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Large-Scale Effectiveness Evaluations of Health Programs
Location
Internet
Term
4th Term
Department
International Health
Credit(s)
4
Academic Year
2024 - 2025
Instruction Method
Asynchronous Online
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
Introduction to Online Learning, Knowledge of basic biostatistics and epidemiology.
Uses lecture, discussion, and individual and small-group applications formats to:
1. Discuss evaluation of evidence-based public health programs, with a focus on low income countries;
2. Grapple with and discuss the best solutions to address methodological challenges in designing and conducting effectiveness evaluations in these settings;
3. Design comprehensive measurement plans with knowledge gained about pros and cons of different ways to collect new data and use and/or model existing data to address all parts of impact chains;
4. Discuss ways to design the evaluation and disseminate findings to maximize acceptance and use of findings
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Identify stakeholders of an impact evaluation
- Identify and document key objectives and answerable evaluation research questions that meet key stakeholders’ needs and are appropriate for program and setting
- Select and/or develop SMART indicators that answer the evaluation questions
- Propose a technically-sound design for evaluating the impact of program, focusing on key evaluation questions
- Identify pros and cons of evaluation designs under various constraints
- Identify appropriate sources of data and data collection methods to evaluate programs across the impact pathway
- Describe barriers and strategies to overcome barriers to promoting the uptake of results by policy makers and program planners
- Interpret evaluation results based on the design
- Prepare a conceptual model of the program being evaluated, linking program inputs to health impact
- Write a comprehensive evaluation plan and proposal
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
- 50% Assignments
- 40% Group Project(s)
- 10% Participation
Enrollment Restriction
No undergraduate students