ASSIGNMENT - REPORT ON DEVELOPING AN EVALUATION PLAN

This assignment requires you to focus on developing an evaluation plan for a public health care program of your choice. Your report will analyse the issues that arise in the planning process and the decisions that need to be made. You will need to select a public health program with which you are familiar. This may be a whole program or project, or in the case of a large initiative, a discrete part of it. To avoid confusion, you are advised to choose a program or part that has clearly defined goals, objectives and strategies.

Your analytical report must include the following:

- Introduction and conclusion (total 500 words)

- Summary of the evaluation plan (may be a full summary or in the case of a large program a sample of the overall plan) to be submitted in table format as per the proforma over the page. (500 words)

- Rationale for your evaluation plan addressing key design issues that are relevant to your example. For example, you should address and justify decisions about scope, timing, stakeholders, who will undertake the evaluation, process/impact/ outcome evaluation questions, ethical and political issues and appropriate methods etc. (1000 words)

- Analysis of the main factors that you think will influence the successful dissemination and utilisation of the evaluation findings (500 words)