Notes
Outline
Maine Center for Public Health
Logic Model Creation
Prepared by
Michele Polacsek
Maine – Harvard Prevention Research Center
2003
Session Objectives
To understand how a logic model can be an important tool for planning and evaluation
To understand the basic components of a typical logic model framework
To understand how to begin building a logic model for a community coalition
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Written Description or Logic Model
Logical Sequence of…
Mission, goals and objectives and activities
Activities
Expected effects
Context
Advantages of Logic Models
Presents overview                                           i
Explains the relevance of a program               l
Helps programs to plan, set goals                   o
Develops common vision                                v
Creation process fosters understanding           e
Describes important contextual issues             l
May reveal unforeseen factors/variables          o
Strengthens causal claims (program theory)    g
Can focus on multiple levels of intervention    i
Creation may involve literature/best practice   c   review
Describing the Program
A common logic model framework
Program Overview Logic Model
Program Overview Logic Model
Some Definitions
Program Components
the different parts of your program
could be organized in many different ways such as by population, by health or disease issue, or by type of service, for example
No one “right way” to organize components
Could be coalition development, as well as different programmatic initiatives
Program Overview Logic Model
Some Definitions
Strategies
refers to doing or accomplishing
the activities you are engaged in
examples include meeting, building, equipping, training staff, hiring staff, providing education for clients, providing clinical services, building coalition infrastructure
both planning and implementation
Program Overview Logic Model
Some Definitions
Results
Accomplishments or products directly due to the activities and strategies engaged in
Results are not outcomes. Results are accomplishments pertaining to planning or providing interventions, NOT what happens BECAUSE of these efforts
Examples include plans written, planning documents, meetings held, studies performed, trainings delivered, services provided, or funding obtained, changed procedures-bylaws
Program Overview Logic Model
Program Overview Logic Model
Initial or intermediate effects or benefits of a program
 (initial) Did knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, or skills (KABS) change as a result of the program?
(initial) did policies and/or environments change?
(intermediate) Did behaviors or practices change as a result of your efforts?
Program Overview Logic Model
Some Definitions
Long-Term Outcomes
Longer Term Changes that occur as a result of changed policies, environments and/or people’s behaviors or practices
Are usually thought of as health/disease-type outcomes, wellness, or quality of life, among clients, population(s), or communities you serve
Program Overview Logic Model
Program Overview Logic Model
Program Overview Logic Model
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Organizing Outcomes: More Examples
Small Group Card Exercise#1?

Where do your Strategies, Results and Outcomes go?
 Logic Model Example
Work-plan Model:
Coalition Development
(do for each Result)
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Examples of Measures:
Results: (Accomplishments)
#/type of meetings held, -# type coalition policies changed,
# grants written
# training sessions
Coalition member satisfaction scores
Initial: (KABS, policies, environments)
% of clients who know recommended
prevention practices
# of new facilities for physical activity
# of worksites with improved policies
Intermediate: (Behavior or Practice)
% of population exercising 20 min a day 5 days a week
% of population consuming fruits and vegetables daily
Long-Term: (Health, Well-Being, Quality of Life)
Health or disease rates in a population
Examples of Data Sources