Program Evaluation Tools and Resources

This webpage provides a range of tools and resources related to program evaluation.

TB Program Evaluation Tools and Resources

• TB: TB Evaluation Toolkit – Program Evaluation Handbook
  http://www.cdc.gov/tb/programs/Evaluation/TBEvaluationHandbook_tagged.pdf

• National TB Indicator Project (NTIP)
  http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5910a3.htm?s_cid=mm5910a3_e
  http://www.cdc.gov/tb/publications/factsheets/statistics/NTIP.htm  
  http://www.cdc.gov/tb/publications/factsheets/statistics/NTIPFAQs.htm

• Understanding the TB Cohort Review Process: Instruction Guide
  http://www.cdc.gov/tb/education/cohort.htm

• TB PEN Tools Committee Wiki Page
  http://tbpen.pbworks.com

• Aggregate Reports for Program Evaluation: Training Manual and User’s Guide
  http://www.cdc.gov/tb/publications/PDF/ARPEs_manualsm1.pdf

• A Guide to Developing a TB Program Evaluation Plan
  http://www.cdc.gov/tb/programs/Evaluation/guide.htm

• Webinar Courses on TB Program Evaluation
  http://www.cdc.gov/tb/programs/Evaluation/default.htm

General Program Evaluation Tools and Resources

• Developing an Effective Evaluation Plan: Setting the course for effective program evaluation
  http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/downloads/CDC-Evaluation-Workbook-508.pdf

• Performance Measurement and Program Evaluation, Government Accountability Office, 2005
  http://www.gao.gov/special.pubs/gg98026.pdf

• CDC: Introduction to Program Evaluation for Public Health Programs – A Self-Study Guide  
  http://www.cdc.gov/eval/evalguide.pdf
  This publication is being updated and is currently not available. Check back soon for the updated edition.

• CDC Healthy Youth Evaluation Tools
• Logic Model Basics
• Goals and Objectives Checklist
• Writing Good Goals  
• Writing Smart Objectives
• Developing Process Evaluation Questions
• Data collection methods for Program Evaluation: Focus Groups
• Data Collection Methods for Program Evaluation: Questionnaires
• Checklist to Evaluate the Quality of Questions
• Data Collection Methods for Program Evaluation: Observation
• Data Collection Methods for Program Evaluation: Interviews
• Data Collection Methods for Program Evaluation: Document Review
• Increasing Questionnaire Response Rates
• Using Incentives to Boost Response Rates
• Analyzing qualitative data for evaluation
• Analyzing quantitative data for evaluation
• Using graphs and charts to illustrate quantitative data
• Selecting an evaluation consultant
• Integrating the strategic plan, logic model, and workplan
• Gaining consensus among stakeholders through nominal group technique

• STD: Practical Use of Program Evaluation Among STD Programs
  http://www.cdc.gov/std/program/pupestd/Introduction.pdf

• Tobacco: Introduction to Program Evaluation for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/tobacco_control_programs/surveillance_evaluation/evaluation_manual/pdfs/evaluation.pdf

• Introduction to Process Evaluation in Tobacco Use Prevention and Control http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/tobacco_control_programs/surveillance_evaluation/process_evaluation/index.htm

• Using Evaluation to Reduce the Burden of Asthma: a Web-based introduction to CDC’s Framework for Program Evaluation http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/program_eval/evaluation_webinar.htm

• Learning & Growing through Evaluation: State Asthma Program Evaluation Guide (May 2010) 
  http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/program_eval/guide.htm

• CDC State Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program: Evaluation Framework
  http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/docs/evaluation_framework.pdf

• Demonstrating  Your Program's Worth:  A Primer on Evaluation for Programs to Prevent Unintentional Injury, 1998
  http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/dypw/index.htm