Exam 2 Chapter 4 Flashcards

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Program Process Theory (process evaluation builds off of this)

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identifies the critical components, functions, and
relationships assumed necessary for the program to be effective

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Criteria for assessing program process performance may include:

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stipulations from the program theory, administrative standards, applicable legal, ethical, or professional standards, and after-the-fact judgment calls

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Process evaluations can be stand alone or ongoing, which is called:

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Program Process Monitoring

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Process evaluation is usually carried out along with this other evaluation:

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Impact Evaluation

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Process Evaluation Slide show definition

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Information about what the program or program staff have to do to create change

Activities
Attendance
Satisfaction
Fidelity

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Outcome Evaluation Slides definition:

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Information about changes program seeks to create in clients or for clients

Knowledge
Attitudes
Behaviors
Changes in health status

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What are Process and Outcome measuring?

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Change = Outcome

Activities that Cause Change = Process

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Types of Process Evaluation

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Snapshot Approach
Program Process Monitoring

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Type of Process Eval: Snapshot approach

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Time limited

Done primarily for evaluation purposes

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Type of Process Eval: Program process monitoring

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Ongoing

Done for both management and evaluation purposes

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Why monitor program process?

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Confirm that the program is reaching its intended targets

Understand outcome/impact data

Improve the program even without outcome data

Facilitate program management – are administrative standards being met?

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Components of Comprehensive Process Evaluation

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Fidelity
Dose Delivered
Dose Received
Satisfaction
Reach
Recruitment

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Components of Comprehensive Process Evaluation: Fidelity

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Fidelity

Delivered as designed

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Components of Comprehensive Process Evaluation: Dose Delivered

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Dose Delivered

Amount of program delivered

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Components of Comprehensive Process Evaluation: Dose Received

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Dose Received

Actual use of program

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Components of Comprehensive Process Evaluation: Reach

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Reach

Proportion of intended targets served

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Components of Comprehensive Process Evaluation: Satisfaction

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Satisfaction

Program and staff

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Components of Comprehensive Process Evaluation: Recruitment

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Recruitment

Procedures

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Main components of process evaluation

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Service Utilization
Organizational Function

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Main components of process evaluation:
Service Utilization

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Service Utilization
Who is the program serving?

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Other Aspects of Service Utilization

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Coverage

Is program participation reaching intended levels?
How many people are we serving?

Bias

Is the program serving the types of people it was designed to serve?

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Skimming (Related to service Utilization)

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Systematically eliminating clients who are difficult to serve

Must be distinguished from legitimate efforts to refer clients who cannot be successfully served by program

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Creaming

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Systematically Including clients who would be easy to serve.

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Monitoring Organizational Functioning

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Is the program actually delivering the intended services? Are the services being delivered according to plan?

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Implementation Failure (related to monitoring organizational functioning)

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Intervention not delivered

Wrong intervention is delivered

Intervention is completely unstandardized

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How Do We Collect Process Data?

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Use existing program records

Develop simple record keeping instruments or databases

MIS systems

Client or Community Surveys

Satisfaction

Awareness

Utilization

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Process Evaluation or Monitoring Plans must be designed to:

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Avoid being overly punitive to staff

Avoid encouraging dishonestly or unwanted changes in staff behavior