Evaluating Public and Community Health Programs

✍ Scribed by Muriel J. Harris

• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 243
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Evaluating Public and Community Health ProgramsEvaluating Public and Community Health Programs combines an introduction to public and community health program evaluation with a detailed survey of methods in community assessment, planning, program design, quantitative and qualitative data collection, data analysis, and reporting of findings. The book presents an approach built on the two primary evaluation frameworks that are most common in public and community health: the Donaldson three-step program theory-driven evaluation model and CDC's six-step Framework for Program Evaluation in Public Health. The author emphasizes practical, ongoing evaluation strategies that involve all program stakeholders, not just evaluation experts, and presents a simple and effective standards-based four-step model that will produce rich and useful results. The book's resources (scenarios, worksheets, and guidelines) can be used throughout the planning, implementation, and evaluation process. In addition, each chapter includes a list of learning objectives, key terms, and ideas for review, as well as summaries and discussion questions that can reinforce each chapter's lessons.

✦ Table of Contents

Evaluating Public and Community Health Programs......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 5
FIGURES AND TABLES......Page 9
PREFACE......Page 13
THE AUTHOR......Page 17
LEARNING OBJECTIVES......Page 21
THE LINKS AMONG COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT, PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION, AND EVALUATION......Page 23
PREASSESSMENT EVALUATIONS......Page 25
COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH......Page 26
THE PARTICIPATORY MODEL FOR EVALUATION......Page 28
CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS IN EVALUATION......Page 33
SUMMARY......Page 37
KEY TERMS......Page 38
LEARNING OBJECTIVES......Page 39
THE ECOLOGICAL MODEL......Page 42
PROCESS......Page 45
DATA SOURCES......Page 53
REVIEWING THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE......Page 55
THE REPORT......Page 57
STAKEHOLDERS’ PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY ASSESSMENTS......Page 59
KEY TERMS......Page 60
LEARNING OBJECTIVES......Page 61
THE ORGANIZATION’S MISSION......Page 63
PLANNING THE INITIATIVE......Page 64
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES......Page 65
THE INITIATIVE ACTIVITIES......Page 72
USING EXISTING EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS......Page 74
THE LOGIC MODEL DEPICTING THE THEORY OF CHANGE......Page 76
CRITERIA FOR SUCCESSFUL INITIATIVES......Page 78
SUMMARY......Page 79
KEY TERMS......Page 80
LEARNING OBJECTIVES......Page 81
THE TIMING OF THE EVALUATION......Page 82
THE PURPOSE OF EVALUATION......Page 83
THE EVALUATION TEAM......Page 85
CREATING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIPS......Page 87
EVALUATION STANDARDS......Page 88
MANAGING THE EVALUATION PROCESS......Page 89
FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE EVALUATION PROCESS......Page 95
INVOLVING STAKEHOLDERS......Page 96
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS AND ACTIVITIES......Page 97
KEY TERMS......Page 98
LEARNING OBJECTIVES......Page 99
THE CONTEXT......Page 101
JUSTIFICATIONS FOR THE INITIATIVE......Page 103
THE INITIATIVE’S THEORY OF CHANGE AND LOGIC MODEL......Page 104
SUMMARY......Page 106
LEARNING OBJECTIVES......Page 107
BASES FOR SELECTING THE EVALUATION QUESTIONS......Page 109
APPROACHES TO SELECTING THE EVALUATION QUESTIONS......Page 112
TYPES OF EVALUATIONS......Page 113
PROCESS EVALUATION......Page 114
OUTCOME EVALUATION......Page 117
SUMMARY......Page 125
KEY TERMS......Page 126
LEARNING OBJECTIVES......Page 127
CHOOSING A DATA-COLLECTION APPROACH......Page 128
USING SURVEYS......Page 130
DESIGNING SURVEY INSTRUMENTS......Page 136
PILOT TESTING......Page 140
TRIANGULATION......Page 141
INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARDS......Page 142
SUMMARY......Page 143
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS AND ACTIVITIES......Page 144
KEY TERMS......Page 145
LEARNING OBJECTIVES......Page 147
ANALYZING AND REPORTING QUANTITATIVE DATA......Page 148
REACHING CONCLUSIONS......Page 153
STEPS IN QUANTITATIVE-DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION......Page 154
KEY TERMS......Page 156
LEARNING OBJECTIVES......Page 157
QUALITATIVE DATA......Page 158
ENSURING VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY......Page 159
INTERVIEW-FORMAT APPROACHES......Page 160
DOCUMENT AND RECORD REVIEW......Page 166
OBSERVATIONAL APPROACHES......Page 167
DIGITAL APPROACHES......Page 168
TRAINING DATA COLLECTORS......Page 170
STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT......Page 171
KEY TERMS......Page 172
LEARNING OBJECTIVES......Page 173
ANALYZING QUALITATIVE DATA......Page 174
INTERPRETING THE DATA AND REACHING CONCLUSIONS......Page 178
SUMMARY......Page 181
KEY TERMS......Page 182
LEARNING OBJECTIVES......Page 183
THE CONTENT OF THE REPORT......Page 186
THE AUDIENCE FOR THE REPORT......Page 191
THE FORMAT OF THE REPORT......Page 192
SUMMARY......Page 194
KEY TERMS......Page 195
THE COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT......Page 197
THE INTERVENTION......Page 202
DESIGN THE EVALUATION......Page 206
COLLECT THE DATA......Page 215
ANALYZE AND INTERPRET THE DATA......Page 220
REPORT THE RESULTS......Page 223
GLOSSARY......Page 225
REFERENCES......Page 231
INDEX......Page 235