Program Evaluation in Public Health

3.0 credits

Provide MPH students with practical skills to organize and conduct credible and useful evaluations of health or human service projects or programs. Focusing on methods, this course will help students design and critique approaches to answer two key questions central to program evaluation: Is this program working as intended? Why is this the case? Students will learn the theories behind program evaluation and how to prevent or overcome common evaluation planning and implementation challenges and pitfalls. Students will also develop additional skills in designing programs, writing objectives, working with stakeholders, establishing appropriate measures/data gathering tools, designing implementation specifications, analyzing results and presenting findings.