logic model for the (COPE )

COPE (Creating Opportunities for Parent Empowerment) NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care

Unit) Program

This program depicts a logic model and theory of change by targeting on the multiple

populations. It empowers parents and nurses to protect infants to enhance their physical and

cognitive development.

Describing the Program

● The social aspects that influenced development of the program aimed at teaching parents

the manner in which they could relate with their preterm infants. This was vital in

ensuring that such children were granted good care in a social surrounding. Political

factors that lead to creation of this program were reflected through educational activities

resulting to achievement of goals. Economically, this initiative was started to enhance

active participation of insurance companies and to allow payment of taxes to support it.

The organizational aspects were enforced to ensure that parents create good relationships

with their premature infants. This is through finding appropriate ways of handling stress

that come along the process.

● The community assessment information that contributed to the documentation of this

initiative were from stakeholders. They included the parents, nurses and infants.

● Based on literature perspective, epidemiological information that supports this program

depends on the cognitive growth of a preterm infant. The literature review is as follows;

● Literature Review

The health problem that affects this population concerns infants who are subjected to the

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. This involves giving care to babies during the first month after

they are born with medical conditions such as low weight. Focusing on factors such as the

development among infants, the major objective of COPE initiative was to aid parents to handle

stress when taking care of these children. The outcome of this program was to reduce conditions

such as heart disease among the infants. Evidently, this literature review creates chances which

empowers parents to deal with the outcome that affect their infants.

Focusing on the incidence that applies to this program such as low birth weight, this condition

happens when parents give birth to premature infants. In this regard, COPE initiatives offers

education to such parents to alleviate their levels of stress while raising the children. Study

reveals that mothers showed low levels of anxiety after completing the COPE initiative. The

prevalence of this research was to measure how parents were involved in the program and those

who did not participate. This is by relating to how they coped with the outcome of the situation.

Apparently, parents who were subjected to the COPE educational plan felt reduction in anxiety,

fatigue, tension and depression. This was in contrast to their counterparts who failed to

participate in the initiative. The distribution of this disease was different at the local level

because it could not create negative outcome on mothers. This further lead to creation of an

environment at home whereby mothers were less effected and increased their confidence in

taking care of their infants. Nationally, the distribution of this disease could be fully

implemented by focusing on home visits. This research was left for future implementation to

demonstrate effectiveness of the initiative in developing trust with stake holders such as parents.

● Factors that support the development of COPE program were the urge to reduce anxiety

among parents with preterm newborns. Other factors include creation of awareness

through educational training that became sponsored by stakeholders of the organization.

The mission of the firm was to ensure that COPE plan reduced stress levels among

parents with premature infants. Another mission of the organization was to familiarize

parents with NICU plan to make them comfortable when taking care of their infants.

Additionally, the mission of this plan was to ensure that parents interact well with

children to foster their physical and cognitive growth. The structure of this organization

was composed of treatment equipment for infants and training sessions for parents. The

available resources to support the initiative came from insurance firms, tax payers and

stake holders who were part of the initiative.

● The stakeholders in this program are the infants who are receiving the treatment and their

parents. Nurses are also part of the initiative because they offer treatment and care to the

infants. Other stakeholders include tax payers and insurance firms because they benefits

the hospital by contributing funds. Additionally, friends and family of infants in the

NICU are also stake holders of this plan.

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Stakeholder Stakeholder’s Roles During the Evaluation

Parents

Nurses

Insurance companies

To interact and enhance relationship with newborns in

the NICU.

Take care of premature infants and educate parents on

ways of handling them without stress.

Contribute funds to support education that is granted to

parents of the infants.

Evaluation Questions/Design

Program Characteristics

● The population that is being served or benefits from this program are infants who are one

months old and below. This program caters for infants of both gender and is also aimed at

finding out effectiveness of COPE whereby Iran is the residence location. Socio

economic groups that participated in this initiatives included tax payers. They supported

it by contributing funds to help the infants. Language was not specific because the

newborns could not yet communicate. Other relevant traits among the population that is

being served are that, the infants have to be born with less weight to be catered under this

program.

● The characteristics of this program is the focus on the prematurity, and low weight

among the infants

● The goals of this program are to reduce stress levels among parents with premature

infants. Another objective of the initiative is to familiarize parents with NICU plan to

make them comfortable while they take care of their infants. Furthermore, this plan

creates a good relationships between parents and their infants to facilitate their physical

and cognitive growth. The improved health condition that this program aim to

accomplish is to cater for premature children with less weight. This is by protecting them

from medical conditions such as heart diseases.

● This initiative address objectives that are aimed at reducing anxiety among parents with

preterm newborns. The program focuses on preventing situations whereby infants could

develop health complications due to prematurity.

Behavioral Objective

Outcome Objectives

After six months, 70% the infants of NICU

program were measured again and found to have

developed both physically and in a cognitive

After this duration of six months, 95% of parents will notice change

among their children and appreciate the significance of COPE in their

children’s life.

● The theoretical basis for the program is to offer lessons that guide parents to take care of

their premature infants with less stress. Change is the social or behavioral theory that

applied in this case. Theory of change intervention identifies activities that could improve

the lives of people via aid of a program to provide lasting outcome.

● The interventions that are used by the firm to accomplish behavioral objectives include

health fairs and education workshops to enlighten parents. The corresponding activity and

objectives enhances success of the program. As a result, this aids in fostering positive

relationship between parents and their infants.

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Behavioral and/or Outcome

Objective

Activity Objectives

Health fairs and education workshops

to enlighten parents.

Enhances positive relationship between parents

and their infants.

● In this program, the intervention activities that will be performed include educating

parents about the significance of COPE and NICU program.

● The resources that are needed to accomplish the objectives are funds from stakeholders to

support the program.

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Intervention Activities

Resources

Educating parents about the

significance of COPE and NICU

program.

Funds from stakeholders to support the program.

● Training parents is regarded as intervention activities. For instance, if 40 individuals were

trained, the outcome is that at least 40 infants would be catered for under this program.

Intervention Activities

Outputs

Offer training to 40 parents. Organization expects 40 premature infants to be

protected under this program.

● Theory of change of this initiative enlighten parents on ways to cater for the premature

infants without stress.

● The logic model for this program which reflects on goals of the firm focuses on the need

to enhance cognitive and physical development among infants. The outcome is that it

promotes good health among the newborns. Activities that relate to this goal include

training while the essential resources and outputs are funds to support the initiative.

Resources Activities Outputs Outcomes Goal

Funds Training Health fairs Positive

relationship

between

parents and

their infants.

Promote

cognitive and

physical

development

among infants.

Evaluation Questions and the Evaluation Design

● Process evaluation question; what is the contribution of stakeholders to accomplish goals

of the initiative?

● Outcome evaluation question; do you think that parents will benefit from this program?

Process Evaluation Questions

Outcome Evaluation Questions

What is the contribution of stakeholders to

accomplish goals of the initiative?

Do you think that parents will benefit from

this program?

● The outcome objectives and activities that should be incorporated in the evaluation are as

follows;

Activities Outcome Objective

Training Encouraged parents to cater for their

premature infants without stress.

Contributing funds This helped infants to develop well

physically.

Convert objectives into Evaluation Questions

● Will this program help parents to take care of the infants?

● Will the initiative contribute to physical development of children?