Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2019
College/Unit
School of Public Health
Abstract
Mini-grants have been used to stimulate multisector collaboration in support of public health initiatives by funding non-traditional partners, such as economic development organizations. Such mini-grants have the potential to increase access to healthy foods and places for physical activity through built environment change, especially in small and rural towns in the United States. Although a promising practice, few mini-grant evaluations have been done. Therefore, our purpose was to conduct an Evaluability Assessment (EA), which is a process that can help promising programs that lack evidence advance toward full-scale evaluation. Specifically, we conducted an Evaluability Assessment of a statewide mini-grant program, called “Growing Healthy Communities” (GHC), to determine if this program was ready for evaluation and identify any changes needed for future implementation and evaluation that could also inform similar programs.
Digital Commons Citation
Abildso, Christiaan G.; Dyer, Angela; daily, Shay M.; and Bias, Thomas K., "Evaluability Assessment of “Growing Healthy Communities,” a Mini-grant Program to Improve Access to Healthy Foods and Places for Physical Activity" (2019). Faculty & Staff Scholarship. 2009.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/faculty_publications/2009
Source Citation
Abildso, C. G., Dyer, A., Daily, S. M., & Bias, T. K. (2019). Evaluability assessment of “growing healthy communities,” a mini-grant program to improve access to healthy foods and places for physical activity. BMC Public Health, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7156-8
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