September 2002

Target Review

Review of LHP/PR logs indicates that over 600 women have been reached by the project to date.

Future
Funding

Consultant is hired to look into future funding for the project and to write funding proposals, supervised by the LAZO Co-investigator and the CCHC manger of Community Health Promotion.

The Project team agrees that her work will be supervised by the Project Co-Investigator and the CCHC Manager of Community Health Promotion.

Web-Site

Development of concept and text for web-site continues; web-site layout is presented and approved.

In-Depth
Interview Analysis

Coded sections of the interviews are analyzed. The Transtheoretical Model (TTM ) is used to assess the stage each woman is at in terms of cancer screening behaviour.

Staff
Interviews

Staff interviews continue, with some responses in writing.

Presentation

Project information and some findings are presented during the Multicultural Health Information Day, organized by the City of Ottawa’s Health Department; PHNs and managers attend the event. LHP/PRs take lead role in the presentation.

October 2002

Survey

Additional findings are summarized and reported back to the project.

Future
Funding And
Sustainability

Transfer and Sustainability Committee and - Project Team explore future program models for Mujer Sana. Strong support is expressed for the continuation of the Lay Health Promotion Model.

Advisory
Committee
Meeting

Key findings from survey and in-depth interviews are reviewed.

Future program direction are presented and approved; decision to seek further funding is supported by AC members.

Review
Of LHP/PR
Practices

LHP/PR practices and documentation are reviewed in depth, and suggestions for practice improvement are made to each LHP/PR.

Forum

Multicultural Health Coalition agrees to support a Forum to disseminate information about the project to other ethnocultural communities.

Sustainability

Three additional local community health centres agree to support the LHP model in principle, if funding becomes available.

November 2002

Supervision

Review of LHP/PR practice and documentation is completed, and supervision and support procedures are improved.

Individual
Contacts

LHP/PRs concentrate on individual follow-ups with women.

Health
Promotion
Programming

LHP/PR begin presentations to ESL classes; workshops and church presentations continue.

Community
Forum

Decision is made to integrate the event into CCHC Multicultural Fair.

Transferring
The LHP
Model

Six managers of Community Services at other Health Centres are approached, to solicit their support for the Lay Health Promotion Model. These activities continue over several months.

December 2002

Evaluation
Tools

Interview schedule for program participants (Spanish speaking women in the community) is developed and translated into Spanish.

Anonymous survey for LHP/PRs is developed.

Interview schedule for LHP/PRs is developed and translated.

Resignations

Two LHPs resign from the project.

Transfer And
Sustainability
Committee

The Transfer and Sustainability Committee disbands upon completion of input into the new program design and the strategy for the sustainability of the program.

Case Study

All documents and data for the case study are compiled; analysis begins.

Funding
Proposal:
Canadian
Heritage

Preliminary Assessment Questionnaire for the proposal "Healthy Women, Healthy Communities/Mujer Sana, Comunidad Sana" - Phase II, is submitted to Multiculturalism & Aboriginal Programs, Canadian Heritage.

Article

After revisions, the article “Immigrant Women Implementing Participatory Research in Health Promotion” is accepted for publication in the Western Journal of Nursing Research.

January 2003

Web-Site

Text for the web-site is written, edited, circulated to other partners for input, revised, proof-read, and mounted on the web.

LHP
Interviews

New research assistant conducts and tapes interviews with LHP/PRs in Spanish, using pre-tested interview schedule, about their experiences and involvement with Mujer Sana ­ Comunidad Sana to date.

Advisory
Committee
Survey

AC survey is developed, to be completed by members in February.

Case
Study

Preliminary findings from the case study are circulated.

Staff Survey

CCHC staff survey is repeated (see January 2002).

Post-
Intervention
Interviews

Criteria to select sample of 25 participants for post-intervention interviews are developed.

Advisory
Committee
Meeting

AC meeting to consider project achievements to date, and provide input into case study and future project support.

Funding
Proposal

Heritage rejects proposal given focus on health service delivery rather than on institutional change. Negotiation with Canadian Heritage continues. Program officer meets with LAZO representatives.

Evaluation

Project’s conceptual frameworks are reviewed, and importance of anti-racist and feminist approaches is highlighted.

February 2003

Web-Site

Web-site is completed, with the exception of key findings, which will be included in conjunction with results from the final evaluation after project is completed.

Translation

Translation of text for the web-site begins (mostly English to Spanish).

LHP/PR
Interviews

Interviews are transcribed, and analysis begins.

LHP Survey

LHP/PRs complete anonymous survey.

Data is coded, analysed, summarized.

Community
Forum

Community Forum is held as part of CCHC’s Multicultural Fair; web-site is launched.

AC Survey

Advisory Committee members complete survey.

Data is coded, analysed, summarized.

Lawson
Foundation

Letter of Enquiry is prepared for submission to the Lawson Foundation for the project: "Removing Barriers to Diabetes Education and Cancer Screening: A partnership model between the Hispanic Community and Community Health Centres in Ottawa".

Interviews
With
Participants

Interview tools are finalized. LHP/PRs conduct interviews with women to assess any changes in health knowledge and behaviour after participating in the Mujer Sana project.

Evaluation

Review of evaluation process and outcomes; "Evaluation group" provides participant input.

March 2003

Individual
contacts

LHPs close cases and/or refer women to appropriate agencies for continued service.

Evaluation

All data is compiled for final project evaluation and analysis.

April 2003

Evaluation
report

Data is analyzed and draft report written.

May 2003

Hispanic
community

Hispanic community is invited to review results.

Feedback is incorporated into the report.

AC meeting

Advisory committee reviews draft final report.

June 2003

Final report

Project partners submit final report to the Ontario Women’s Health Council.