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This program evaluation aims to assess the impact of a community health initiative on improving health outcomes. The evaluation will collect and analyze data to measure the program's effectiveness and identify any challenges encountered during implementation.
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Program Components • What is the program trying to accomplish? • Who/what is the target population? • What is the need or gap that the program meets? • What does the program provide?
Causal Chain • What is the model for expected change?
Evaluation Questions • Hypotheses or policy questions to be answered through evaluation • How the knowledge generated will be used
Intervention • What is the intervention, for the purposes of the evaluation? • Target unit/unit of intervention • Unit(s) of observation
Evaluation Design/Identification Strategy • How will you define “treatment” and “comparison” groups? Or, what is the counterfactual? • What is the level of the treatment assignment? And of the analysis? • How will you confirm that both groups are similar in the absence of the intervention?
Outcome Indicators • What will you measure? How? • What is the expected effect size? (expected change in outcomes?) • How long do you think it will take for change in outcomes to appear? Remember SMART: Specific, Measurable, Attributable, Realistic, Targeted
Sampling and Data • What is the sample for the study? And from where/whom will you collect data? • At what time intervals will you make measurements? • What do you think will affect your power to detect a significant change in outcomes? (e.g. number of clusters, cluster size, time required for change to appear, expected size of effect, intra-cluster correlation) • Do you expect any spillovers?
Timeline for Impact Evaluation • When will you start and end? What needs to be accomplished before you can implement? • What are the steps in implementation of the evaluation? • When do you need to implement the intervention, collect data, etc? • What is your plan for dissemination?
Impact Evaluation Team: Staffing • Who are the stakeholders in the evaluation? • Who will manage the evaluation? • Who will provide implementation support? • Who will provide data collection and quality assurance services? • Do you need design/statistical support from technicians? • Is training required?
Budget • What will drive the cost of the evaluation? • What categories of spending do you expect?
Anticipated Challenges • Operational, political, research challenges