Document Type

Honors Project

Publication Date

6-14-2022

Abstract

The Collective Impact (CI) Model is a relatively new collaborative model commonly used in community-based health efforts. However, there is minimal data on the effectiveness of this model in community health organizations. With the conclusion of Weight of the Fox Valley (WOTFV), a local health effort adhering to the CI Model, in 2019; I set out to examine the application of the CI Model in a real-world setting and its effectiveness in WOTFV. Through archival research and qualitative interviews with former WOTFV members, I use WOTFV as a case study of the CI Model to interpret how the model promoted and hindered the initiative’s goals. My findings suggest that WOTFV faced substantial barriers in becoming a more sustainable organization and that the CI Model needed to discuss factors such as long-term financial goals, a comprehensive action plan and measurement tools, strong partnership, balance between leadership and collaboration, and more community involvement within their guidelines.

Level of Honors

magna cum laude

Department

Anthropology

Advisor

Mark Jenike

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