CDC Program Evaluation Framework | Program Evaluation | CDC
...CDC's Program Evaluation Framework guides public health professionals in conducting program evaluation. It is a practical, nonprescriptive tool, designed to summarize and organize essential elements of program evaluation. Evaluation of public health programs aims to ensure all people have the opportunity to reach optimal health by incorporating fair and just evaluation practices and approaches....
https://www.cdc.gov/evaluation/php/evaluation-framework/index.html
Introduction to Program Evaluation for Public Health Programs: A Self ...
...This document is a "how to" guide for planning and implementing evaluation activities. The manual, based on CDC's Framework for Program Evaluation in Public Health, is intended to assist managers and staff of public, private, and community public health programs to plan, design, implement and use comprehensive evaluations in a practical way. The strategy presented in this manual will help ......
https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/26245
CDC Approach to Program Evaluation | Program Evaluation | CDC
...Program evaluation allows you to determine how effective and efficient your programs, policies, and/or organizations are in reaching their outcomes. Collecting and analyzing data regularly and consistently is necessary for effective program evaluation. Program evaluation is crucial to inform decisions, act on findings, and drive continuous program improvement....
https://www.cdc.gov/evaluation/php/about/index.html
Developing an Effective Evaluation Plan: Setting the course for ...
...The purpose of this workbook is to help public health program managers, administrators, and evaluators develop a joint understanding of what constitutes an evaluation plan, why it is important, and how to develop an effective evaluation plan in the context of the planning process. This workbook is intended to assist in developing an evaluation plan but is not intended to serve as a complete ......
https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/24531
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
...The Search page allows you to access articles published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report dated February 12, 1982 through the present including many of the Supplements, Surveillance Summaries and Recommendations and Reports that have been issued. You can search for articles containing specified words and/or phrases, or retrieve the most current weekly issue directly. You may also ......
https://wonder.cdc.gov/mmwr.html
About the Evaluation Fellowship Program
...Overview The CDC Evaluation Fellowship Program (EFP) is a two-year fellowship that enhances the quality and impact of public health programs and services. Fellows apply and strengthen evaluation skills while working in their host site to build, expand, or improve evaluation activities. The fellowship provides specialized training, resources, and funding for professional development. CDC wants ......
https://www.cdc.gov/evaluation-fellowship/php/about/index.html
Developing a Logic Model | Information for Tuberculosis Programs | CDC
...About Logic Models A logic model illustrates the association between your program's resources, activities, and intended outcomes. Logic models can: Vary in size and complexity. Focus on a specific aspect of your TB program, such as a single evaluation question or objective, or encompass the entire program. Help inform evaluation plans. Reflect changes in activities, new evidence, and lessons ......
https://www.cdc.gov/tb-programs/php/evaluation/logic-model.html
Framework for Program Evaluation in Public Health
...FOREWORD Health improvement is what public health professionals strive to achieve. To reach this goal, we must devote our skill - and our will - to evaluating the effects of public health actions. As the targets of public health actions have expanded beyond infec- tious diseases to include chronic diseases, violence, emerging pathogens, threats of bioterrorism, and the social contexts that ......
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr4811.pdf
Site Index | Program Evaluation | CDC
...The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention develops essential public health evaluation standards, tools and resources, and capacity-building support....
https://www.cdc.gov/evaluation/site.html
Developing an Effective Evaluation Plan: Setting the Course for ...
...Setting the course for effective program evaluation This workbook was developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention?s Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) and Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity (DNPAO) as part of a series of technical assistance workbooks for use by program managers, and evaluators. The workbooks are intended to offer guidance and facilitate ......
https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/stateandcommunity/tobacco-control/pdfs/developing_eval_plan.pdf