title: Salud Sí: a case study for the use of participatory evaluation in creating effective and sustainable community-based health promotion.
abstract: Participatory evaluation can be an essential tool for community-based organizations in tailoring programs to the needs of the populations they serve. This article provides a case study of Salud Sí, a promotora-driven health promotion program designed to encourage physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, and stress reduction among Mexican American women. Through a partnership between a community health center and an academic institution, we describe how the participatory evaluation framework is applied over a 10-year period throughout the stages of program development, implementation, and sustainability. Partners used the results to identify the essential elements of the health promotion program.
authors.affiliation: Arizona Prevention Research Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85724, USA. maiai@email.arizona.edu
authors.forename: Maia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ingram
authors.forename: Rosalinda
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Piper
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kunz
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Navarro
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sander
authors.forename: Sylvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gastelum
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D000328:Adult; D003151:Community Health Centers; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005638:Fruit; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006284:Health Plan Implementation; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control; D014675:Vegetables