Mental Health Problems Among Men With HIV

Overview. The evaluation project for the course will consist of the components described next, which will be covered throughout the course. Students will develop an evaluation plan for a health promotion program they have selected or created in HLTH 6001. Important, you will not be asked to conduct a full evaluation but to give full consideration to the details that would need to be addressed in order for an evaluation to be conducted.
Grading. The final product will be a written evaluation plan. Your grade for this project will reflect the final written plan worth 100 points. A detailed grading rubric for the written plan will be posted to Blackboard.
The Evaluation Plan. An evaluation plan is a written document that describes how a program team will monitor and evaluate the program so that they will be able to describe the What, the How and the Why it Matters for the program. Students should prepare a written evaluation plan (7-10 pages) guided by the format below (a more detailed rubric of required content will be provided at a later date). Remember, you should approach this project as though you are an active public health practitioner. The evaluation plan should be written in a professional voice. Think of your plan as being a guidebook for someone coming after you who will implement the evaluation plan you’ve described. It should be a solid resource, well-grounded in the readings, theory and topics of the course.
Formatting requirements. Document should be single spaced, using 12-point font (Arial, Times New Roman, or Calibri). Submit final document in a word file to Blackboard.
Deadline. The written evaluation plan is due during the scheduled final exam period for this course. Consult Blackboard or syllabus for deadline.
GENERAL OUTLINE OF THE EVALUATION PLAN
I. Title page
a. Title of the program
b. Your name and Affiliation c. Date of submission
II. Overview of Health Issue –This should be a summary in paragraph form and provide clear data to support the rationale for focusing on this health issue.
a. A discussion of the secondary data (e.g. prevalence rates, incidence rates, affected populations, etc.) and literature to describe the current state of the selected health issue
III. Program Description – This should be a summary of the program in paragraph form. It should address all of the components in bullets below. Someone unfamiliar with the program should be able to review this section and have a good understanding of the program, including the layout, timing and components of the activities.
a. A general description of the health promotion program, including:
i. A clear statement of program implementation goals and participant outcome
objectives in measurable terms, based on the general expected outcomes
ii. The population targeted by the program
iii. Stakeholders’ identification and role in program development
iv. The activities
b. A program logic model – can use the one developed from HLTH 6001 and added to the
Appendices section as “Appendix A: Program Logic Model”
IV. Focus of Evaluation – This section will start to establish the purpose and focus of the evaluation (See Evaluation Plan Slides 18-20, 22).
a. Evaluation purpose – For the evaluation purpose, you will describe the overarching goal and why you are doing this evaluation.
b. Evaluation questions and justification – For this section, you will want to list the questions (i) and how they will help you answer the questions and learn from the questions by targeting process, impact, and outcome evaluation (ii). This will provide insights into how the questions align with your logic model, intended users, and feasibility to answer the questions. Additionally, you will provide insights into how you prioritized the questions.
i. What are your evaluation questions (include process, impact, and outcome evaluation questions)?
ii. What do you want to learn from the evaluation?
c. Evaluation Standards – You will want to address how you will ensure that you are
meeting the standards for effective evaluation by focusing on each standard.
i. How will you address the standards for effective evaluation – utility, feasibility, proprietary, and accuracy?
V. Process Evaluation –This section will focus on your proposed process evaluation by addressing each of the bullets below.
a. A statement presenting the priority question that the process evaluation will address - This is a statement that summarized the overall priority of the process evaluation. Since you already have the questions listed in the evaluation focus, this is utilized as a summary and lead into the methods. You will also want to include description of the indicators or performance measures that you are trying to identify for the questions.
b. A discussion of the sources of information needed – This is describing the source of information/data and where you are getting the data. What are you specifically assessing? Where is the data coming from? Is it from individuals? Stakeholders? Program staff? Secondary Sources? Combination? Etc.? How did you determine that this was the best place/entity to gain information?
c. A discussion of how sources of information will be selected – How did you choose this data source and how are you collecting the data? Are you assessing all participants? A sample?
