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Schmitz CC, Cullen MJ. 2015. Evaluating interprofessional education and collaborative practice: What should I consider when selecting a measurement tool?. Minneapolis, MN: National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, 33 pp.

Annotation: This primer provides basic information about good practices and processes in interprofessional-education- and collaborative-practice-measurement instruments and use. Topics include the importance of validity, five sources of validity evidence, how much validity an evaluation tool should have, and things to consider when selecting a tool. Appendices include a glossary of measurement tools, rules of thumb when appraising validity data, common threats to validity, and information on the National Center Resource Exchange.

Keywords: Collaboration, Evaluation, Evaluation methods, Interdisciplinary approach, Measures

Johnson K, Gustafson D, Ewigman B, Provost L, Roper R. 2015. Using rapid-cycle research to reach goals: Awareness, assessment, adaptation, acceleration. Rockville, MD: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 61 pp.

Annotation: This document for research teams conducting health services research in primary care and other health settings, quality improvement staff in health care settings, and physicians and other providers involved in practice-based research networks provides guidance on the use of and methods for conducting rapid-cycle research. It explores the breadth of methodologies conventionally associated with quality improvement in primary care settings, discusses the appropriateness of such strategies across evaluation objectives, and provides discussions about tools to accelerate the assessment-to-adoption cycle.

Keywords: Diffusion of innovation, Evaluation, Evaluation methods, Primary care, Program improvement, Quality assurance, Research

Borrud L, Chiappa MM, Burt VL, Gahche J, Zipf G, Dohrmann SM, Johnson CL. 2014. National health and nutrition examination survey: National youth fitness survey plan, operations, and analysis, 2012. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics, 16 pp. (Vital and health statistics; Series 2, Data evaluation and methods research; no. 163)

Annotation: The report provides information about the plan, operations, and analysis of the first national-level survey to estimate the physical activity and fitness levels of children and adolescents ages 3-15 in the United States. Contents include information on the planning and sample design; ethical, privacy, and confidentiality considerations; field operations; mobile examination center operations; a report of findings and remuneration; and data release and analytic guidelines.

Keywords: Adolescents, Children, Confidentiality, Data analysis, Data collection, Evaluation methods, National surveys, Physical activity, Physical fitness, Research design

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of the Associate Director for Policy. 2014. Using evaluation to inform CDC's policy process. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 22 pp.

Annotation: This document for public health professionals provides information on using evaluation to inform the policy process. Topics include identifying where you are in the policy process and focusing on evaluation, using logic models to describe policy efforts, gathering credible evidence, justifying conclusions, ensuring use of findings and sharing lessons learned, and using evaluation to inform the specific domains of the policy process. Examples are included.

Keywords: Evaluation methods, Federal agencies, Health policy, Models, Policy development, Process evaluation, Public health

Rural Assistance Center. [2013]. Rural oral health toolkit. Grand Forks, ND: Rural Assistance Center, 7 modules.

Annotation: These modules are designed to help professionals identify and implement an oral health program. Topics include an overview of oral health in rural communities, program models and ways to adapt them to meet community needs, and strategies to ensure program sustainability. The toolkit also includes a framework for evaluation, methods for disseminating results, and examples of programs that have been implemented in rural communities.

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Keywords: Evaluation methods, Information dissemination, Measures, Model programs, Oral health, Program development, Resources for professionals, Rural environment

Riegelman RK. 2013. Studying a study and testing a test: reading evidence-based health research. (6th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 324 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

Annotation: This book for students and practicing clinicians presents a step-by-step approach to thoughtful and critical reading of health research literature utilizing scenarios, checklists, and exercises. Section one focuses on study evaluation including design, assessment, analysis, interpretation, extrapolation, randomized trials, cohort studies, and meta-analysis. The second section discusses tests with topics in variability, reference interval, definitions, test comparisons, and screening. Section three covers rate sampling, standardization, sources, and compilation. The fourth section considers costs and evaluating effectiveness by study design, assessment, analysis, interpretation, and extrapolation. Section five gives an overview of basic principles of statistics, univariable, bivariable, and multivariable analyses, along with a flowchart summary. Each section concludes with a review/question summary. The book concludes with a glossary and index. A CD-ROM is included with interactive questions and answers that parallel each of the first four sections of the text.

Keywords: Assessment, Audiovisual materials, CD-ROMs, Data analysis, Evaluation, Evaluation methods, Health services, Interactive media, Medicine, Research methodology, Statistics

American Academy of Pediatrics, Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program. 2013. Evaluating your community-based program: Part I—Designing your evaluation (rev. ed). Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics, 47 pp.

