Fabio E Cabarcas Montes’s research while affiliated with Escuela Nacional de Salud Pública and other places

The work that is presented is the first phase of a scale development study. The objectives are: selecting, developing and evaluating indicators for the evaluation of the healthy cities project in Colombia, in order to offer the bases for the construction of a measurement scale. The project was executed from January 2001 to August 2002. A validation by construct and an assessment of indicators, according to their importance, data availability and formulation were carried out. A theoretical heuristic model for evaluating the Colombian Healthy Cities Project was developed; based on these model 128 indicators were defined. A preliminary instrument was then made and evaluated by experts in the strategy. A test was carried out in five cities in order to test data availability and formulation. The final results are a heuristic model for the evaluation of the project and an evaluation of each indicator. The final results are not finished. A greater effort is needed for developing good heuristic models and for building instruments for assessing the healthy cities project in Colombia.

Objectives The work that is presented is the first phase of a scale development study. The objectives are: selecting, developing and evaluating indi- cators for the evaluation of the healthy cities project in Colombia, in order to offer the bases for the construction of a measurement scale. Methods The project was executed from January 2001 to August 2002. A validation by construct and an assessment of indicators, according to their importance, data availability and formulation were carried out. A theoretical heuristic model for evaluating the Colombian Healthy Cities Project was developed; based on these model 128 indicators were defined. A preliminary instrument was then made and evaluated by experts in the strategy. A test was carried out in five cities in order to test data availability and formulation. Results The final results are a heuristic model for the evaluation of the project and an evaluation of each indicator. Conclusion The final results are not finished. A greater effort is needed for developing good heuristic models and for building instruments for assessing the healthy cities project in Colombia.