Health program planning and evaluation : a practical, systematic approach for community health / L. Michele Issel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Issel, L. Michele.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community health services.

Health planning.

Community Health Services--organization & administration.

United States.

Health Planning--methods.

Program Development--methods.

Program Evaluation--methods.

Medical Subjects:

Community Health Services--organization & administration.

United States.

Health Planning--methods.

Program Development--methods.

Program Evaluation--methods.

Physical Description:

xix, 497 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, [2004]

Summary:

Today's challenging health care conditions require health professionals to develop increasingly sophisticated health programs in order to compete for funding and support. The influencing forces of federal legislation, rigid public health goals, emphasis on outcomes of health care and evidence-based practice, and use of total quality management and improvement tools have brought about new standards for program development. Health Program Planning and Evaluation: A Practical, Systematic Approach for Community Health will help you to systematically develop, thoughtfully implement, and rigorously evaluate health programs across a variety of health disciplines. It also serves to help students and professionals become savvy consumers of evaluation reports and prudent users of evaluation consultants. It presents the practical tools and concepts in language suitable for both the practicing and novice health program planner and evaluator. Distinguishing itself from other program planning and evaluation texts through its use of the public health pyramid, consistent use of a program logic model throughout the text, and role modeling evidence-based practice, this text will provide you with a firm foundation in addressing the needs of the population through health program planning and evaluation.

Contents:

Health program development and evaluation

Relevance of diversity and disparities to health programs

Planning for health programs and services

Community health assessment for program planning

Program theory and interventions revealed

Program objectives and setting targets

Logistics of program implementation

Process evaluation: measuring inputs and outputs

Planning the methods for evaluating intervention effects

Choosing designs for impact evaluation

Analyzing and interpreting evaluation data

Qualitative methods for planning and evaluation

Cost analysis: the basics

Continuing the cycle.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0763748005

OCLC:

52766363