Getting to Outcomes: Summary

This chapter briefly summarizes the ten steps of GTO and suggests that you complete any steps you may have skipped earlier.

You have completed the Getting To Outcomes® Guide for Community Emergency Preparedness. We hope you found this guide useful as you planned for successful implementation of a program or initiative in your community.

By working through this guide, you have learned that the ten steps of GTO are interrelated; much of the content in each step is used to inform the activities for subsequent steps. If you skipped any of the steps, consider a review of those steps and complete the associated tools to ensure that you have a solid plan for implementing the program.

• Step: 01. Needs and Resources Assessment

  Determine needs and resources in your community

• Step: 02. Goals and Desired Outcomes

  Identify at least one goal and an associated desired outcome.

• Step: 03. Best Practices

  Choose an EBPH approach or program to implement that reflects best practices.

• Step: 04. Fit

  Ensure appropriateness of the EBPH approach or program for your target population, community, and organization.

• Step: 05. Capacities

  Ensure that abilities and resources are in place to implement the program effectively.

• Step: 06. Plan

  Develop a comprehensive plan for implementing the program.

• Step: 07. Process Evaluation

  Plan and conduct a process evaluation.

• Step: 08. Outcome Evaluation

  Plan and conduct an outcome evaluation.

• Step: 09. Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)

  Review evaluation data and past GTO steps and make program changes as needed.

• Step: 10. Sustainability

  Develop a plan for securing continued support.

Although fully completing the activities and tools provided in this guide will make your program more successful the first time, GTO is a continuous process. The next implementation will be enhanced by an ongoing review of the past implementation, using the process outlined in Step 9. Ultimately, the GTO process leads to strong program outcomes and will benefit the staff and participants in your program.