___You know the difference between universal approaches and targeted approaches to initiatives. ___You have incorporated multiple strategies, multiple levels, and multiple community sectors in your community effort. ___You understand that the goal of community health promotion is to increase opportunities for community members to collaborate to improve their quality of life. ___You have attempted to implement your evaluation at the same time as your initiative. You know the two goals of an evaluation: ___To understand what is going on. ___To empower communities to take care of their own problems. ___You understand the advantages evaluations offer. ___You have analyzed the challenges your community and your initiative/evaluation may face. ___You have poised your community to function as a catalyst for change. ___You know the five steps of the comprehensive community initiative. Collaborative planning Community implementation, action, and change Community adaptation, institutionalization, and capacity More distal outcomes Dissemination You know what to incorporate in each of these steps: ___Supporting collaborative planning-you have set your agenda and included all of the following: Ideas from people of diverse backgrounds Clarification of your visions, missions, objectives, and strategies Development an action plan Identification of local resources to help you solve ___Documenting community implementation, action, and change you have documented: Local efforts/accomplishments Changes in programs/policies/practices How things have been accomplished ___Assessing community adaptation, institutionalization, and capacity: you have: Looked at how the intervention has been changed Analyzed whether or not the efforts to sustain the initiative have been effective Measured to see if your efforts to address the issue have been effective ___Evaluating more distal outcomes: you have: Used both quantitative and qualitative methods to evaluate your successes Documented the intermediate outcomes ___Promoting dissemination: you have worked to spread word about the effectiveness of your comprehensive community initiative. ___You have analyzed, understood, and applied the 34 recommendations for practitioners and policy makers.
