揚romote/Increase Healthy Lifestyle
in Greater Lawn.?/p>
Under 揑ntervention Levels?are three boxes,
揅ommunity,?揊amily,?and 揑ndividual.?These categories interact,
indicated by arrows. Driven by social ecological theory and using a
participatory research model the SSP project intervened on the community,
family, and individual levels to achieve desired outcomes. Under the
third heading (揑ntervention Processes? are three boxes: 揙utreach,?
揅apacity Building,?and 揌ealth Education.?For each intervention level,
outreach, capacity building, and health education interventions were
designed to reach the six project objectives: 揑ncrease Community and
Family Linkages to Resources,?揑ncrease Knowledge and Awareness of
Healthy Lifestyles,?揑mprove Nutrition,?揑ncrease Physical Activity,?
揑mprove Self-management of Diabetes?and 揑ncrease Access to Quality
Diabetes Care?(each represented by boxes under the fourth heading,
揑ntermediate Outcomes.? Under the fifth heading, 揙utcome?are three
boxes showing the three anticipated outcomes from the SSP project:
揑ncrease Community Capacity for Health Issues,?揑ncrease Family Support
for Health Lifestyles,?and 揑ncrease Individual Self-Efficacy for
Diabetes Prevention and Control and General Health.?Interaction between
these three boxes is indicated with arrows. Finally, the outcomes lead to
the final impact, 揚romote/Increase Healthy Lifestyle in Greater Lawn.?/p>
Figure. Logic model for the ¡Sí Se Puede!
project, Chicago, Ill.
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