In your 3-1 Project Preparation assignment, you will define, analyze, evaluate, and use program outcomes for your identified health issue from the 1-2 assignment . To assist you with the assignment, use the evaluation methods noted within the CDC resource article, Types of Evaluation . You will plan to gather and analyze data to determine whether the outcomes are meeting the expectations.
What were the program’s objectives?
Do the results tell me if the program did or did not achieve those objectives?
What did this program cost? Were other options considered?
Were the resources used, justified – why or why not?
Be critical of these programs. If the authors say the program was successful, challenge that – do you believe it was successful?
Overview
In your Module One Project Preparation assignment, you identified a health or healthcare problem in the community. Then, you justified the need for the program to address the identified problem.
In this assignment, you will define, analyze, evaluate, and use the program’s outcomes to address the identified healthcare issue.
Your senior management wants you to identify specific data collection and evaluation methods for your proposed program. Using the identified evaluation methods, you will use data to analyze whether the outcomes are meeting the expectations. To do so, you will explore various evaluation methods and choose the most appropriate methods to evaluate the available information about the desired outcomes. As a part of your final presentation, you will share your evaluation findings with your senior management.
You will use the provided outcome measures table template to complete this assignment. This assignment will help you analyze and adjust your desired outcomes and determine if they are meeting the program expectations.
