Evaluation Resources

General Evaluation Resources

• MAP-IT: A Guide to Using Healthy People 2020 in Your Community
• National Science Foundation: The 2010 User-Friendly Handbook for Project Evaluation
  Guide for evaluating NSF’s educational projects; includes a section on culturally responsive evaluations.
• University of Wisconsin–Extension: Program Development and Evaluation
  Resources for developing logic models as well as data collection and analysis. Click on “UW-Cooperative Extension Evaluation Publications” menu bar (last blue bar on page) for guides on collecting and analyzing evaluation data.
• University of Kansas: Community Tool Box - Evaluating Community Programs and Initiatives
  Information on developing a plan for evaluation, evaluation methods, and using evaluation to understand and improve a community health initiative.
• W.K. Kellogg Foundation: Evaluation Handbook
  Framework for thinking about evaluation as a relevant and useful program tool.

Logic Models

• Healthcare Georgia Foundation: The Logic behind Logic Models
• University of Wisconsin–Extension: Logic Models
• Wichita State University, Community Psychology Practice and Research Collaborative: Tearless Logic Model

Data Collection

• Northwest Center for Public Health Practice: Data Collection for Program Evaluation [online course]
• Demographic and Health Data for Santa Barbara County
  Cottage Health2Go - <link>

Focus Groups and Interviews

• Community Tool Box: Conducting Focus Groups
• Community Tool Box: Conducting Interviews
• University of Washington (Global Health E-Learning): Conducting Interviews and Focus Groups [webinar recording; 90 minutes]

Observation

• University of Wisconsin–Extension: Direct Observation

Surveys

• Community Tool Box: Conducting Surveys

Analyzing Data

• University of Wisconsin–Extension: Using Excel for Analyzing Survey Questionnaires
• University of Wisconsin–Extension: Analyzing Qualitative Data
• University of Wisconsin–Extension: Analyzing Quantitative Data
• Stephanie Evergreen: Qualitative Chart Chooser
• Ann K. Emery: Blog [Excel tips]

Sharing Findings

• Community Tool Box: Communicating Information to Funders for Support and Accountability