Journal article
The evaluation of the Henry J. Kaiser family foundation's community health promotion grant program: Design
Journal of clinical epidemiology, Vol.44(7), pp.685-699
1991
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(91)90029-9
PMID: 2066747
Abstract
The Kaiser Family Foundation's Community Health Promotion Grant Program (CHPGP) provides funding and technical assistance in support of community-based efforts to prevent major health problems. The first phase of the program was implemented in 11 communities in the western United States. This paper describes the evaluation design of the CHPGP in the West, the methods of data collection, and the baseline comparability of intervention and control communities.
Major features of the evaluation design include: (1) the randomization of qualified communities making application into funded and unfunded comparison groups; (2) a second set of matched control communities for some intervention sites; (3) data gathering through repeated surveys of community residents (probability samples of adults and adolescents) and institutions (health-related organizations and randomly sampled grocery stores and restaurants); and (4) the use of secondary data to monitor health events. Selected baseline data show that intervention and control communities differ in racial/ethnic composition, but relevant health behaviors and ratings of community activation for health promotion appear comparable.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The evaluation of the Henry J. Kaiser family foundation's community health promotion grant program: Design
- Creators
- Edward H. Wagner - Group Health CooperativeThomas D. Koepsell - Department of Health ServicesCarolyn Anderman - Group Health CooperativeAllen Cheadle - Department of Health ServicesSusan G. Curry - University of Puget SoundBruce M. Psaty - Harborview Medical CenterMichael Von Korff - Group Health CooperativeThomas M. Wickizer - Department of Health ServicesWilliam L. Beery - Group Health CooperativePaula K. Diehr - Department of Health ServicesJenifer L. Ehreth - Department of Health ServicesBarbara H. Kehrer - Kaiser Family FoundationDavid C. Pearson - University of Puget SoundEdward B. Perrin - Department of Health Services
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of clinical epidemiology, Vol.44(7), pp.685-699
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- DOI
- 10.1016/0895-4356(91)90029-9
- PMID
- 2066747
- ISSN
- 0895-4356
- eISSN
- 1878-5921
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1991
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy; Community and Behavioral Health
- Record Identifier
- 9984366373702771
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