Annotation: This guide focuses on the roles evaluation plays in program design and improvement, the value of stakeholder input and involvement in the evaluation design, defining the program's desired outcome, creating a program logic model, and locating additional information for these topics. The guide includes case studies, a glossary, and an appendix with additional resources. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Case studies, Child health programs, Community based services, Community programs, Evaluation methods, Program development

Matone M, Curtis C, Chesnokova A, Yun K, Kreider A, Curtis M, Rubin D. 2013. Evaluation of maternal and child home visitation programs: Lessons from Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA: PolicyLab, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 15 pp. (Evidence to action)

Annotation: This policy brief highlights key concepts to guide state and local maternal and child home visitation program administrators as they make decisions about ongoing or planned program evaluation, as well as strategies for addressing some of the challenges tied to real-world program evaluation. Topics include an overview of public health program evaluation, a short description of what was learned from PolicyLab's evaluation of the Pennsylvania Nurse-Family Partnership program, and a discussion of how the findings can be meaningful for the broader home-visitation community. Contents include data sources for quasi-experimental evaluation.

Keywords: Case studies, Child health, Evaluation methods, Home visiting, Maternal health, Pennsylvania, Program evaluation

Pew Center on the States, Home Visiting Campaign. 2013. Overcoming common evaluation challenges. [Philadelphia, PA]: Pew Center on the States, Home Visiting Campaign, 1 video (59 min., 32 sec.).

Annotation: This webinar presentation, broadcast April 9, 2013, describes how evaluations are critical in verifying that home visiting programs are delivering on the promises of improved outcomes for children and families and wise use of dollars. It highlights common challenges encountered in the evaluation process and provides examples of successful approaches to overcoming evaluation challenges. Examples are provided from the Michigan Maternal Infant Health Program evaluation strategy and considerations for effectiveness evaluation of MCH home visiting programs in the current landscape of expansion in the Nurse-Family Partnership Program in Pennsylvania.

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Keywords: Audiovisual materials, Case studies, Child health, Evaluation methods, Family support services, Home visiting, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Outcome evaluation, Program evaluation

Shoemaker SJ, Wolf MS, Brach C . 2013. The Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT) and user's guide:An instrument to assess the understandability and actionability of print and audiovisual education materials. Rockville, MD: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 4 items.

Annotation: These resources provide a systematic method to evaluate and compare the understandability and actionability of consumer-education materials such as brochures, medical instructions, and audiovisual aids. Contents include a user's guide, assessment tools for printable and audiovisual materials, and a scoring form. Topics include content, word choice and style, use of numbers, organization, layout and design, and use of visual aids.

Keywords: Audiovisual materials, Consumer education materials, Evaluation methods

Drew CH, Pettibone KG, Anderson B, Beard SD, Davis HL, Dilworth CH, O'Fallon L, Collman GW. 2012. Partnerships for environmental public health: Evaluation metrics manual. Research Triangle Park, NC: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 242 pp.

Annotation: This manual is designed to show Partnerships for Environmental Public Health (PEPH) grantees and program staff how to use a systematic, strategic analysis of program activities, outputs, and impacts to identify meaningful metrics that can be used to document program achievements. It includes a summary of the PEPH program, an overview of program evaluation and metrics, and examples of strategies and metrics that grantees might use to evaluate their own programs. The manual is intended to generate discussion and build capacity among grantees to document and demonstrate their achievements in environmental public health.

Keywords: Environmental health, Evaluation methods, Program evaluation, Program improvement, Public health, State programs

Burwick A, Strong D, Xue Y, Koball H, Coffee-Borden B, Zaveri H, Boller K, Daro D. 2012. Supporting evidence-based home visiting to prevent child maltreatment: Cross-site evaluation cost study background and design update. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research; Chicago, IL: Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 22 pp. (Supporting evidence-based home visiting to prevent child maltreatment)

Annotation: This report provides background and design information for assessing the costs of home visiting programs that aim to prevent child maltreatment. Topics include the purpose of cost analyses, existing literature on the costs of home visiting program models, study design, and approaches to the collection and analysis of cross-site cost study data.

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Keywords: Costs, Evaluation methods, Home visiting, Maltreated children, Prevention programs, Research design

American Public Health Association and Public Health Foundation. 2012. Performance measurement for public health policy. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association, 24 pp.

Annotation: This tool helps health departments assess and improve the performance of their policy activities, through performance measurement and evaluation guides. The first section of the tool gives a brief overview of the role of health departments in public health policy, followed by an introduction to performance measurement within the context of performance management. It includes a framework for conceptualizing the goals and activities of policy work in a health department. The second section of the tool consists of tables with examples of activities that a health department might engage in and sample measures and outcomes. The tables provide possible examples of measures to assess the performance of policy activities. The final section provides three examples of how a health department might apply performance measurement and the sample measures to assess its policy activities. The sample template provides a blank chart with columns for activities and quantity, quality, and outcome measures.

Keywords: Evaluation methods, Health planning, Health policy, Health services delivery, Program evaluation, Public health programs

Fischhoff B, Brewer NT, Downs JS, eds. 2011. Communicating risks and benefits: An evidence-based user's guide. Washington, DC: Food and Drug Administration, 234 pp.

Annotation: This guide covers key topics in risk communication including basic processes, communication design, and implementing evidence-based communication. The chapters focus on the following three areas: (1) what the science says about aspects of human behavior; (2) practical implications of scientific results; and (3) how to evaluate communications based on science. Each chapter includes references and an annotated list for further reading.

