hbslp4

Propose an appropriate evaluation tool to measure the effectiveness of your program or intervention. Research the literature utilizing peer-reviewed journal articles, books, professional organization articles, etc., to help you develop your evaluation tool. The tool could be a questionnaire/survey for your target population.

Write a paper (2-3 pages in length) describing your method of evaluation.

SLP Assignment Expectations

The following items will be assessed in particular:

1. Describe how you will evaluate the effectiveness of your program.
2. Provide a sample of an evaluation tool that you have developed or modified.
3. Discuss how you will know if your program or intervention is effective. Refer back to your program goal and objectives.

Required Readings

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2009). Developing process evaluation questions [Evaluation Briefs No. 4]. Retrieved July 1, 2012 from http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/evaluation/pdf/brief4.pdf

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2009). Evaluating your strategic plan [Evaluation Briefs No. 5]. Retrieved July 1, 2012 from http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/evaluation/pdf/ertnews_spring09.pdf

Committee on Health and Behavior: Research, Practice, and Policy, Board on Neuroscience and Behavioral Health (2001). Evaluating and disseminating intervention research. Health and behavior: The interplay between the biological, behavioral, and societal influences (pp. 274-309). Washington, DC: National Academy Press. Retrieved July 1, 2012 from http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=9838&page=274

Mokdad, A.H. & Remington, P.L. (2010 July). Measuring health behaviors in populations. Preventing Chronic Disease, 7(4), A75. Retrieved July 1, 2012 from http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/jul/10_0010.htm