Evaluating Effectiveness in Public Health at the Individual and Organizational Level
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Course Overview
Course Quality Rating
TBD
Course Description
This course provided by the South Central Public Health Partnership and may require a secondary registration and/or login.
This presentation will highlight the importance of a systematic approach in evaluating the effectiveness of public health programs, practices, and policies. The presentation will provide applied examples of key concepts and principles and emphasize practical approaches for developing and implementing these evaluation efforts. In this way participants will be able to more effectively plan public health evaluation strategies, better ensure continuous quality improvement of public health programs, practices, and policies, and demonstrate accountability and return on investment at both the individual and organizational levels.
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Target Audience
not listed
Learning Objectives
Define key concepts in systematically evaluating public health programs, practices, and policies
Name the essential elements of evaluation in public health practice to ensure on-going improvement throughout the public health system
Review the elements of the logic model and its role in guiding subsequent evaluation efforts
Describe the importance of evaluating effectiveness at the individual and organizational levels
Explain the use of a 360 Degree evaluation process to measure individual and organizational effectiveness including considerations regarding each major stakeholder
Distinguish between objective and subjective measures including guidelines to create standardized measures of effectiveness Identify the major pitfalls to evaluating effectiveness of public health programs, practices, and policies
Describe the use of social network analysis for evaluating effectiveness among public health workers and entities
COL Competencies/COL Tier(s)
2A.10 (Tier 1): Gathers information for evaluating policies, programs, an services (e.g., outputs, outcomes, processes, procedures, return on investment)
2B.12 (Tier 2): Implements strategies for continuous quality improvement
7C.1 (Tier 3) Assesses the structures, functions, and authorizations of governmental public health programs and organizations
8C.9 (Tier 3) Ensures continuous improvement of individual, program, and organizational performance (e.g., mentoring, monitoring progress, adjusting programs to achieve better results)
Professional/Disciplinary Competencies
none listed
Format
Online/Self-study
Credit /CEU
none
Duration
not listed
Specifications
Required: Up to Date Browser, Java Script, and Flash Player
Course Publication Date
7/26/2012
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