title: After the funding is gone: evaluating the sustainability of a community-based project.
abstract: The Rural Elderly Enhancement Project was a nurse-initiated grant funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and administered by an urban school of nursing. The major purpose of the nine-year grant was the development of a model of community participation and empowerment. An informal evaluation was conducted to assess the communities' perception of the project and to determine the sustainability of the project's initiatives. A random sample of individuals from community agencies, schools, and churches were interviewed by six senior baccalaureate nursing students enrolled in a community nursing course. Results demonstrated that the communities had a very positive view of the project and that many project initiatives were sustained and have expanded.
authors.affiliation: Auburn University Montgomery School of Nursing, Alabama, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Faulk
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Coker
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Farley
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000407:Alabama; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D005381:Financing, Organized; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D015397:Program Evaluation; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012579:Schools, Nursing