Evaluation of health programs

What is the purpose of evaluation?

• To accomplish a task using the least amount of resources

• To achieve the intended goals in real-world conditions

• To anticipate problems and improve programs

• To measure the activities and products

What is efficacy?

• The ability to achieve intended goals in real-world conditions

• The ability to produce a desired effect under ideal conditions

• The resources needed to implement the activities

• The ability to accomplish a task using the least amount of resources

What are indicators used for?

• To determine if a program is working properly and achieving its goals

• To measure the activities and products

• To measure the elements provided for the program to work

• To measure the resources needed to implement the activities

What are process indicators?

• They measure the activities and products

• They measure if the program is achieving the expected effects/changes

• They measure the resources needed to implement the activities

• They measure the elements provided for the program to work

What are "instruments" in evaluation?

• Elements that measure indicators

• Elements that measure if a program is working properly and achieving its goals

• Elements that measure the activities and products

• Elements that measure the elements provided for the program to work

What is a logic model?

• The elements or tools that allow us to measure indicators

• The resources needed to implement the activities

• The ability to produce a desired effect under ideal conditions

• A graphic representation that presents the shared relationships among the resources, activities, outputs, and outcomes/impacts for a program

What are inputs in a logic model?

• Factors that are out of control of the program but may help (or not)

• What the program and its staff do with those resources

• Tangible products or elements that result from the activities

• The resources needed to implement the activities

What are outputs and outcomes in a logic model?

• What the program and its staff do with those resources

• Factors that are out of control of the program but may help (or not)

• Tangible products or elements that result from the activities

• The resources needed to implement the activities

What are context factors in a logic model?

• Factors that are out of control of the program but may help (or not)

• Tangible products or elements that result from the activities

• The resources needed to implement the activities

• What the program and its staff do with those resources

What is the first step in the evaluation technique?

• Deciding the data sources, method, and timing

• Choosing indicators for each of the questions

• Measuring the elements provided for the program to work

• Deciding the evaluation questions