Evaluability assessment of "growing healthy communities," a mini-grant program to improve access to healthy foods and places for physical activity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mini-grants have been used to stimulate multisector collaboration in support of public health initiatives by funding non-traditional partners, such as economic development organizations. Such mini-grants have the potential to increase access to healthy foods and places for physical activity through built environment change, especially in small and rural towns in the United States. Although a promising practice, few mini-grant evaluations have been done. Therefore, our purpose was to conduct an Evaluability Assessment (EA), which is a process that can help promising programs that lack evidence advance toward full-scale evaluation. Specifically, we conducted an Evaluability Assessment of a statewide mini-grant program, called "Growing Healthy Communities" (GHC), to determi

SUBMITTER: Abildso CG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6585124 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature