Evaluating the California Wellness Foundation’s Health Improvement Initiative: A Logic Model Approach

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 146-156

  Cheadle, Allen ^a   Beery, William L ^b   Greenwald, Howard P ^c   Nelson, Gary D ^d   Pearson, David ^b   Senter, Sandra ^b   Eller, Theresa J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Group Health Community Foundation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Healthcare Georgia Foundation Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

community coalitions; community based health initiatives; community based program evaluation; systems change

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; FOUNDATIONS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 0642312894     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: 15526372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839902250767     Document Type: Article

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