Fig. 1

“It’s about being healthy:” Community Based Health Promotion Model. The creation of this novel model is based on themes that emerged from family interviews that allowed for program success. Current iterations of the social ecological model (SEM) demonstrate the effects of multi-level interventions on the individual; however, the static nature of these models fail to represent the synergy and movement many of these effects have with each other. Our model integrates the levels of the SEM with aspects of the FIT 4 YES program that were necessary to empower participants to engage with healthy behaviors. Each of the factors included are linked in such a way to create a funnel effect down to the individual level allowing for change within the larger community