Evaluating Public Health Programs at Scale
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Evaluating Public Health Programs at Scale at Coursera Course details
- This course provides an introduction to evaluating public health programs at scale.
- This course focuses on evaluating public health programs and policies in low- and middle-income countries, however, core skills of designing and carrying out an evaluation are applicable to any public health programs and policies.
- The course will equip you with skills to:
- 1. Critique an evaluation of an international health program, identifying its strengths and possible weaknesses and how they could be addressed.
- 2. Develop a technically-sound evaluation plan for a reproductive, maternal, newborn, child health (RMNCAH) and nutrition program being implemented at scale in a low- or middle-income country, including evaluation design, key indicators, measurement methods, analysis, and communication of results.
- 3. Guide program managers and donors through a process of agreeing on priority evaluation activities included in an evaluation plan for a specific RMNCAH and nutrition program.
- 4. Make informed decisions about whether they want to pursue further learning and/or a professional role as an evaluator of large-scale programs.
Evaluating Public Health Programs at Scale at Coursera Curriculum
Module 1: Getting Started in the Course
Welcome to Evaluating Public Health Programs at Scale
5 priority questions for effectiveness evaluations
Distinguishing among different types of evaluations
Course objectives and syllabus
Real Accountability: Data Analysis for Results (RADAR) project
Biographies of course instructors and presenters
Evaluation designs for adequacy, plausibility and probability of public health programme performance and impact
Module 1 Quiz
Module 2: Designing the Evaluation - Part 1
Welcome to Module 2
Identifying stakeholders in an effectiveness evaluation of a large-scale program
Stakeholders in an evaluation of Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) in Burkina Faso
Resolving different views among stakeholders
How to develop and maintain a program impact model
Introduction to the RADAR Evaluation Planning Tool
Evaluation Planning Tool demonstration video
Indicators: What are they and how do you select them?
Where will the data come from?
Review of Module 2
How to develop a comprehensive program description
Common mistakes in developing an impact model
An introduction to ?SMART? indicators
Assessing the quality of existing data for your evaluation
Demonstration
Stakeholders and program descriptions
Critique impact models
Use the RADAR Evaluation Planning Tool to develop an impact model
Identify indicators for components of an impact model
Explore DHS and MICS data
Making judgements about indicators and data sources
Module 2 Quiz
Module 3: Designing the evaluation - Part 2
Welcome to Module 3
Defining priority questions and the time perspective for effectiveness evaluations
Time perspectives in the Burkina integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) evaluation
Attribution, contribution and counterfactuals in effectiveness evaluations
Evaluation designs based on level of inference
Probability evaluations
Design challenges in effectiveness evaluations
Review of Module 3
Evaluating UNICEF's Accelerating Child Survival and Development (ACSD) program
What if there is not enough money or time to carry out the ?best practice? evaluation you have designed?
How Do You Know If Aid Really Works? Turns Out ... We Often Don't
Confounders vs. Effect Modifiers
Time perspectives in effectiveness evaluations of large-scale programs
Defining comparison groups
Lesson 4 review quiz
Module 3 Quiz
Module 4: Methods and tools to answer priority evaluation questions
Welcome to Module 4
How many lives will a program save?
Introducing the Lives Saved Tool (LiST)
How LiST works
Assessing the strength of program implementation
Introducing the RADAR implementation strength assessment tools
Assessing utilization
The health systems context for program evaluation
Assessing the quality of service provision
Introducing the RADAR quality of care assessment tools
Assessing the quality of family planning services in Malawi
What is coverage and how do you measure it?
Improving coverage measurement
Introducing the RADAR coverage survey tool
Estimating program impact
Review of Module 4
LiST as a catalyst in program planning: experiences from Burkina Faso, Ghana and Malawi
Understanding measures of nutritional impact
Lesson 3 Review Quiz
Lesson 4 Review Quiz
Lesson 5 Review Quiz
Lesson 6 Review Quiz
Module 4 Quiz
Module 5: Implementing an effectiveness evaluation of a large-scale program
Welcome to Module 5
Developing a measurement plan for the evaluation
The ethical review process
How will you analyze the evaluation data?
Case studies of analysis plans from Rwanda
Addressing equity issues in your evaluation
Understanding equity results
Measuring and incorporating gender in evaluations
Will your evaluation contribute to improved public health?
Review of Module 5
Encouraging the use of evaluation findings
Lesson 4 Review Quiz
Module 5 Quiz
Module 6: Course review and exploring your potential as an external evaluator of large-scale programs
Part 1
Part 2
WHO/UNICEF Joint Statement on integrated community case management of childhood illness
Effects of the integrated Community Case Management of Childhood Illness Strategy on Child Mortality in Ethiopia: A Cluster Randomized Trial
What have you learned about being a professional evaluator of large-scale programs?
Avenues for further learning about evaluation
Final Assessment
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