HSCI 312 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: S.M.A.R.T., Test Validity, Logic Model
17 Mar 2018
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Goals: broad and realistic statements about project mission possible to accomplish (umbrella statement: aise a(cid:449)are(cid:374)ess e(cid:454). effe(cid:272)ts of soft dri(cid:374)ks i(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)it(cid:455) a(cid:374)d pro(cid:373)ote healthier (cid:272)hoi(cid:272)es. Objectives: specific to your implementation plan what you want to achieve (an be dry but satisfies criteria) Systematic way of improving and accounting for public health actions (involve procedures that are useful, feasible, ethical, accurate. Systematic, objective, structured way to gather info. to figure out how well a program works + make decisions about hwo it can be improved: assess issues of greatest concern to stakeholders, simple and efficient. Reason to evaluate p rograms: accountability, responding to public need to show that cost/resources invested in a program had some effect, government is required to produce evaluation reports, learning and improvement. Evaluation data can help determine what is working or not (feedback allow to make changes as you go: theory. Get more funding for further research or programs.
