Program and Policy Evaluation

Question

• Evaluations allow us to make quantifiable conclusions about what a program has been able to change or note and by how much.
• When should an evaluation of a physical activity promotion project begin? Please use program reducing risks of fall in a senior center as an example.

Importance of Evaluation

• 1. quantification of the effects on participants is important. 2. program evaluations also serve other important functions. 3. valuations can also identify program strengths and weaknesses. 4. evaluation strategies can also be used in the larger context of public health policy development and implementation.

Evaluation Framework

• What are the six steps to the CDC’s Physical Activity Evaluation Framework?
• What is the definition of the term stakeholders?

Ways to Measure

• Formative evaluation Process evaluation Outcome evaluation Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Formative Evaluation

• What are two primary data sources used during formative evaluation?
• Expert opinion and previous work, and the target population of the program