- accuracy standards
- benchmarks that substantiate that program evaluation methods, data, and documentation are appropriate and contain accurate information
- effectiveness
- ability of a community program to achieve the desired outcome in real-life settings
- efficacy
- maximum potential effect under ideal conditions
- efficiency
- occurs when the effect of program interventions, or outputs, are greater than the resources, or inputs, used to provide the interventions
- facilitator
- person or thing that makes implementation of program interventions and activities easier
- feasibility standards
- benchmarks involving the consideration of resources, which include money, time, and effort, that are available to conduct program evaluation
- formative evaluation
- an assessment that occurs during program development to confirm that program interventions are feasible and appropriate
- impact evaluation
- an assessment to determine the degree to which the community health program has achieved its primary goal
- outcome evaluation
- an assessment of the extent to which the program achieves its objectives within the target population and the effect the program has on the target populations’ knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors
- plain language
- communication that is visually appealing, logically organized, appropriate for the intended audience, and understandable at the first reading
- process evaluation
- an assessment focused on program implementation processes in order to determine if the program has been implemented as planned and in the most efficient way
- program evaluation
- ongoing, systematic collection, analysis, and use of data to examine program efficacy, effectiveness, and efficiency to make decisions about current and future health programs
- propriety standards
- criteria used to confirm that program evaluation is fair and ethical
- recruitment
- finding community members from the target population to participate in a community health program
- retention
- continued participation in a community health program until completion
- sustainability
- continuation of community health programs by decreasing dependence on one source of funding and shifting to a new funding stream because the program is valued, cost and resource efficient, effective, and supported by the community
- utility standards
- specifications for determining who needs evaluation information, what information is needed, the purpose of evaluation, and how the information will be used