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The Wellmark Foundation’s funding efforts focuses on improving
the health of Iowa and South Dakota communities through prevention.
Specifically, our funding seeks to facilitate programs targeting:
Prevention is the global theme of the Foundation’s
funding agenda. The Spectrum of Prevention outlined
below is a systematic tool that promotes a multifaceted range
of activities for effective prevention.
These project level definitions highlight that prevention
goes beyond education and the
individual. As you consider
potential proposals, think about these distinctions. Grant support
could take the form of planning grants, community-based program implementation,
organizational capacity
building, health policy advancement, or a combination of these.
| Level of Project |
Definition of Level |
| 1. |
Strengthening individual knowledge and skills |
Enhancing an individual's capability of preventing injury or illness
and promoting safety |
| 2. |
Promoting community education |
Reaching groups of people with information and resources to promote
health and safety |
| 3. |
Educating providers |
Informing providers who will transmit skills and knowledge to others (public) |
| 4. |
Fostering coalitions and networks |
Bringing together groups and individuals for broader goals and
greater impact |
| 5. |
Changing organizational practices |
Adopting regulations and shaping norms to improve health and safety |
| 6. |
Influencing policy and legislation |
Developing strategies to change laws and policies to influence
outcomes |
The Spectrum of Prevention is a Prevention Institute tool originally
developed by Larry Cohen in 1983 while working as director of Prevention
Programs at the Contra Costa California County Health Department. It
is based upon the work of Dr. Marshall Swift in preventing developmental
disabilities. More information is available at the Prevention
Institute.
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