Evaluation of Health Programs

Catalog description

A health program evaluation course designed to acquaint students with the fundamentals of health program evaluation. This course focuses on models and procedures for evaluating health programs and is designed to address competencies related to evaluation design, use, and implementation. Although the course emphasizes general qualitative and quantitative evaluation methodologies, specific health program applications from a variety of settings are employed as illustrations. The course also explores participatory evaluation in practice and the role of evaluation research in health program and policy development.