From Concept to Community: Design, Implementation, and Feasibility of The Wellness Blueprint, a Community-Based Health Education and Wellness Project

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  • From Concept to Community: Design, Implementation, and Feasibility of The Wellness Blueprint, a Community-Based Health Education and Wellness Project
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  • The “Wellness Blueprint” is a health literacy and wellness project implemented in the Thelma Lovette YMCA twice monthly for one year. The project existed as drop-in style, self-paced workshops that included targeted, supplemental health information and activities aimed at supporting low-income community members with improving health literacy, independence, and self-efficacy. The public health significance of low health literacy in low-income communities is that it is costly to our healthcare systems and results in worsened health outcomes, increased mortality rates, and the development of chronic conditions from preventable health concerns (Cavanaugh et al., 2008). The focus of implementing the Wellness Blueprint was determining the feasibility and community value of designing and operating this style of workshop in a community setting. While the feasibility of the design and implementation was manageable, the community value was unable to be assessed because of limited attendance at the workshops. The lack of attendance was determined to stem from the limited bandwidth and financial resources of the host to adequately advertise the workshops and regularly engage community members. Direct feedback from community members who did attend the workshops was consistently positive, however. Future iterations of this project should be hosted by more than one workshop instructor and be held more frequently. Alternative locations outside of the Thelma Lovette YMCA may support increased engagement with community members as well. Lastly, workshop hosts should secure funding to expand advertisement efforts and regularly engage with the community members and stakeholders outside of workshops to build relationships, establish a presence, and build trust.
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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Dawson, Jordan. From Concept to Community: Design, Implementation, and Feasibility of The Wellness Blueprint, a Community-based Health Education and Wellness Project. Albert, Steven, PhD, MA, MS, FGSA, FAAN- Essay Main Reader, DeGurian, Amy, LSW, MSW- Second Reader.University of Pittsburgh. 2026. d-scholarship.pitt.edu/concern/generic_works/285c5e18-c3c0-48ed-a29e-af83839b1c8b.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

D. Jordan. (2026). From Concept to Community: Design, Implementation, and Feasibility of The Wellness Blueprint, a Community-Based Health Education and Wellness Project. https://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/concern/generic_works/285c5e18-c3c0-48ed-a29e-af83839b1c8b

Chicago citation style (CMOS 17, author-date)

Dawson, Jordan. From Concept to Community: Design, Implementation, and Feasibility of The Wellness Blueprint, a Community-Based Health Education and Wellness Project. University of Pittsburgh. 2026. https://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/concern/generic_works/285c5e18-c3c0-48ed-a29e-af83839b1c8b.

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