The Logic Model Process
Situation: Annually, nearly five million patients in this country that are diagnosed with heart failure (HF) for the first time. The total cost of HF-related healthcare expenditures in the U.S. in 2010 was $39.2 billion, which places an enormous clinical and economic burden on the health care system. Overall objective: In a Filipino-American patients diagnosed with HF, would a culturally tailored

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Culturally Tailored & congruent Family Focused Educational Intervention (FFEI): participants: all HF patients in the clinical setting. & Filipino-Americans
1. Daily self-assessment
2. Medication management
3. Diet management

Inputs

PATIENT & FM demonstrates increased motivation related to HF management

PATIENT decreased healthcare complications

PATIENT
Understand the HF pathophysiology (disease process)

Outputs Activities Participation

Family Member as defined by the patient (spouse, hild, siblings, significant other, relative, etc.)

Outcomes
Short Medium Long

FM
Understand the HF pathophysiology (disease process)

Patient diagnosed with HF

Primary Healthcare Provider/other members of the healthcare team

PATIENT
Know when to seek medical assistance by knowing the reportable signs and symptoms to the primary healthcare

Researcher

Monitor Healthcare utilization rate
a) decreased hospital readmission rate

Systematic Review of Literature Key findings:
1. Family Partnership Intervention (FPI) increases adherence to medical to medical management
2. Collaborative disease management approach involving multi-disciplinary team
3. Multi-factorial intervention that creates behavioral changes.
4. Educational intervention that increases HF