Finkelstein Eric A, Wittenborn John S, Farris Rosanne P
RTI International, Health, Social and Economics Research, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA.
J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2004 Jun;13(5):625-33. doi: 10.1089/1540999041281043.
In today's healthcare environment, public health resources are scarce. Thus, interventions to improve the public's health must be rigorously evaluated to ensure that they make the best use of available resources.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides a general framework for program evaluation. This paper presents additional details on several key evaluation areas within CDC's framework.
Successful evaluations will be built into the program design; will be multifaceted, incorporating both quantitative and qualitative methods; will assess both process and outcome measures; and will engage stakeholders to ensure utility of results.
Well-planned evaluations can lead to less burdensome yet more effective assessment and better program performance and can increase the knowledge base for health promotion practice.
在当今的医疗环境中,公共卫生资源稀缺。因此,必须对改善公众健康的干预措施进行严格评估,以确保它们能最佳利用现有资源。
疾病控制与预防中心(CDC)提供了项目评估的总体框架。本文介绍了CDC框架内几个关键评估领域的更多细节。
成功的评估将融入项目设计;将是多方面的,包括定量和定性方法;将评估过程和结果指标;并将让利益相关者参与进来以确保结果的实用性。
精心规划的评估可以带来负担更小但更有效的评估以及更好的项目绩效,并可以增加健康促进实践的知识库。