Table 1 Sustainability outcomes illustrated by project HEAL
Sustainability outcome | Project HEAL data source | Time of data collection | Example indicators |
|---|---|---|---|
a. Continued benefits for consumers/clients/participants | Workshop attendance | 12 and 24 months | • # of participants attending 12- and 24-month workshops |
Participant surveysa | 12 and 24 months | • # of participants sharing information from Project HEAL with others | |
CHA interviewsb | 12- and 24-months | • # of church members participating in additional workshops | |
b. Continued Project HEAL workshops | CHA interviews | 12 and 24 months | • # of additional cancer workshops |
Other health promotion activities | CHA interviews | 12 and 24 months | • # of additional health activities |
c. Maintaining community-level partnerships or coalitions | Staff and community partner records | Ongoing throughout project | • Subsequent joint research/grant applications and funding |
CHA interviews | 12 and 24 months | • # of collaborative health activities (e.g., health fair) | |
d. Maintaining new organizational practices, procedures, or policies | CHA interviews | 12 and 24 months | • Health ministry development/planning |
• Church health policy development/modification | |||
b. Sustaining attention to the issue or problem | CHA interviews | 12 and 24 months | • Subsequent health activities/policies |
|  |  | • CHA continuing health educationc | |
f. Program diffusion and replication to other sites | CHA interviews | 12 and 24 months | • # of Project HEAL churches contacted by other churches about healthd |
Staff records | Ongoing throughout project |