 | The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
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| The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
Deborah L Kelley, RN and Jayme Thomson, RN, BA. School Health Services, Multnomah Education Service District, PO Box 97220-9017, Portland, OR 97294-9039, 503-257-1611, deborah_kelley@mesd.k12.or.us
What are the reasons programs or projects should evaluate? Short term and long term reasons need to be looked at to keep a project viable and help the program to continue to meet the community needs. Short-term evaluation goals help the team make small and immediate changes to the team's program responding to needs and concerns. Long term results of evaluation assist the team with program planning, program revamping or program improvement. Also, the community driven project should be able to bring accountability to their governing board. Key concepts to consider in the evaluation process are: · Why is this evaluation process necessary? · What data do we need to collect and how do we get there? · How will our team benefit from evaluation? · Who is involved with the process? · What parts of the team are evaluated? · What to do after the evaluation is completed? With data collected from an evaluation, a team can strengthen its structure and purpose. It can improve those components that have not been supportive and continue those services the community finds most valuable. Conducting continuous evaluation of the team improves effectiveness of comprehensive services without costly and timely duplications.
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Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.