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Chapter 1 – Planning for Evaluation: Getting Started

Identify Evaluation Objectives – Recommended Actions

  1. Determine the SHSP process and performance areas to evaluate.
  2. Identify the resources needed to conduct the evaluation.
  3. Develop evaluation objectives for assessing the SHSP process.
  4. Develop evaluation objectives for assessing SHSP performance (outputs and outcomes).
  5. Circulate the objectives and resource requirements among SHSP decision-makers to obtain their support.

Review Methods for Data Collection and Management – Recommended Actions

  1. Review the existing data collection and management methods to determine the following:
    1. Quality data are available to track progress and answer the evaluation questions;
    2. Resources are available to collect data not currently available; and
    3. Objectives for which no evaluation data are available are reconsidered or modified.
  2. Review the tracking mechanism(s) in place to determine:
    1. Where the information can be obtained and what is captured (e.g., implementation status of SHSP strategies and actions, number and rates of fatalities and serious injuries, etc.).
    2. If information needed for the evaluation is not formally tracked, can a mechanism be put in place or information gathered using an alternative method?

Determine How to Measure Progress – Recommended Actions

  1. Review the existing SHSP performance measures and categorize them as (in descending order of importance):
    1. Primary outcome;
    2. Secondary outcome;
    3. Self reporting;
    4. Attitudinal;
    5. Awareness; or
    6. Activity level.
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