Intermediate Outcomes
Intermediate outcomes can be expected in years 2–5 of your program. While short-term outcomes are typically shifts in knowledge, perceptions, or attitudes, intermediate outcomes are often related to actions—changes in participants’ behaviors due to increased knowledge and changed attitudes. Examples could be changes in products purchased, health behaviors, or voter registration patterns. Intermediate outcomes also may reflect changes that affect large populations, such as changes to the environment or government policies.
In the CPR example on the previous page, a short-term outcome of having intensive CPR trainings would be an increase in the number of people certified to perform CPR. An intermediate outcome could be the resulting action—an increase in the number of patients in the local hospital emergency room for whom CPR was initiated by someone other than a medical first responder.
Click on the PDF documents in the side bar to see examples of how this step was completed for our case study sites.
EXERCISE: Look at the case example presented, then think about the intermediate outcomes expected to occur as a result of your program. Determine what outcomes will logically result from the activities and follow the short-term outcomes. Ask yourself, “What changes do I expect to see happen next (e.g., 2–5 years) as a result of the program activities?” List these in the “outcomes—intermediate” column in Worksheet 2 - Logic Model.
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Short-term Outcomes
