Learning Objectives: Describe at least four ways to minimize resources needed at the local level to measure intermediate and long-term outcomes in a logic model.
Abstract:
Problem/Objective: Finding enough time and staff resources at the local level to develop a logic model can be difficult enough, let alone being able to actually measure the outcomes described within the model. Once a logic model has been finalized, the next step is to implement the methods needed to measure the short-term, intermediate and long-term outcomes. Often local-level organizations do not have enough resources to carry out these methods.
Methods: The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department (TPCHD) in Washington State implemented several methods—including a mail-based survey, telephone survey, self-administered survey and analysis of food facility permits—to measure intermediate and long-term outcomes listed in the logic model for its local smoke-free dining campaign. TPCHD used existing resources, such as local food worker classes, state-sponsored surveys and local inspections of food facilities, to minimize the cost and staff-time involved in measuring these outcomes.
Results: The methods used by TPCHD to measure logic model outcomes produced results that showed changes in knowledge, attitudes and behaviors attributed to its local smoke-free dining campaign. The logic model was an effective model for program evaluation at the local level, with moderate resources invested in its implementation.
Conclusions: Local health organizations with limited resources can find ways to measure intermediate and long-term outcomes described in logic models and successfully evaluate tobacco control programs, such as a smoke-free dining campaign.
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