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Live Well Springfield – A Community Transformation Movement: Evaluation Of The Live Well Springfield Website, Jesse A. Mushenko
Live Well Springfield – A Community Transformation Movement: Evaluation Of The Live Well Springfield Website, Jesse A. Mushenko
Masters Theses
The Live Well Springfield (LWS) movement is a collaborative effort of partner organizations in Springfield, Massachusetts. The project promotes healthy living by increasing knowledge and awareness of food and physical activity. A key LWS strategy was the creation of a website to function as an information hub. In addition to local event and health information, the website features 16 narratives depicting residents practicing healthy lifestyle choices, designed to encourage community engagement. To date, there has been no evaluation of the website’s reach and effect.
A mixed methods approach, surveys and focus group discussions, was designed to collect data from people …