Building Competency in Diabetes Education THE ESSENTIALS

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Program Logic Model On a larger scale for program planning, the Program Logic Model has been used effectively throughout many institutions to clearly define the necessary elements involved in developing and implementing educational programs. Figure 6 is an example of a different model that can be used to plan effective interventions. Although they may approach the problem from a different angle, all of the models share the same element of assess/plan/implement/evaluate.

Figure 6. Program logic model

From the University of Wisconsin-Extension (88)

PRECEDE-PROCEED Model This model has been used extensively to address current health problems endemic to population health promotion (89). The initial framework developed in 1980 consisted of the steps in PRECEDE, with the acronym meaning “Predisposing, Reinforcing, Enabling Constructs in Education/Environmental Diagnosis and Evaluation”. With further recognition of the effects of the environment on health behaviour, the model was further developed in 1991 to include PROCEED, meaning “Policy, Regulatory and Organizational Constructs in Education and Environmental Development”. The model underwent a further revision in 2005, streamlining the steps involved in implementing the program and