Hypothetical AmeriCorps Health Literacy Program Description A disproportionate number of socioeconomic and minority groups in an urban region of the state have difficulty understanding and acting upon health information. This issue has negative implications on residents’ healthcare access, costs, quality, and safety. To combat the growing problem of health illiteracy in the county, an AmeriCorps program was created to improve the health literacy and ultimately the health and wellness status and quality of life for residents in the area. The program’s core components consist of developing and disseminating health and safety information, conduct a series of health literacy workshops, and provide individualized health literacy sessions. Program Logic Model Project Core Project Evidence of Evidence of Change Resources Components Project Implementation and Participation Outcomes INPUTS ACTIVITIES OUTPUTS Short-Term Medium-Term Long-Term What we invest (# What we do Direct products Changes in Changes in Meaningful and type of from program knowledge, skills, behavior or action changes, often in AmeriCorps activities attitudes, that result from their condition or members) opinions participants’ new status in life knowledge Funding Develop and 500 health and Increase in Increase in Improved health disseminate safety education residents’ residents’ and wellness 4 FT staff accurate, materials understanding of adoption of status and quality accessible, and disseminated prevention and healthy behaviors of life for 100 AmeriCorps actionable health self-management and residents in the members serve as and safety 4 half-day of conditions recommendations area health care information workshop sessions of the program advisors (at 20 Increase in (such as getting Conduct health residents per residents’ necessary medical 10 partnerships literacy session; 80 total) motivation to tests) with workshops adopt good 100 individual and health practices organizations Provide group health individualized literacy sessions Increase in Member training health literacy (60 mins each) residents ability sessions serving 300 to search for and people use health information
Hypothetical AmeriCorps Health Literacy Program Description A disproportionate number of socioeconomic and minority groups in an urban region of the state have difficulty understanding and acting upon health information. This issue has negative implications on residents’ healthcare access, costs, quality, and safety. To combat the growing problem of health illiteracy in the county, an AmeriCorps program was created to improve the health literacy and ultimately the health and wellness status and quality of life for residents in the area. The program’s core components consist of developing and disseminating health and safety information, conduct a series of health literacy workshops, and provide individualized health literacy sessions. Program Logic Model Project Resources Core Project Components Evidence of Project Implementation and Participation Evidence of Change INPUTS ACTIVITIES OUTPUTS Outcomes Short-Term Medium-Term Long-Term What we invest (# and type of AmeriCorps members) What we do Direct products from program activities Changes in knowledge, skills, attitudes, opinions Changes in behavior or action that result from participants’ new knowledge Meaningful changes, often in their condition or status in life Funding 4 FT staff 100 AmeriCorps members serve as health care advisors 10 partnerships with organizations Member training Develop and disseminate accurate, accessible, and actionable health and safety information Conduct health literacy workshops Provide individualized health literacy sessions 500 health and safety education materials disseminated 4 half-day workshop sessions (at 20 residents per session; 80 total) 100 individual and group health literacy sessions (60 mins each) serving 300 people Increase in residents’ understanding of prevention and self-management of conditions Increase in residents’ motivation to adopt good health practices Increase in residents ability to search for and use health information Increase in residents’ adoption of healthy behaviors and recommendations of the program (such as getting necessary medical tests) Improved health and wellness status and quality of life for residents in the area
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