Pathman Donald, Thaker Samruddhi, Ricketts Thomas C, Albright Jennifer B
Cecil G. Sheps Center, CB 7590, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
J Rural Health. 2003;19 Suppl:308-13. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2003.tb01049.x.
The Southern Rural Access Program (SRAP) evaluation team used program logic models to clarify grantees' activities, objectives, and timelines. This information was used to benchmark data from grantees' progress reports to assess the program's successes. This article presents a brief background on the use of program logic models--essentially charts or diagrams specifying a program's planned activities, objectives, and goals--for evaluating and managing a program. It discusses the structure of the logic models chosen for the SRAP and how the model concept was introduced to the grantees to promote acceptance and use of the models. The article describes how the models helped clarify the program's objectives and helped lead agencies plan and manage the many program initiatives and subcontractors in their states. Models also provided a framework for grantees to report their progress to the National Program Office and evaluators and promoted the evaluators' visibility and acceptance by the grantees. Program logics, however, increased grantees' reporting requirements and demanded substantial time of the evaluators. Program logic models, on balance, proved their merit in the SRAP through their contributions to its management and evaluation and by providing a better understanding of the program's initiatives, successes, and potential impact.
南方农村交通项目（SRAP）评估团队运用项目逻辑模型来厘清受资助方的活动、目标和时间安排。这些信息被用于对照受资助方进度报告中的数据，以评估该项目的成效。本文简要介绍了运用项目逻辑模型（本质上是规定项目计划活动、目标和目的的图表）来评估和管理项目的背景。它讨论了为SRAP所选逻辑模型的结构，以及如何向受资助方介绍模型概念以促进其接受和使用。文章描述了这些模型如何帮助明确项目目标，以及如何协助牵头机构规划和管理其所在州的众多项目举措及分包商。模型还为受资助方提供了一个向国家项目办公室和评估人员汇报进展的框架，并提高了评估人员在受资助方中的知名度和认可度。然而，项目逻辑增加了受资助方的报告要求，且耗费了评估人员大量时间。总体而言，项目逻辑模型通过对SRAP的管理和评估做出贡献，并有助于更好地理解项目举措、成效和潜在影响，在该项目中证明了自身价值。
