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Implementation and Evaluation of a Community Resource Assessment Process to Identify and Expand Partnerships That Support a Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction Program for Uninsured Women
PROGRAM EVALUATION BRIEF — Volume 22 — May 15, 2025
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Figure 1.
Number of agencies reporting at least 1 type of partnership (none, developing, established) in each type of resource. Data obtained through 11 community resources assessments by 7 Illinois WISEWOMAN Programs in 2019 (Year 1), 2021 (Year 3), and 2023 (Year 5). COVID-19–specific resources were reported in years 3 and 5 only. Abbreviations: DPP, Diabetes Prevention Program; WISEWOMAN, Well-Integrated Screening and Evaluation for WOMen Across the Nation.
| Type of resource and year of study | Type of partnership reported, no. of agencies reporting | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| No referral partners | Developing partners | Established partners | |
| DPP | |||
| Y1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Y3 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Y5 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| Nonprofit weight-loss program | |||
| Y1 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Y3 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| Y5 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Commercial weight-loss program | |||
| Y1 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| Y3 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Y5 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| Physical activity resource | |||
| Y1 | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| Y3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Y5 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Healthy eating resource | |||
| Y1 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| Y3 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| Y5 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| Tobacco cessation resource | |||
| Y1 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Y3 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| Y5 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| Other health-specific resource | |||
| Y1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Y3 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Y5 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Other miscellaneous resource | |||
| Y1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Y3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Y5 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| COVID-19–specific resource | |||
| Y1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Y3 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Y5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
The figure presents 2 sets of network maps representing 2 local health departments that implemented the Illinois WISEWOMAN Program. The network maps resemble spokes in a wheel, with lines emanating from a single point. Each spoke represents a type of resource (commercial weight-loss program, nonprofit weight-loss program, DPP, tobacco cessation, healthy eating, physical activity, other health-specific, other miscellaneous, and COVID-19–specific) and whether the partnership was developing or established. A network map for each local health department is provided for 3 years of data: Year 1, Year 3, and Year 5. In Year 1, local health department A has developing and established relationships in 8 categories of resource types; in Year 3, the number of established partnerships with other health-specific resources increased from 2 to 8 partnerships; all 4 partnerships with other miscellaneous resources are gone; and 7 developing and establishing partnerships with COVID-19–specific resources were added. Year 5 depicts minimal changes from Year 3. In the second example, local health department B had 4 partnerships (4 resource types) in Year 1, ten partnerships (6 resource types) in Year 3, and 8 partnerships (6 resource types) in Year 5.
Figure 2.
Example of network maps depicting changes in the number of partnership types (established or developing) and 9 resource types at 2 WISEWOMAN program agencies (local health departments A and B) in Illinois during a 5-year cycle (2018–2023).
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