PH 216 Chapter Notes - Chapter 0: Health Promotion

• School: University of Rochester
• Department: Public Health
• Course: PH 216
• Professor: Amy McDonald

Document Summary

It guides you through each step of the process of evaluation. It helps you decide what sort of information you and your stakeholders really need. It keeps you from wasting time gathering information that isn"t needed. It helps you identify the best possible methods and strategies for getting the needed information. Community groups: staff and/or volunteers involved in the initiative and the targets and agents of change. University-based researchers: includes researchers and evaluators that the initiative may bring in as consultants or partners. Grantmakers and funders will usually want to know how many people were reached and served by the initiative. Setting up a timeline for evaluation activities. When developing evaluation questions, think of planning and implementation issues, assessing attainment of objectives, and the impact on participants and the community. Common evaluation methods: monitoring and feedback system, member surveys about the initiative, goal attainment report, behavioral surveys, interviews with key participants, community-level indicators of impact.