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Evaluating Public and Community Health Programs

by: Harris, Muriel J.

Evaluating Public and Community Health Programs

by: Harris, Muriel J.

ISBN 13:
9780470400876
ISBN 10:
0470400870
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 03/08/2010
Publisher: Jossey-Bass

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The key to improving public health care programs is to understand the elements of program evaluation. Evaluating Public and Community Health Programs provides the essentials of public health by examining the planning, implementation, and evaluation of public health programs and policies. Through a practical approach, this book combines the CDC's six-step model for program evaluation as well as the Donaldson three-step program theory driven evaluation model. Including tables, examples, worksheets, and guidelines, this handbook presents a simple, successful standards-based five-step model for effective results for students, faculty, and researchers.

Figures and Tables	p. vii
Preface	p. xi
The Author	p. xv
An Introduction to Public and Community Health Evaluation	p. 1
The Links Among Community Assessment, Program Implementation, and Evaluation	p. 3
Overview of Evaluation	p. 5
Preassessment Evaluations	p. 5
Community-Based Participatory Research	p. 6
The Participatory Model for Evaluation	p. 8
Cultural Considerations in Evaluation	p. 13
The Community Assessment: An Overview	p. 19
Theoretical Considerations	p. 22
The Ecological Model	p. 22
Data Collection	p. 25
Process	p. 25
Data Sources	p. 33
Reviewing the Scientific Literature	p. 35
The Report	p. 36
Stakeholders' Participation in Community Assessments	p. 39
Developing Initiatives: An Overview	p. 41
The Organization's Mission	p. 43
Planning the Initiative	p. 44
Goals and Objectives	p. 45
The Initiative Activities	p. 52
Using Existing Evidence-Based Programs	p. 54
The Program's Theory of Change	p. 56
The Logic Model Depicting the Theory of Change	p. 56
Criteria for Successful Initiatives	p. 58
Planning for Evaluation: Purpose and Processes	p. 61
The Timing of the Evaluation	p. 62
The Purpose of Evaluation	p. 63
Establishing the Contract for Evaluation	p. 65
The Evaluation Team	p. 65
Creating and Maintaining Effective Partnerships	p. 67
Evaluation Standards	p. 68
Managing the Evaluation Process	p. 69
Factors That Influence the Evaluation Process	p. 75
Involving Stakeholders	p. 76
Designing the Evaluation: Describing the Program	p. 79
The Context	p. 81
Justifications for the Initiative	p. 83
The Initiative's Goals, Objectives, and Activities	p. 84
The Initiative's Theory of Change and Logic Model	p. 84
Designing the Evaluation: Determining the Evaluation Questions and the Evaluation Design	p. 87
Bases for Selecting the Evaluation Questions	p. 89
Approaches to Selecting the Evaluation Questions	p. 92
Types of Evaluations	p. 93
Process Evaluation	p. 94
Outcome Evaluation	p. 97
Collecting the Data: Quantitative	p. 107
Choosing a Data-Collection Approach	p. 108
Using Surveys	p. 110
Designing Survey Instruments	p. 116
Pilot Testing	p. 120
Triangulation	p. 121
Institutional Review Boards	p. 122
Stakeholder Involvement	p. 123
Analyzing and Interpreting the Data: Quantitative	p. 127
Analyzing and Reporting Quantitative Data	p. 128
Reaching Conclusions	p. 133
Stakeholder Involvement	p. 134
Steps in Quantitative-Data Analysis and Interpretation	p. 134
Collecting the Data: Qualitative	p. 137
Qualitative Data	p. 138
Ensuring Validity and Reliability	p. 139
Interview-Format Approaches	p. 140
Document and Record Review	p. 146
Observational Approaches	p. 147
Case Reviews	p. 148
Digital Approaches	p. 148
Geographic Information Systems	p. 150
Training Data Collectors	p. 150
Pilot Testing	p. 151
Managing and Storing Qualitative Data	p. 151
Stakeholder Involvement	p. 151
Analyzing and Interpreting the Data: Qualitative	p. 153
Analyzing Qualitative Data	p. 154
Interpreting the Data and Reaching Conclusions	p. 158
The Role of Stakeholders	p. 161
Reporting Evaluation Findings	p. 163
The Content of the Report	p. 166
The Timing of the Report	p. 171
The Audience for the Report	p. 171
The Format of the Report	p. 172
Case Study	p. 177
The Community Assessment	p. 177
The Intervention	p. 182
Design the Evaluation	p. 186
Collect the Data	p. 195
Analyze and Interpret the Data	p. 200
Report the Results	p. 203
Glossary	p. 205
References	p. 211
Index	p. 215
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Evaluating Public and Community Health Programs

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