Program Evaluation

Putting Health in context

What is health? For some, health means the absence of disease and pain; for others, it is a general feeling of wellness. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health more broadly: “the state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”1

This broad definition aligns with the Conference Board’s overarching goal in benchmarking Canada’s performance—to measure quality of life in Canada and in its peer countries. Most Canadians would agree that without health, quality of life is severely compromised.
 

I have designed a worksheet to help students navigate / negotiate a program evaluation to be carried out in their internship agencies. The worksheet is on conducting the evaluability assessment. Though it was designed specifically for use by graduate students in the Masters of Social Work Evaluation Class, it will likely work well in other program settings.

Our Program Evaluation Guide is designed to provide nonprofit organizations a framework for thinking about evaluation as a relevant and useful program tool. This guide offers a number of useful methods, examples, and worksheets for you to use or modify to help make evaluation a part of your strategic development. See below to access a free, printable guide to evaluation. Please feel free to copy, paste and customize this document for your needs. We just ask that you credit the Robert R. McCormick Foundation.

Evaluation Tools

Program Planning Steps

• Step 1 Manage the planning process
• Step 2 Conduct a situational assessment
• Step 3 Set goals, audiences, and outcome objectives
• Step 4 Choose strategies and activities and assign resources
• Step 5 Develop indicators
• Step 6 Review the plan

Online Business Case Creator

• Step 1 Assess project
• Step 2A Analyze risks
• Step 2B Analyze benefits
• Step 3 Advise

Project Management Tools