S.O.S.

Mentor Logic Model

Situation:

Inputs

PROGRAM
INVESTMENTS

Time
Money
Faculty &
Students
CSULA
Mentors
Interns
Dietetics
Students from
Pepperdine
Research
Teams
Funding
Partners
Copying,
educational
materials

Program:
Lower income areas in Los Angeles have higher rates of diabetes, obesity, and CVD. Obesity is common in children.
Nutrition education will be implemented to see if the knowledge taught will be of any help.
Outputs
Activities

Pre/Post test &

survey on
nutrition
knowledge
Nutrition
Education
Intuitive eating
Eating healthy
snacks
Food Journals
Food Bingo
Memory Game
Reading Food
Labels
Mindful eating
Physical activity
Teaching
Parents what
they have
learned
Going on to
Mentor
Elementary
students while
they learn

Participation

Low income
high school
students at
Abraham
Lincoln HS
Then
Elementary
students in a
lower income
area in Los
Angeles
Colleges
Community
served by
SOS Mentors
and Mentees

Short

Increase
awareness of
proper nutrition
and physical
activity
Students gain
skill to improve
their health and
have a healthy
lifestyle
Students learn
healthy
snacking from
SOS
workshops

Outcomes -- Impact
Medium

Nutrition
education that
they can keep
with them to
grow healthy
and influence
others
Increase the
self
confidence of
students
Decrease illicit
substance
usage
Make positive
relationships
with peers in
program and
mentors,
teachers, and
faculty

Long

Change
behavior
(eating &
physical
activity)
Improved
healthy
environment
teach parents
about what they
have learned
Increased
health of the
youth in the Los
Angeles area

Assumptions

External Factors

The programs focus is to teach the youth about proper balanced

nutrition and physical activity. Then teaching the elementary school
students will help them retain the information they have learned.

Unhealthy food choices that are near by and readily available to the
students such as fast food and ice cream trucks. Parental influence
and the unwillingness for them to change.

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