Abstract
This article is part of a series on Primary Care Research in the African context and focuses on programme evaluation. Different types of programme evaluation are outlined: developmental, process, outcome and impact. Eight steps to follow in designing your programme evaluation are then described in some detail: engage stakeholders; establish what is known; describe the programme; define the evaluation and select a study design; define the indicators; plan and manage data collection and analysis; make judgements and recommendations; and disseminate the findings. Other articles in the series cover related topics such as writing your research proposal, performing a literature review, conducting surveys with questionnaires, qualitative interviewing and approaches to quantitative and qualitative data analysis.
Highlights
This article is part of a series on Primary Care Research and focuses on programme evaluation. This overview of programme evaluation provides a framework to guide health professionals and postgraduate health sciences students as to the type of programme evaluation that is relevant or required and the choice of research methods that would be appropriate in different contexts
The framework is based on the theory and practice of evaluation as described in scientific literature, which has been adapted for a postgraduate programme for health sciences students in South Africa
Mechanisms for dissemination include reports to decision makers, presentations to health service, community and other forums, scientific publications, the use of electronic and other media.[15]. These eight steps provide an introduction to important processes and considerations in performing a programme evaluation
Summary
This article is part of a series on Primary Care Research and focuses on programme evaluation. This overview of programme evaluation provides a framework to guide health professionals and postgraduate health sciences students as to the type of programme evaluation that is relevant or required and the choice of research methods that would be appropriate in different contexts. The framework is based on the theory and practice of evaluation as described in scientific literature, which has been adapted for a postgraduate programme for health sciences students in South Africa. Some of the specific methods are described in detail in other articles in the series, such as surveys, questionnaires and qualitative interviewing, whilst others, such as randomised controlled trials, would require further reading and may not be feasible at a Masters level
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