MEDI363 Lecture 6: Nutrition promotion 3
7 Aug 2018
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Identify various purposes for conducting nutrition promotion program evaluation. Recognise four levels of program evaluation and their use in assessing programs. Identify a range of qualitative and quantitative research designs for use in program evaluation. Understand why and how to disseminate program evaluation findings. What is evaluation: systematic assessment of the operation and/or outcomes of a program or policy, compared to a set of explicit or implicit standards, as a means of contributing to the i(cid:373)pro(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t of the progra(cid:373) or polic(cid:455)". Involves observing, measuring and documenting what has happened against what was expected to happen. Involves judging if an intervention was implemented as intended; if it went well; how it could be improved; if results were expected/unexpected. Judgement of a program is based on stakeholders expectations, past experiences, what is perceived as important/unimportant. Types of evaluation: formative, activities designed to develop and pre-test program materials and methods, collection and analysis of information to inform program development.
