Peer Reviewed: Healthy Weigh (El camino saludable) Phase 1: A Retrospective Critical Examination of Program Evaluation

摘要

BackgroundHealthy Weigh (El camino saludable) is an obesity prevention program for low-income, predominantly Hispanic and African American families in an urban community in Tarrant County, Texas. Healthy Weigh Phase 1 was a successful community–campus partnership that took place in summer (June–August) and fall (September–November) 2003. The program met stated objectives and extensively engaged students from several health disciplines in service learning. This article describes what we learned about the evaluation of the program by examining the phase 1 evaluation process.