Health Sciences 2250A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Response Bias, Needs Assessment, Active Living

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 2250A/B
• Professor: Jennifer Irwin

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Health science 2250 unit 5: evaluation of health promotion programs. Should be done throughout the entire program process. Frightening how many programs have not and do not get evaluated wasted money, resources and opportunities. Evaluation definition (cid:862)a syste(cid:373)ati(cid:272) study that is desig(cid:374)ed, (cid:272)o(cid:374)du(cid:272)ted a(cid:374)d reported i(cid:374) order to assist a (cid:272)lie(cid:374)t group to judge a(cid:374)d/or to i(cid:373)pro(cid:448)e the (cid:449)orth a(cid:374)d/or (cid:373)erit of so(cid:373)e o(cid:271)je(cid:272)t of i(cid:374)terest(cid:863) E(cid:448)aluatio(cid:374) is (cid:862)the des(cid:272)ri(cid:271)i(cid:374)g of the o(cid:271)je(cid:272)t of i(cid:374)terest so its worth and merit (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e judged(cid:863: worth = whether or not object/program is needed, merit = whether or not object/program is good. Process of collecting and using information to guide decision making. To make confident program decisions based on systematically collected information, rather than guesstimates: determine if goals and objectives of program are met. Figure out if program is being implemented as intended. Figure out if changes need to be made along the way.