Review Read Essentials of Planning and Evaluation for Public Health to prepare for this week’s discussion and assignments. o Chapter 5 – Reliability and Validity o Chapter 8 – Surveys Watch the following videos to prepare for this week’s discussion and assignments. o Beyond the Data – Tracking Environmental Health Data for Public Health Decision Making(00:07:07) (opens in new) https://www.youtube.com/embed/9ND2_b9NK9M?rel=0&autoplay=1&iv_load_policy=3 window) https://www.youtube.com/embed/9ND2_b9NK9M?rel=0&autoplay=1&iv_load_policy=3 o How to Create a Table for a Literature Review Summary Discussion | Preparing for a Public Health Program Evaluation Review Review the assigned reading and media to prepare for this discussion. The overview process of designing, planning and evaluation of a new or existing public health program requires time and resources. It is recommended that programs allot 1015% of the project budget to prepare for the evaluation phase. Detailed evaluation is important to the program for the following reasons: To monitor each step of progress toward the objectives and goals To determine whether components are producing the desired progress on program outcomes To justify the need for further funding and support To find opportunities for continuous quality improvement It is very likely for the external agencies and the funding agency to be interested in all of the above reasons to ensure that effective programs are maintained, and resources are not wasted on ineffective programs. Not all programs will receive follow-on funding even if the program is successful. Because of this, planning for the internal and external evaluation is important in the early stages of the program initiation. Respond Why is evaluation important when addressing diseases that impact communities? How would you leverage best practices with stakeholders and media to determine which aspects of the evaluation would showcase the effectiveness of your program? Review the CDC survey/questionnaire below and develop/write 3 survey questions that could be used to better understand how to leverage your stakeholders on addressing a disease impacting the target community. When preparing for an evaluation, it is important to engage how your project/organization is viewed by the stakeholders target community. o Questionnaire (opens in new window) https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/questionnaires.htm Discuss Respond to the initial prompt with a substantive post by the first deadline. REQUIRED TEXT Essentials of Planning and Evaluation for Public Health o Mauffette-Leenders, L. A., Erskine, J. A., & Leenders, M. R. (2007). Learning with cases. London, Ontario: Richard Ivey School of Business. o Stroh, D. P. (2015). Systems thinking for social change: A practical guide to solving complex problems, avoiding unintended consequences, and achieving lasting results. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing.
Hide
