Learning from Experience: Monitor and Evaluate
Categories:
- Learning from experience,
- Community,
- Facilities & organizations,
- Healthcare facilities,
- Workplace,
- Schools,
Monitor and evaluate
How to implement
- Develop an evaluation plan with measurable outcomes and clear timelines, responsibilities and guidelines. Ideally, this plan should be developed early, but it can still be adapted throughout the program lifecycle.
- Continuously monitor and evaluate to examine success, feasibility, impact and sustainability:
- Research and evaluation outcomes should guide future directions and planning activities (e.g., collect participant feedback to guide program content and delivery and to gain insight into why they participate).
- Seek financial and/or human resource support from public, private, voluntary and community organizations to support evaluation.
- Communicate findings to key stakeholders in a way that is tailored to their specific interests.
- Share best practices and lessons-learned to facilitate learning and celebrate successes.
For an easy to use, step-by-step evaluation guide, check out Public Health Ontario’s Introductory Workbook.
External Resources
Six Strategic Steps for Situational Assessment
A six-step guide for conducting a situational assessment, from identifying key questions to gathering data and proceeding with planning.
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Health Impact Assessment
Provides background information and resources on conducting a health impact assessment (HIA).
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Program Evaluation Toolkit
A comprehensive toolkit for planning, conducting and using evaluation.
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Evaluation Flash Cards: Embedding Evaluation Thinking in Organizational Culture
Flash cards designed to make key evaluation concepts easily accessible.
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Evaluating Health Promotion Programs: Introductory Workbook
This document includes a step-by-step evaluation guide for health promotion programs.
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View References
Learning from Experience: Monitor and Evaluate