d. A description of the methods you will use to collect information and example of data collection methods included in Appendix B: Process Evaluation – What are the steps you are taking to obtain this information/data, including data collection methods, frequency, and who will be collecting the data. (See Evaluation Plan slide 26, 27, 29, 30). This should provide clarity to the reader about how to implement the process evaluation on their own.
e. A discussion of how the findings from the process evaluation will be used – You will also want to address how you will utilize this data, including how to implement and track any required changes.
f. You can use some of the content from Assignment #3. Make sure that you are responding to the required components and do not simply cut and paste from the assignment.
VI. Impact & Outcome Evaluation
a. A description of your evaluation study design and your evaluation questions you plan to
address – This is a statement that summarized the overall priority of the summative evaluation. Since you already have the questions listed in the evaluation focus, this is utilized as a summary and lead into the study design and methods (quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods) for impact and outcome evaluation. You will also want to include description of the indicators or performance measures that you are trying to identify for the questions for impact and outcome evaluation. (See Evaluation Plan slides 25 ,26, 27, 31, 32)
b. A discussion of how you will select and/or develop data collection instruments included in Appendix C: Outcome & Impact Evaluation – For your complete data collection instrument examples, you will want to discuss how you developed the tool and how the tool will be implemented, including how it will be administered, frequency, and who will be collecting the data. You will want to share insights for both impact and outcome evaluation tools.
c. A discussion of how you will analyze participant short-term, intermediate and long- term outcome data. This is a summary of how you will analyze the data collected from the data collection tools. You will want to explain across impact and outcome evaluation.
d. A discussion of how the findings from the impact and outcome evaluations will be used
– Describe how these findings will be used and may influence the program and the community. (See Evaluation Plan slides 33, 34)
e. Outline a timeline of when evaluation activities will occur. – This is optional in this section as you will include it in the overall evaluation timeline. However, if you want to include a table that outlines each tool, type of evaluation, and administration timing, that is okay to add.
f. You can use some of the content from Assignment #4. Make sure that you are responding to the required components and do not simply cut and paste from the assignment.
VII. Evaluation Management Plan (Evaluation Plan slides 35)
a. Proposed evaluation timeline – Timeline can be a table or Gantt chart – The timeline is
comprehensive. It should visually display the time points for all of the components of the evaluation – from finalizing planning, to recruitment, to implementation, to evaluation stages and data collection, to dissemination meetings, to the end of the program. This would be an example of a timeline you would use if you were implementing the program. You can also add responsible parties to the timeline if you wish. (Evaluation Plan slides 35-38)
b. Estimated evaluation budget and justification – Budget can be a table – See budget template in Blackboard. This is a budget for the evaluation components of this project. Each item will need to be justified. If the project goes into multiple years, you would also want to show the complete time period. (See evaluation slides 40)
VIII. Dissemination Plan – This is a summary of your plans to maintain communication with and disseminate information to your stakeholders, partners, program staff, etc. You will want to make sure that you describe how the information will be shared, with whom, how it will be shared and how can you ensure the information is being used. (See Evaluation slides 41-44 and Dissemination plan lecture slides)
a. A discussion of how you will share the findings of the evaluation with key stakeholders b. What medium do you plan to use to disseminate the evaluation findings for your audience?
c. What are your plans for using the evaluation findings? How, where, when will the findings be used?
IX. References – All references should be cited using APA 7th edition style. Make sure you double check that you are using the correct format with citations. Refer to Blackboard APA resources if needed.
a. A list of the works cited throughout the evaluation plan utilizing a consistent citation style
X. Appendices
a. Appendix A: Program Logic Model – This is your program’s logic model. If you received feedback from 6001, I encourage you to make those edits.
b. Appendix B: Process Evaluation – Examples should be close to a final version. Therefore, it should look like someone could implement it today.
c. Appendix C: Outcome & Impact Evaluation - Examples should be close to a final version. Therefore, it should look like someone could implement it today.