Salud Sí: a case study for the use of participatory evaluation in creating effective and sustainable community-based health promotion

Fam Community Health. 2012 Apr-Jun;35(2):130-8. doi: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e31824650ed.

Abstract

Participatory evaluation can be an essential tool for community-based organizations in tailoring programs to the needs of the populations they serve. This article provides a case study of Salud Sí, a promotora-driven health promotion program designed to encourage physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, and stress reduction among Mexican American women. Through a partnership between a community health center and an academic institution, we describe how the participatory evaluation framework is applied over a 10-year period throughout the stages of program development, implementation, and sustainability. Partners used the results to identify the essential elements of the health promotion program.

MeSH terms

  • Academic Medical Centers
  • Adult
  • Community Health Centers
  • Community-Based Participatory Research / statistics & numerical data*
  • Continuity of Patient Care / organization & administration
  • Exercise / physiology
  • Exercise / psychology
  • Feeding Behavior / ethnology
  • Feeding Behavior / psychology*
  • Female
  • Fruit
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice*
  • Health Plan Implementation
  • Health Promotion / methods*
  • Humans
  • Mexican Americans / psychology*
  • Mexican Americans / statistics & numerical data
  • Program Evaluation*
  • Stress, Psychological / ethnology
  • Stress, Psychological / prevention & control
  • Vegetables