Learning Objectives: explain the process in developing and implementing a team approach for logic model design.
Abstract:
Problem/Objective: Logic models are utilized by New Jersey’s Comprehensive Tobacco Control Program grantees to encourage both the thoughtful implementation of activities and how such activities move the program towards accomplishing its short-term, intermediate, and long-term goals. The logic model has not been utilized as a group-planning tool, however, and many counties created logic models with only one individual’s input. To correct this isolationist approach to logic model design, New Jersey has implemented team model trainings in logic models.
Methods: Literature suggests that while one individual may lead the process, a group of participants must be actively engaged in the process in order to achieve the desired outcomes and “buy-in”. Utilizing this information, the Department of Health and Senior Services: 1. developed a new strategy to recruit teams to participate in logic model trainings; 2. designated the coordinators of the Communities Against Tobacco coalitions as the leaders responsible for building the teams that would represent their counties; and 3. designed a new training module to incorporate the idea of team training.
Results: Buy-in was achieved for the team approach and trainings had significant representation of counties. Teams expressed positive attitudes about the design, as they would have a group to rely on as part of the process.
Conclusions: The team approach to logic model design encourages the use of this planning and evaluation tool, and enables teams to identify the activities that aid in their success, as well as to revise their programs when activities are not achieving the desired results.
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