Date
10-24-2011
Document Type
Project Summary
Project Name
Focused Outreach Pilot: Providence and Western Maine
Contract Cycle
2006-2011
Abstract
Recognizing the need to improve health information outreach to special populations, the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – New England Region (NN/LM NER) targeted its core outreach services in a focused geographic area. The purpose of the focused outreach approach was to increase access to accurate and reliable health information in communities experiencing health disparities; and to collect process and outcomes evaluation data for program improvement. The project was conceptualized in three phases: 1) Community Assessment: a systematic approach to understanding the community and connecting NN/LM NER with community-based organizations serving the targeted population; 2) Focused Outreach Implementation: a tailored approach using the existing promotional framework of NN/LM NER and its resources; and 3) Evaluation: a comprehensive approach to looking at and documenting the process of conducting focused health information outreach and assessing outputs and outcomes as a way of measuring the effectiveness of the model. Two communities were selected for focused outreach – Providence, Rhode Island’s Latino community and rural residents in Western Maine (Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford Counties).
Disciplines
Library and Information Science | Medicine and Health Sciences | Public Health
Keywords
Focused Outreach, Community Engagement, Health Information Resources, National Library of Medicine, Assessment and Evaluation
Repository Citation
Kurtz-Rossi, Sabrina and National Network of Libraries of Medicine New England Region, "Focused Outreach Evaluation Report: Providence RI, and Western Maine Health District" (2011). National Network of Libraries of Medicine New England Region (NN/LM NER) Repository. Paper 13.
http://escholarship.umassmed.edu/ner/13
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Community Assessment Report (Appendix D)
Key Informant Interview Protocols FO RI ME.pdf (44 kB)
Key Informant Interview Protocol (Appendix C)
Process Map for Community Assessment FO RI ME.pdf (30 kB)
Community Assessment Process Map (Appendix A)
Process Map Implementation FO RI ME.pdf (27 kB)
Implementation Process Map (Appendix E)
Implementation Timeline 8 24 11.docx (24 kB)
Implementation Table Timeline (Appendix F) (MS Word document)
Logic Model Outcome Indicators Objectives FO RI ME.pdf (37 kB)
Logic Model (Appendix J)
Process Map Evaluation 8 24 11.docx (20 kB)
Evaluation Process Map (Appendix K) (MS Word document)
Consumer Post ME Summary 8 24 11.pdf (34 kB)
Consumer Post-Survey Maine
Consumer Post RI Summary 8 24 11.pdf (33 kB)
Consumer Post-Survey Rhode Island
Consumer Pre ME Summary 8 24 11.pdf (32 kB)
Consumer Pre-Survey Maine
Consumer Pre RI Summary 8 24 11.pdf (34 kB)
Consumer Pre-Survey Rhode Island
ME Consumer Post 8 24 11.pdf (17 kB)
Maine Consumer Health Information and the Internet Post-Survey
ME Consumer Pre 8 24 11.pdf (16 kB)
Maine Consumer Health Information and the Internet Pre-Survey
RI Consumer Post 8 24 11.pdf (16 kB)
Rhode Island Consumer Health Information and the Internet Post-Survey
RI Consumer Pre 8 24 11.pdf (17 kB)
Rhode Island Consumer Health Information and the Internet Pre-Survey
Trainer Post 8 24 11.pdf (16 kB)
Health Information Train-the-Trainer Post-Survey
Trainer Pre 8 24 11.pdf (16 kB)
Health Information Train-the-Trainer Pre-Survey
Consumer Follow Summary 8 24 11.pdf (29 kB)
Consumer Follow-Up Survey Summary
Comments
Appendices to the report are included as supplementary files -- see Additional Files below.