PUBLIC HEALTH EVALUATION METHODS

Catalog description

This course provides an in-depth review of major concepts, methods and issues involved in evaluating public health programs and policy interventions. Students learn skills needed to conduct and use evaluations, with an emphasis on conceptual, methodological, organizational, political and ethical aspects associated with public health evaluation. Topics include development of evaluation questions, types of program evaluation (process, formative, impact, outcome), evaluation design (experimental, quasi­experimental and non­experimental designs), collection of evaluation data and dissemination of evaluation results. Students gain practical experience through a series of exercises. Examples of effective methods and approaches are elaborated for multiple public health contexts.