Public Health

Several staff members have particular interest and backgroun in public health issues, such as childhood obesity, fitness, and nutrition.  Our projects in this area have included evaluation of a health clinic in a public school, evaluation of a mental health program for students, and work on developing a Theory of Change for health in California.

Sample Project:

The California Endowment

For The California Endowment (TCE), a private health foundation focusing on grantmaking, advocacy, and policy in the areas of access to health, culturally competent health systems, and the elimination of health disparities, ActKnowledge worked with TCE staff to develop aTheory of Change for the foundation for for their three major goal areas.  We developed a structured, incremental training curriculum that specifically incorporated lessons in facilitation in order to build greater capacity within The California Endowment and to assist them in making efficient use of the ongoing feedback we are providing. 

ActKnowledge’s work with The California Endowment is unique because the curriculum has been tailored to be self-implemented by TCE staff.  To assist TCE staff in this process, we also created new material concerning how to deal with difficulties that can arise within the process of developing and implementing a Theory of Change as well as new curriculum that details how to get the most out of a theory.