Only two people signed up for the course and only one attended after the first day. Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions is a 6-8 week course designed to give people the skills to manage their conditions at home in order to live better lives. One person attending the course is not enough to gather data to determine whether or not this course provided any positive results.

What's Helping What We Do? These are the positive forces at work in our strategy/ program that influence how much we do or how well we do it.

• Staying in contact with students after they have completed the 8 week workshop

• Offering tips and motivation for them to keep improving

• The one student who attended the course is still using the skills she learned during the class, and is using the workbook to help her.

• Breaking up the course into mini-workshops offered at different times and days might seem more manageable to prospective students.

What's Hurting What We Do? These are the negative forces at work in our strategy/program that influence how much we do or how well we do it.

• Friends and family members who are not supportive of lifestyle changes

• Cultural issues pertaining to food, health and physical activity

• Only two people signed up for the course and only one attended the entire time.

• Commitment to a 6-8 week course seemed to be a turn off for many people.