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SS/R: Evaluation Design for Complex Interventions
Location
Barcelona, Spain
Term
2nd Term
Department
Health Policy and Management
Credit(s)
2
Academic Year
2012 - 2013
Instruction Method
TBD
Start Date
Monday, November 19, 2012
End Date
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
M, Tu, 8:30am - 6:00pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Manel Nebot
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
One Year Only
Resources
Examines the main concepts and tools for the evaluation of public health policies and programs. Emphasizes the main methodological issues related to the evaluation of public health complex interventions. Illustrates how to integrate evaluation with knowledge translation. Covers the following topics: concepts, definitions and approaches to evaluation in public health and differences between performance measurement and evaluation; realist and developmental evaluation approaches; internal and external validity in evaluation research; evaluation indicators including properties and validity, process and impact evaluation, implementation evaluation and monitoring, anticipated trajectories of change and timeline of impact, evaluation design, integrated evaluation and knowledge translation.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Identify the role of program theory in designing evaluations of complex interventions
- Identify and describe types of evaluation approaches and how they respond to complexity. Approaches will include realist evaluation and developmental evaluation.
- Identify and respond to threats to validity in evaluation design including internal and external validity
- Apply varieties of evaluation design including experimental and quasi-experimental designs
- Link measurement and design to the theory of change of public health interventions