Innovative Methods for Designing Actionable Program Evaluation

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• Alternative Title:
  J Public Health Manag Pract
• Personal Author:
  Nesbit, Brandon ; Hertz, Marci ; Thigpen, Sally ; Castellanos, Ted ; Brown, Michelle ; Porter, Jamila ; Williams, Amber
• Description:
  Context
  
  For most programs, whether funded through governmental agencies or nongovernmental organizations, demonstrating the impact of implemented activities is vital to ensuring continued funding and support.
  
  Objective
  
  Program evaluation is a critical tool that serves the dual purpose of describing impact and identifying areas for program improvement. From a funder’s perspective, describing the individual and collective impact of state-based programs can be challenging due to variations in strategies being implemented and types of data being collected.
  
  Design
  
  A case study was used to describe the actionable, mixed-methods evaluation of the Core Violence and Injury Prevention Program (Core VIPP), including how the evaluation design and approach shifted to address evolving challenges faced by award recipients over time. Particular emphasis is given to innovative methods for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating data for key state and federal stakeholders.
  
  Results
  
  The results of the Core VIPP evaluation showed how this funding played a vital role in building injury and violence prevention capacity in state health departments, leading to a decrease in both intermediate and long-term outcomes.
  
  Conclusions
  
  The lessons learned through the mixed-method evaluation of the Core VIPP informed the structure of the subsequent funding cycle (Core SVIPP) to include more prescriptive requirements for evidence-based implementation and a state support team structure for delivery of training and technical assistance.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Article Centers For Disease Control And Prevention (U.S.) Financing, Government Government Evaluation Humans Information Dissemination Mixed-methods Evaluation Organizational Policy Program Development Program Evaluation Program Implementation Public Health Quality Improvement State Government United States Violence Violence And Injury Prevention Wounds And Injuries

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• Source:
  J Public Health Manag Pract. 24(Suppl 1 INJURY AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION):S12-S22
• Pubmed ID:
  29189500
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5810136
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  24
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:54a81e1f8f3f4fb196263ef27156c0f2d9133230298894a6d58cede2041c5b85
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/51688/cdc_51688_DS1.pdf
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