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Program planning and evaluation are critical steps in using a population health approach. This paper outlines how logic models have been adapted within a health promotion framework to guide public health programs and facilitate program description. It is important that we take the time to describe clearly what we are doing, reflect on practice and elaborate the conceptual base for the new public health programs so that we can evaluate the impact of our work. Ongoing research is required to identify appropriate and measurable indicators that capture the process, as well as the outcome, of population-based health promotion.
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La planification et l’évaluation de programmes constituent des étapes importantes d’une approche axée sur la santé de la population. Ce document décrit comment les modèles de logique ont été adaptés à un contexte de promotion de la santé afin de servir de guide aux programmes de santé publique et de faciliter la description des programmes. Il est important que nous prenions le temps de décrire clairement ce que nous faisons, de réfléchir sur la pratique et d’élaborer la base conceptuelle des nouveaux programmes de santé publique; nous pourrons, de cette manière, évaluer l’impact de notre travail. La recherche continue est nécessaire afin d’identifier les indicateurs appropriés et mesurables qui cernent le processus, ainsi que le résultat, de la promotion de la santé axée sur la population.
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Moyer, A., Verhovsek, H. & Wilson, V.L. Facilitating the Shift to Population-based Public Health Programs: Innovation Through the Use of Framework and Logic Model Tools. Can J Public Health 88, 95–98 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03403869
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