HRSA ORHP Rural Health Outreach Program Grantee Technical Assistance: Evaluation

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HRSA ORHP Rural Health OutreachProgram Grantee
Technical Assistance Evaluation

• Ruth A. Mohr, RN, MPH, PhD
• Evaluation Program Planning Consultant

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Quality Feedback thru Evaluation Program
Sustainability

• Foundation blocks
• Mission
• Vision
• Program goals
• Tool Logic model

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Quality Feedback thru Evaluation

• Ownership
• Integration

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Quality Feedback thru Evaluation

• Cautions
• What is measured, gets done and is deemed
  important.
• Cant evaluate everything
• Prioritize
• Consider evidence base needed
• Timeline

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Addressing Constraints for Quality Feedback
through Evaluation

• Prioritize
• Partner evaluation experts staff
• Convene advisory group
• Use existing high quality data sources

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Summary

• Be clear what your program is about
• Be clear what questions you want addressed
• Structure your evaluation approach with resource
  constraints in mind

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Resources

• American Evaluation Association
• www.eval.org/
• Guiding Principles for Evaluators
• Listing of Local Affiliates
• Listing of Topical Interest Groups
• Find an Evaluator by state

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Resources

• The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan
  University
• www.wmich.edu/evalctr/
• Checklists for evaluation management, e.g.,
• Developing evaluating evaluation budgets
• Contracts key issues for discussion agreement
• Design
• Negotiating agreements

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Contact information

• Ruth A. Mohr, RN, MPH, PHD
• rmohr_at_pasty.com
• Ann Arbor 734-662-5253
• Upper Peninsula of Michigan 906-289-4404