This course will familiarize students with different types of program and intervention evaluation, including needs assessment, formative research, process evaluation, monitoring of outputs and outcomes and impact assessment. Students will learn how to develop an evaluation plan and use systematically collected information about a program or intervention to: understand whether and how the program is meeting its stated goals and objectives; improve program effectiveness, and/or make decisions about future programming. This course will focus on evaluation conducted in clinical and public health settings.
Course learning objectives include:
- Explain the main concepts/terms and key elements used in program evaluation.
- Understand the role of evaluation in planning and implementing health programs.
- Explore diverse types/approaches and models used in program evaluation in public health and clinical settings.
- Become familiar with methods and data collection strategies used in program evaluation.
- Identify effective dissemination strategies for the results of evaluation.