Midterm Flashcards
Program
Integrated set of services conducted to meet specific, verified community need(s) be achieving certain specific outcomes among specific group(s) of clients in that community
Free-standing Program
Program’s services delivered
completely within program
Multi-program Effort
Multiple programs overlap or
are interrelated to provide a set of services to a community
Program Planning
A process of gathering information about the situation and environment being planned in and the resources that are available to work with, and:
Making decisions about the goals and objectives for the program
- The program content, and
- The indicators of the program’s success
Program Implementation
Putting the stated program into action
Program Evaluation
Used to determine whether a program or service produced the intended result
APIE
Assess
Plan
Implement
Evaluate
Program Evaluation:
Summative
Focused on whether program
achieved desired outcomes; conducted at conclusion of program (or after running program several times)
Formative
Focused on program improvement; conducted before or during programs
Process
Focused on how a program works or functions; conducted at any stage
Mission
Broad statement of purpose
- Could exist at the organizational or program level
- Should be alignment between mission, goals of organization and that of its programs
Goals
Provides specific long-term direction to a
program
- Should align with mission statement for program/organization
- Provides specific long-term direction for the program
- Relate back to priorities identified in the needs assessment or related documents
- Written in general terms & often lacking specific criteria or “measurability”
Objectives
Specific, measurable, short-term tasks or
activities
- Written in measurable terms
- Include a time limit for completion
- Linked directly to the program goal
- May be linked to summative, formative, or process evaluation
SMART
S: Specific, clear and precise
M: Measurable: Able to be evaluated
A: Appropriate to the population and the need
R: Reasonable & realistic
T: Time-bound, imply a specific time frame within which the goal will be achieved
Hierarchy of objective levels
- Awareness objective
- Knowledge objective
- Attitude objective
- Skill development objective
- Access objective
- Behaviour objective
- Risk reduction objective
- Health status objective