title: [Evaluation indicators of the Healthy Municipalities for Peace strategy in Colombia].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The work that is presented is the first phase of a scale development study. The objectives are: selecting, developing and evaluating indicators for the evaluation of the healthy cities project in Colombia, in order to offer the bases for the construction of a measurement scale.
  
  
  METHODS
  The project was executed from January 2001 to August 2002. A validation by construct and an assessment of indicators, according to their importance, data availability and formulation were carried out. A theoretical heuristic model for evaluating the Colombian Healthy Cities Project was developed; based on these model 128 indicators were defined. A preliminary instrument was then made and evaluated by experts in the strategy. A test was carried out in five cities in order to test data availability and formulation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The final results are a heuristic model for the evaluation of the project and an evaluation of each indicator.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The final results are not finished. A greater effort is needed for developing good heuristic models and for building instruments for assessing the healthy cities project in Colombia.
authors.affiliation: municipiosaludable@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Fabio E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Cabarcas Montes
authors.forename: Carlos A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Agudelo Calderón
mesh_terms: D003105:Colombia; D040361:Healthy People Programs / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D015397:Program Evaluation; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care