Healthy People provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans. For three decades, Healthy People has established benchmarks for various health domains (such as MCH) and monitored progress to encourage collaboration across communities and sectors, empower individuals to make informed health decisions, and measure the impact of prevention activities.
Alcohol/Drug Services Backbone Organization Breastfeeding Budgeting Case Management/Care Coordination Chronic Disease Common Agenda Communication Community and Organizational Partnerships Community Engagement Community Needs Assessment Continuous Communication Contracting Cultural Competence Data Utilization Depression EBP Implementation Father/Partner Involvement Group Processes/Facilitation Health Equity Health Literacy Healthy Weight Home Visiting Human Resources Immunization Insurance Coverage Intimate Partner Violence Leadership Life Course Model Mutually Reinforcing Activities Nutrition Oral Health Other Parenting Education Participant Recruitment and Retention Partner Involvement Patient-centered Medical Home Policy Prenatal Care and Education Prevention Program evaluation Project Management Project Risk Project Schedule Project Scope Quality Improvement Reproductive Life Planning/Family Planning Risk Assessment Root Cause Analysis Safe Sleep Shared Measurement Social Determinants of Health Socio-emotional Development for Children STDs including HIV Strategic Planning Tobacco Cessation
Provides an overview of the steps required to implement a program theory-driven evaluation. Steps include stakeholder engagement, describing the program, developing a logic model, focusing the evaluation, data collection, drawing conclusions, and using evaluation results.
Data Utilization Program evaluation Project Scope Quality Improvement
The training provides an overview of how to identify stakeholders, how to get buy-in, intended use of evaluation, types of data, and types of evaluation (formative, process, impact, outcome).
Learning Objectives:
- Identify your level of readiness to conduct evaluation
- Name key components of evaluation activities
- Identify the next step in conducting an evaluation in your workplace
Program evaluation
On November 16-18, 2015, all Healthy Start grantees attended the 2015 Healthy Start Convention: Achieving Measurable Outcomes that Make a Difference for Women, Families, and Communities in Washington, DC.
The purpose of the Convention was to convene the Healthy Start grantee community to build momentum, garner synergy, and propel the Healthy Start initiative towards greater success in improving perinatal health outcomes by sharing best practices, building skills, and increasing knowledge for providing high-quality services to women and their families.
Materials from the Convention are available below.
Plenary Sessions
Breakout Session I: Collective Impact Peer Learning Network (PLN)
Breakout Session II: Quality Improvement to Strengthen Service Delivery
Breakout Session III: Enhancing Quality Service Delivery (Resources, Training, and Information)
Breakout Session IV: Strengthening Communication/Marketing Strategies
Project Management 101
Breastfeeding Communication Program evaluation Quality Improvement Reproductive Life Planning/Family Planning
Case Management/Care Coordination Community Engagement Participant Recruitment and Retention Program evaluation
Meeting Materials:
- Local Healthy Start Evaluation: Measuring Impact | Slides
- Collective Impact | Recommended Reading
- Sustaining Fatherhood Involvement Panel: Fathers as Assets to their Children, Families, and Communities | Slides
- High Alignment/High Action | Handout
- Action Aligned Commitments | Handout
- The State of Infant Health in Illinois: Identifying Opportunities and Monitoring Change | Slides
- Becoming Trauma Informed: Applying the Research to Our Work | Slides
- Turn the Curve | Diagram and Questions
- Person Role System Framework | Briefing Notes
Backbone Organization Case Management/Care Coordination Common Agenda Father/Partner Involvement Program evaluation
Breastfeeding Father/Partner Involvement Program evaluation
This orientation webinar introduces new grantees to the MCHB Healthy Start Initiative staff; provides an overview of the Healthy Start program; describes available technical assistance resources; and shares upcoming technical assistance opportunities.
Program evaluation Quality Improvement
