Evaluation of a Health Promoting Community Center Network (HPCCN) Innovation

Hadassah Medical Organization1 site in 1 country22 target enrollmentDecember 11, 2017

Overview

Brief Summary

The purpose of this research study is to design, implement and evaluate the setting for a "Healthy Community Center". This is a program review of a program which will be planned in a community based participatory level, based on the socioecological model. A pre-post design will be utilized where all community centers in the study will be exposed to the intervention components. It is hypothesized that community centers who will receive the intervention will have better skills at building sustainable participatory effective health promotion projects and will provide a healthy setting for the community within its juristiction.

Detailed Description

The purpose of this research study is to design, implement and evaluate the setting for a "Healthy Community Center". This is a program review of a program which will be planned in a community based participatory level, based on the socioecological model. A pre-post design will be utilized where all community centers in the study will be exposed to the intervention components. All community centers (n=15) will be evaluated by pre intervention questionairres and focus groups of community center Managers and health promotion professionals. The network will be designed upon the foundation of the "Healthy Cities network" with adaptations made in the process of participatory planning and designing according to the results of the focus groups. Intervention will include a a 12 week training session for designated "Health Coordinator" from each community center, Planning and implementing a personolized Health promtion Project in each community centre .It is hypothesized that community centers who will receive the intervention will have better skills at building sustainable participatory effective health promotion projects and will provide a healthy setting for the community within its juristiction.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

December 11, 2017

End Date

November 24, 2021

Last Updated

4 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Single Group

Sex

Female

Investigators

Sponsor

Hadassah Medical Organization

Responsible Party

Principal Investigator

Donna R Zwas

Director of The Linda Joy Pollin Womens Cardiovascular wellness Center

Hadassah Medical Organization

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•People who live within the geographical area of the community centers

Exclusion Criteria

•Children under the age of 6 People who do not reside within the geographical area of the community centers

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

project planning, implementation and assessment

Time Frame: 3 years

RE-AIM assessment of Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation and Maintenance of the Community Center Programs, assessed by interview, There are 4-6 tailored questions in each domain and the answers are coded as yes, partially and no. Scores range from 0 -93

Israeli Healthy Cities Network adapted measure

Time Frame: 12 months after intervention initiation

Israeli Healthy Cities Network evaluation tool was designed based on the MARI's (Monitoring Accountability Reporting Impact assessment) framework. It assesses six dimensions of the principles and strategies of the Healthy Cities work: (i) Equity policy and political support. (ii) Management. (iii) Health promotion programs and activities in the city. (iv) Community participation. (v) Intersectoral partnerships (vi) Environmental protection activities. This questionnaire was adapted to a community center framework.