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Table 5 Taking Action Together Project Plan - Project Timeline

From: Taking Action Together: A YMCA-based protocol to prevent Type-2 Diabetes in high-BMI inner-city African American children

Project Year1

13

23

33

43

Develop program

A

B

C

D

            

Refine program

    

A

B

C

D

A

B

C

D

    

Convene Advisory Board

 

B

   

B

   

B

   

B

  

Train staff

  

C

D

A

B

C

D

A

B

C

D

A

B

C

 

Conduct process evaluation

    

A

B

C

D

A

B

C

D

A

B

C

D

Recruit study participants

                

   First cohort (n = 103)

  

C

D

            

   Second cohort (n = 63)

      

C

D

        

   Third cohort (n = 69)

          

C

D

    

Provide intervention2

                

   First cohort

    

A

B

C

D

A

B

C

D

A

   

   Second cohort

        

A

B

C

D

A

B

C

D

   Third cohort

            

A

B

C

D

Perform impact measures (0 = pre-study;1 = 1st Yr follow-up; 2 = 2nd Yr follow-up)2

   First cohort

   

0

   

1

   

2

    

   Second cohort

       

0

   

1

   

2

   Third cohort

           

0

   

1

  1. 1 Project began middle of 2004 and ended in middle of 2008.
  2. 2 Quartiles of each study year are indicated as follows: A, 1st quartile; B, 2nd quartile, C, 3rd quartile, D, 4th quartile.
  3. 3 The first and second cohorts were followed for a total of two years whereas the third cohort was followed only for a single year.