Toolkit
  1. INTRODUCTION TO THE TOOLKIT

  2. INTRODUCTION TO EVALUATION

  3. PLAN YOUR EVALUATION

  4. IMPLEMENT YOUR EVALUATION

Long-term Outcomes

Long-term outcomes are changes you expect to see in the later stages of your program, or even after the program is over.

Long-term outcomes can be influenced by many factors other than your program. However, the program logic model must reflect a connection between inputs, outputs, and outcomes—that they are capable of making a major contribution toward the long-term outcomes. In the CPR example, logic dictates that an increase in the number of patients who received competently-performed CPR before medical first responders arrived should have a higher incidence of survival. Therefore, increased heart attack survival rates would be a long-term outcome of the intensive community CPR training. However, other factors outside your program can also influence or contribute to that outcome.

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 long-term outcomes you expect your program to influence or contribute to. Ask yourself, “In the long-term (e.g., >5 years), what will be different if the program is successful?” List these in the “outcomes—long-term” column in ERC Worksheet 2 - Logic Model.