4250- Evaluation

Question 1

2 Key factors associated with getting a HPV vaccine

Answer 1

Intention and Actual HPV vaccination

Question 2

Key predictors of intention?

Answer 2

overall attitudes to vaccines and role of HPV on sexual behaviour

Question 3

Key predictors of actual?

Answer 3

previous actions around vaccines including vaccine history (more likely to have children vaccinated),

Question 4

Key reasons why people were not getting vaccinated?

Answer 4

parental education, more traditional family composition (more children, 2 parent families)

Question 5

What is a logic model?

Answer 5

designing programs by thinking about the key components of your intervention including evaluation by inputs, activities, outputs, and outcomes

Question 6

What are inputs?

Answer 6

resources dedicated to or consumed by the program

ex. money, staff, equipment, regulations, laws

Question 7

What are activities?

Answer 7

what the program does with inputs to accomplish what you are implementing
ex. educate providers, distribute vaccines, provide assistance, monitor immunization coverage

Question 8

What are outputs?

Answer 8

direct result of your activity

ex. usually countable, # of vaccines delivered

Question 9

What are outcomes?

Answer 9

the actual benefits for participants before and after program activities
ex. cost per child immunized, parental awareness, reduced prevalence of disease

Question 10

What are the 3 types of evaluation?

Answer 10

1) Formative Evaluation
2) Process Evaluation
3) Outcome Evaluation
4) Economic Evaluation

Question 11

What is Formative Evaluation?

Answer 11

• quality assessment and program improvement in early stages

- usually used in development and planning stages

Question 12

What is Process evaluation?

Answer 12

• not looking at the impact or outcome but rather if the it was implemented the way it was intended
• tracks success or failure of a program

Question 13

What is Outcome Evaluation?

Answer 13

• results when done the program, outcome has to be tied with beginning objectives
  ex. short term (awareness/behaviour), long term (health status)

Question 14

What is Economic Evaluation ?

Answer 14

cost effectiveness and if resources are being put to good use
ex. what you put in vs. what you get out

Question 15

What is RE-AIM stand for?

Answer 15

Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implement, Maintenance

Question 16

What is Reach?

Answer 16

How do i reach the target population

• focus on the population you want to address (end users) and the representativeness
  ex. policy makers, children, adults etc.

Question 17

What is Effectiveness?

Answer 17

What is the impact?

• individual level health benefits or improving quality of life?
• making sure you aren’t causing negative consequences

Question 18

What is Adoption?

Answer 18

Focus on the middle man, developing organizational support to deliver intervention

Question 19

What is Implementation?

Answer 19

Focusing on consistency of delivery regardless of how often it is delivered

Question 20

What is Maintenance?

Answer 20

Focuses on sustaining individual level benefits and program level innovation over the long run

Question 21

Why is evaluation important for learning? (5)

Answer 21

• Provides info about the program
• Compare different program types
• Improve a program
• Inform policy decisions
• Increase community support for initiatives

Question 22

How does evaluation relate to accountability? (3)

Answer 22

• Measures the program’s effectiveness
• It demonstrates the program’s value
• It is needed to meet funding requirements

Question 23

What are the 6 steps for Program evaluation

Answer 23

1) Engage Stakeholders
2) Describe the program
3) Focus on evaluation design
4) Gather credible evidence
5) Justify conclusions
6) Ensure use and share lessons learned

Question 24

Why might results get put on the shelf and not used or even considered?

Answer 24

May not have the resources or the time or ability to able to change or get the results that the stakeholders want.

Question 25

What are the 4 standards for evaluation

Answer 25

1) Utility–> info that useful
2) Feasibility–> realistic and affordable
3) Propriety–> ethical and taking account rights and interests
4) Accuracy–> make sure findings are credibile