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Table 6. Getting to Outcomes (GTO)
®
• Framework for planning, implementing, and evaluating programs and initiatives for
community settings
• Seeks to build capacity for self-efficacy, attitudes, and behaviors to yield effective
prevention practices
1
10-step process:
• Steps 1-5: Assess and evaluate needs, goals, and feasibility of a proposed program.
• Step 6: Plan and deliver the program.
• Steps 7-10: Evaluate, improve, and sustain successes.
Settings that have applied GTO
®
:
• Community-based programs and services
Improvements using GTO
®
:
• Sexual health promotion
2
• Dual-disorder treatment program for veterans
3
• Child welfare
4
• Community emergency preparedness
5
(published as a guide by RAND Corporation
that breaks down the GTO
®
steps and provides materials and examples that may be
applicable to infection prevention interventions)
