The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA

Abstract #59054

Elisa Wong, BA¹, Melinda D. Martin, BS², Karen Yanagisako, MPH³, Nina Lynn Agbayani, BSN, RN², and Jeffrey Caballero, MPH². (1) Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Orgranizations, 439 23rd Street, Oakland, CA 94612, 510.272.9536, ewong@aapcho.org, (2) Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations, 439 - 23rd Street, Oakland, CA 94612, (3) BALANCE Program for Diabetes, Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations, 439 23rd Street, Oakland, CA 94612

AAPCHO’s BALANCE Program for Diabetes funded six (6) community health centers to implement culturally and linguistically appropriate diabetes activities for AAPI communities. In order to measure the progress towards long-term impacts targeted by the program goals, BALANCE developed a program logic model. Each project site worked with the BALANCE program to develop an extensive evaluation plan in relationship to the BALANCE logic model, including a baseline data collection instrument. The evaluation plans included work plans identifying the interventions, target population, outcomes, and evaluation/evidence of change for each planned activity. Program evaluation plans included process and outcome measures for community/patient education, collaboration with other community-based organizations and media activities. In order to conduct data collection, problem-solve, and to share and compare data across project sites, common outcome measures, instruments and definitions were identified and utilized across the six community health centers.

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will be able to identify the six main steps in developing a comprehensive evaluation plan for a multi-site program.
• Participants will be able to describe how utilizing evaluation plans that include developing a logic model will allow programs to identify and stay better focused on how to achieve the desired outcomes.
• Participants will recognize the importance of developing and establishing common definitions, instruments and outcome measures across multiple sites.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.