Keywords: Behavior modification, Communication skills, Evaluation methods, Health behavior, Model programs, Research, Risk management

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Strategy and Innovation. 2011. Introduction to program evaluation for public health programs: A self-study guide. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 100 pp.

Annotation: This document helps public health program managers and staff plan, design, implement, and use evaluation. The guide addresses engaging stakeholders, describing the program’s activities and intended outcomes, focusing the evaluation questions and design, gathering evidence, justifying conclusions, and ensuring the use of evaluation findings and lessons learned.

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Keywords: Evaluation methods, Program evaluation, Public health programs, Resources for professionals

Halfon N, Stanley L, DuPlessis H. 2010. Measuring the quality of developmental services for young children: A new approach. New York, NY: Commonwealth Fund, 13 pp. (Issue brief)

Annotation: This issue brief describes a new performance measurement framework developed by researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) called the Development Services Quality Performance Measurement (DSQPM). The DSQPM measurement set is designed to help Medicaid agencies and their contracted health plans track the delivery and quality of developmental services for young children. The brief describes how the new performance measurement set was developed and describes the three measurement pathways that define the new multi-level service delivery framework. These include: (1) a developmental screening pathway; (2) a developmental intervention pathway for early literacy; and (3) a developmental anticipatory guidance pathway for capturing the delivery of Bright Futures priority areas. The brief also describes how the DSQPM framework -- which includes metrics at the individual, provider, county, health plan, and state levels-- is implemented through seven discrete performance measures. These seven core measures include outcome measures, process measures, and structural measures.

Keywords: Child development services, Evaluation methods, Measures, Quality assessment, Quality assurance, Screening, Young Children

Hargreaves MB. 2010. Evaluating system change: A planning guide. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica, 20 pp. (Methods brief)

Annotation: This methods brief provides guidance on planning effective evaluations of system change interventions. It begins with a general overview of systems theory and then outlines a three-part process for designing system change evaluations. This three-part process aligns (1) the dynamics of the targeted system or situation, (2) the dynamics of the system change intervention, and (3) the intended purpose(s) and methods of the evaluation. It discusses how incorporating systems theory and dynamics into evaluation planning can improve an evaluation's design by capturing system conditions, dynamics, and points of influence that affect the operation and impact of a system change intervention. The goal is to provide an introduction to system change evaluation planning and design and to encourage funders, program planners, managers, and evaluators to seek out more information and apply systems methods in their own evaluation work.

Keywords: Evaluation methods, Program evaluation, Research design, Research methodology, Service delivery systems

Malouin RA, Merten SL. 2010. Measuring medical homes: Tools to evaluate the pediatric patient- and family-centered medical home. [Elk Grove Village, IL]: National Center for Medical Home Implementation, 43 pp.

Annotation: This monograph presents tools to identify, recognize, and evaluate a practice as a pediatric medical home. Content addresses the concept of the patient- and family-centered medical home, measurement, tools, and future directions. Information on the background and purpose of each tool is provided, along with a description of its development and use. Appendices include the characteristics of the family medicine model, components of the advanced medical home model, joint principles of the patient-centered medical home, and guidelines for demonstration projects. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Demonstration programs, Evaluation methods, Family medicine, Measures, Medical home, Pediatric care, Theoretical models

U.S. Office of Minority Health. 2010. Evaluation planning guidelines for grant applicants. (Rev. ed.). Rockville, MD: U.S. Office of Minority Health,

Annotation: This manual describes the strategic framework developed by the U.S. Office of Minority Health (OMH) to guide and organize the systematic planning, implementation, and evaluation of efforts to improve racial and ethnic health disparities and effect systems approaches to such problems. Guided by this framework, the manual provides evaluation planning steps to be addressed by OMH grant applicants/awardees and others engaged in minority health or minority health disparities-related programmic efforts. It discusses the importance of identifying and defining the problem; specifying any best or evidence-based practices proposed in project interventions; identifying outcomes, impacts and performance measures; tying outcomes and measures to long-term goals and objectives; developing a logic model for the proposed project and activities; obtaining appropriate evaluation expertise and determining evaluation types and methods; and developing a data collection plan. Appendices include a glossary of terms; examples of types and sources of data to guide planning; Healthy People 2010 racial- and ethnic-specific objectives that have not been met; OMH performance measures for grantees; a logic model template, worksheet, and completed logic model; types of evaluations; a data collection plan template; sample data collection forms; and answers to frequently asked questions.

Keywords: Cultural competence, Ethnic groups, Evaluation, Evaluation methods, Federal agencies, Federal grants, Guidelines, Minority groups, Planning, Protocols

Tucci J. 2010. Connecting youth to quality health information: A lesson plan for high school health and fitness education. Seattle, WA: University of Washington, Center for Public Health Nutrition, 8 pp.

Annotation: This high school health and fitness education lesson plan is designed to increase student's capacity to access and evaluate quality health information. Contents include a guide to evaluating online health information, a MedlinePlus tutorial, and a case study role play. An online health information scorecard, in-class case study activity, and homework assignments are provided for handouts.

Keywords: Adolescents, Evaluation methods, Health literacy, High schools, Information sources, School health education

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