title: A framework for evaluating community-based heart disease prevention programs.
abstract: This paper reviews issues that arise in the evaluation of community-based heart disease prevention programs and offers suggestions for improving future evaluations of these programs. A framework encompassing the evaluation of process, impact and social relevance guides this discussion. The goal of the framework is to divide the question, "do community-based health programs work?", into more easily answered evaluation questions. In doing so, interventions that promote the health of community residents are likely to be designed and implemented successfully.
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care