POSTER: The Advocacy for Better Health Project is a five-year initiative (June 2014โMay 2019) funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) with an estimated budget of US$20 million. The projectโs goal is to improve the quality, accessibility, and availability of health and...
Designing evaluation indicators to assess the impact of policy.pdf
Legislation and policy are valuable strategies for social change, since these population-based interventions often outlast funding and program cycles. As a result, policies and governance documents are adopted and implemented in typical evaluation contexts, including health, education and human...
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Have you been hoping to add media tracking to your evaluation toolkit? Have you wondered how it can fit into policy and advocacy evaluation? This demonstration session will showcase how media tracking was used in a developmental policy evaluation that examines the placement of early childhood...
AEA 2014 - Media Tracking_FINAL.pdf
Digital and social media strategies (D/SM) are increasingly being used by organizations in the social sector as a way to advance advocacy and policy change goals. As a field, we continue to explore how to measure the impact of D/SM strategies on longer-term goals such as shifts in the public...
AEA2014_Evaluating Digital and Social Media Strategies to Advance Policy and Systems Change_Public.pdf
This evaluation looks at the extent to which the EBRD has been able to contribute to reform in Ukraine through dialogue with the Government alongside its investment and technical cooperation activities. Five case studies (power and energy, financial sector, grain sector, energy efficiency and...
Abstract: When evaluating public policies that promote postsecondary education, evaluators must not forget to assess the practical realities of those policies. In this 21st century, education for the sake of education is no longer a strong criterion to formulate public education policies. ...
AEA 2013 -- Connecting the Dots.pptx
The Missouri Foundation for Health currently funds an evaluation of a multi-site obesity prevention initiative. Projects implement physical activity and healthy eating components, including a policy/advocacy component. This paper discusses the application of PolicyLift, a comprehensive, evidence...
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Evaluation of a K-12 school district 100% tobacco-free policy initiative with link to scoring rubric. #MixedMethodsEvaluation #EvaluationPolicy #tobaccopolicy #HealthEvaluation #Prek-12EducationalEvaluation #2013Conference #Alcohol,DrugAbuse,andMentalHealth
Framing Designing and Conducting Health Policy Evaluation_Capesius_AEA Oct162013_TCapesius.pdf
This paper describes the use of the Outcome Harvesting approach to evaluate a global voluntary network. It is the second paper published as part of the BetterEvaluation writeshop series. The authors are Kornelia Rassmann, Richard Smith, John Mauremootoo and Ricardo Wilson-Grau. The reviewers...
The PowerPoint of this presentation by Steven E. Mayer, Ph.D., Director, Effective Communities Project, introduced by Ricardo Millett, Millett and Associates. Part of the 2012 Presidential Strand. The narrative is included in the Notes for each slide. Presentation Abstract: This...
The Choices We Make.10-26-2012.NotesEmbedded.pptx