sampling Issue Intervention Evaluation Plan Discussion
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Discussion 8 – Select and answer one of the following questions
Discuss possible methodological, ethical, or moral issues involved in monetizing outcomes.
What is the formula for doing a break-even analysis? Provide a definition for fixed costs.
For a health program at the direct services level, the enabling services level, and the population services level, speculate on how fixed and variable costs might change. Discuss the implications of these changes on the results of a break-even analysis.
Compare and contrast cost-only analyses and costs and effects analyses with regard to the costs that are included in the analysis. What effects would an underestimation of costs have? What effects would an overestimation of costs have?
Discussion 11- Select and answer one of the following questions
Develop a working plan for how you would involve stakeholders in the development of the intervention evaluation plan. How does your plan address timing, and budget constraints? In what ways does your plan include attention to interactions and group processes? Which strategies will be used to address the four criteria for having a good evaluation question?
Select one of the five health programs implemented in Bowe County and Layetteville. Construct a levels of measurement table, similar to Table 11.4 for at least one outcome (dependent) variable in three different health or well-being domains.
Discussion 13 – Select and answer one of the following questions by Friday at 11:59 pm:
Identify at least one sampling issue that would be particularly relevant at each level of the public health pyramid. Which strategy could be used to minimize this problem?
Conduct an Internet search for power analysis software. From among the programs you found, select two (that are freeware) and experiment with them. What information is required to conduct the analysis? In what ways does the need for that information affect how you would proceed with planning the effect evaluation?
Participation rates for three programs in Layetteville and Bowe County are given in Exhibit 9.3. Review the information for the violence prevention program delivered in schools to individual students and the adult immunization program. Given that information, which type of effect evaluation samples would you suggest for each of those programs, and why?
Issues related to obtaining good response rates were discussed in this chapter. Make a list of those issues. Which ones could be anticipated? Which are preventable? For the problems you listed, give at least one possible means of minimizing or preventing the response problem.
What are the major problems in using secondary data sources, such as birth or death certificate data? What, if anything, can the evaluator do about these problems?
Select and answer one of the following questions by Friday at 11:59 pm:
Identify at least one sampling issue that would be particularly relevant at each level of the public health pyramid. Which strategy could be used to minimize this problem?
Conduct an Internet search for power analysis software. From among the programs you found, select two (that are freeware) and experiment with them. What information is required to conduct the analysis? In what ways does the need for that information affect how you would proceed with planning the effect evaluation?
Participation rates for three programs in Layetteville and Bowe County are given in Exhibit 9.3. Review the information for the violence prevention program delivered in schools to individual students and the adult immunization program. Given that information, which type of effect evaluation samples would you suggest for each of those programs, and why?
Issues related to obtaining good response rates were discussed in this chapter. Make a list of those issues. Which ones could be anticipated? Which are preventable? For the problems you listed, give at least one possible means of minimizing or preventing the response problem.
