Planning and Evaluating Health Information Outreach Projects

This 2006 series presents step-by-step planning and evaluation methods for health information outreach. Along with providing information about evaluation, each booklet includes a case study and worksheets to assist with outreach planning. The booklets are designed to supplement Measuring the Difference: Guide to Planning and Evaluating Health Information Outreach and to support evaluation workshops.

The three documents are:

Booklet 1: Getting Started With Community-Based Outreach

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction

• Step One - Find Partners for Health Information Outreach
  
• Step Two - Learn More about the Outreach Community
  
• Step Three - Inventory Resources and Assets
  
• Take Home Messages
  
• References
• Appendix 1 - Networking Opportunities
  
• Appendix 2 - Identifying Innovators and Early Adopters
  
• Tool Kit
  
• Case Example - High School Peer Tutor Outreach Project
  
• Worksheet 1 - Find Partners for Health Information Outreach
  
• Worksheet 2 - Learn More about the Outreach Community
  
• Blank Worksheets
  
• Checklist
  
• Getting Started with Community-Based Outreach Planning and Evaluating Health Information Outreach Projects, Booklet 1
  
• Outreach Evaluation Resource Center
  
• National Network

Booklet 2: Including Evaluation In Outreach Project Planning

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction

• Step One - Develop An Outcomes-based Project Plan
  
• Step Two - Develop An Outcomes Assessment Plan
  
• Step Three - Develop A Pre-project Assessment Plan
  
• Step Four - Develop A Process Assessment Plan
  
• Take Home Messages
  
• References
  
• Appendix 1 - How to Use a Logic Model at Different Stages of Your Project
  
• Appendix 2 - Sample Data Resources
  
• Appendix 3 - Evaluation Methods
  
• Tool Kit
  
• Case Example - Senior Center Outreach Project
  
• Worksheet 1 - Outreach Project to Senior Citizens
  
• Worksheet 2 - Writing Objectives and Methods for Assessing Them
  
• Worksheet 3 - Developing the Pre-Project Assessment Plan
  
• Worksheet 4 - Process Assessment Plan
  
• Blank Worksheets
  
• Checklist

Booklet 3: Collecting and Analyzing Evaluation Data

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction

• Introduction - Quantitative Methods
  
• Step One - Design Your Data Collection Methods - Quantitative Methods
  
• Step Two - Collect Your Data - Quantitative Methods
  
• Step Three - Summarize and Analyze Your Data - Quantitative Methods
  
• Step Four - Assess the Validity of Your Findings - Quantitative Methods
  
• Introduction - Qualitative Methods
  
• Step One - Design Your Data Collection Methods - Qualitative Methods
  
• Step Two - Collect Your Data - Qualitative Methods
  
• Step Three - Summarize and Analyze Your Data - Qualitative Methods
  
• Step Four - Assess the Validity of Your Findings - Qualitative Methods
  
• Take Home Messages
  
• References
  
• Appendix 1 - Examples of Commonly Used Quantitative Evaluation Methods
  
• Appendix 2 - Ways to Improve Response Rates for Electronic Surveys
  
• Appendix 3 - Examples of Commonly Used Qualitative Methods
  
• Tool Kit
  
• Case Example - Using Mixed Methods
  
• Worksheet 1 - Planning a Survey
  
• Worksheet 2 - Planning an Interview
  
• Blank Worksheets
  
• Checklist