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Evaluation Toolkit
Overview
The Evaluation Toolkit is designed to help user locate resources to assist in documenting and achieving measurable health outcomes. It consists of three components:
- An Evaluation Primer that explains the basics of public health evaluations.
- A list of Key Resources for use in the development of evaluations.
- A Choose and Use Guide for quickly accessing current evaluations and guides for use as promising practices.
Key Resources
Most recent overview
- U.S. Government Accountability Office. (2012). Designing Evaluations: 2012 Revision.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2011 update). A Framework for Program Evaluation.
- Community Toolbox (2010 update). Evaluating Community Programs and Initiatives (Chapter 36: Introduction to Evaluation).
More Resources
Other overviews, alphabetical by author:
- American Evaluation Association (2004 update). Guiding Principles for Evaluators.
- Academy Health (2002). Does X Really Cause Y?
- American Academy of Pediatrics (2006). Evaluating your Community-Based Program. Part I | Part II.
- Association for the Study and Development of Community (2001). Principles for Evaluating Comprehensive Community Initiatives.
- Center for Global Development (2006). When Will We Ever Learn: Improving Lives through Impact Evaluation.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2011). Introduction to Program Evaluation for Public Health Programs: A Self-Study Guide.
- Lazenbatt A. (2002). The Evaluation Handbook for Health Professionals.
- National Science Foundation (2002). The 2002 User-Friendly Handbook for Project Evaluation.
- Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (ca. 2001). Outline of Principles of Impact Evaluation.
- Partnership for Environmental Public Health (2010). Evaluation Metrics Manual: Chapter 7: Evaluation.
- Urban Institute (ca. 1995). Evaluation Strategies for Human Services Programs: A Guide for Policymakers and Providers.
- Urban Institute (2006). Outcome Monitoring: Building a Common Outcome Framework to Measure Non-Profit Performance.
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation (1998). Evaluation Handbook.
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation (2004). Logic Model Development Guide: Using Logic Models to Bring Together Planning, Evaluation, and Action.
Choose and Use Guide
The MCH Digital Library has collected over 1,000 documents that focus on evaluation, many of which were funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) within the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). We have chosen over 200 of the best and most recent documents for inclusion in this guide.
Evaluation Toolkit (July 2013)
Author: John Richards, M.A., AITP, MCH Digital Library
Reviewers: MCHB Evaluation Coordinating Committee, with guidance from James Resnick, M.H.S., U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, and Lisa Wright-Solomon, MCHB; Holly Grason, M.S., Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Deborah Perry, Ph.D., Georgetown Center for Child and Human Development; Olivia Pickett, M.L.S., M.A., MCH Digital Library
Editor: Ruth Barzel, M.A., MCH Digital Library