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Introduction to Program-Level Evaluation in Community Planning Training

This module aims to familiarize participants with program-level evaluation, covering its uses, basic concepts, and the need for expert evaluators. It also explores the benefits of evaluation, such as monitoring implementation fidelity, progress towards outcomes, identifying program design problems, demonstrating achievements, and determining cost-effectiveness.

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Introduction to Program-Level Evaluation in Community Planning Training

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  1. 5-1 Community Planning Training

  2. 5-2 Community Planning Training

  3. The goal of this module is to introduce participants to program-level evaluation. 5-3 Community Planning Training

  4. Participants will be able to: • Identify the uses of evaluation. • Explain basic evaluation concepts. • Assess the need for an expert evaluator. 5-4 Community Planning Training

  5. Evaluation helps you: • • monitor implementation fidelity • • monitor progress toward outcomes • • identify problems with program design or selection • • demonstrate achievements • • determine cost-effectiveness. 5-5 Community Planning Training

  6. What do you want to evaluate? • What is the purpose of your evaluation? 5-6 Community Planning Training

  7. • Community Board members • • Key Leaders • • Program implementers and site administrators • • Media • • Local interest groups • • Other community members • • Sources of funding 5-7 Community Planning Training

  8. Monitor implementation fidelity. • Identify and correct implementation problems before they result in program failure. 5-8 Community Planning Training

  9. To provide two hours of weekly home-based parent education by trained professionals to at least 30% of teen mothers for a 24-month period. 5-9 Community Planning Training

  10. Records • Activity logs • Observation • Questionnaires 5-10 Community Planning Training

  11. Measure the program’s impact on participant knowledge, skills, attitudes or behavior. • Monitor progress toward the community’s vision. 5-11 Community Planning Training

  12. To significantly increase parents’ knowledge of appropriate infant health-care practices and care-taking and interaction skills, as measured by pre- and post-tests. 5-12 Community Planning Training

  13. Observation • Interviews • Questionnaires • Records 5-13 Community Planning Training

  14. An expert evaluator can help: • select appropriate evaluation design • develop evaluation measures • analyze statistical information • interpret results. 5-14 Community Planning Training

  15. The program requires significant technical assistance • Evaluation tools will need to be developed • Data collection will be expensive and complex • Complex data analysis will be required • The Board lacks the expertise to complete the evaluation. 5-15 Community Planning Training

  16. Local universities • Research and consulting firms 5-16 Community Planning Training

  17. The nature of the evaluation • Who will be doing the evaluation • Resources needed for the evaluation. 5-17 Community Planning Training

  18. 5-18 Community Planning Training

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