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3 Perspectives of Site Leaders
Pages 11-14

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... • Enhance evaluation methods to capture progress toward program goals as well as long-term outcomes. • Develop local data that are helpful in setting baselines for measure ment of the success of obesity prevention efforts, and an accessible database to track community-based obesity prevention initiatives and their effectiveness.
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... Yet evaluations are commonly conducted in a short time frame. ENHANCE EvALuATION METHODS TO CAPTuRE PROgRESS AS WELL AS LONg-TERM OuTCOMES Several site leaders suggested the need to develop evaluation methods that can capture a community's interim gains toward childhood obesity prevention instead of just ultimate outcomes.
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... During the discussion of local data needs, two major issues emerged. First, local data about the built environment, population characteristics, and other factors would facilitate tailoring work to the community's needs and benchmarking progress.
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