The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Abstract #33682

Candice E. Jackson, MPA¹, Linda Anne Valle, PhD¹, and Annie Howerton². (1) National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Violence Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy., NE, MS K-60, Atlanta, GA 30341-3724, 770-488-1571, cej1@cdc.gov, (2) Division of Violence Prevention, Centers for Disiease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy., NE, MS K60, Atlanta, GA 30341-3724

Through a collaboration between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Abt Associates, Inc., an evaluation guide for program evaluation and evaluation research is being developed. The purpose of the guide is to provide a document to stakeholders and interested parties that will assist in developing and implementing evaluation efforts for violence against women programs. The goal of the guide is to assist violence against women programs to select useful, feasible, ethical, and accurate evaluation strategies. The development of the guide is critical to CDC’s examination of the role of community mobilization around violence against women issues. The final guide will be published and released in Fall/Winter 2003. This presentation will review the content areas of the sections of the guide based on an extensive literature review of the field of violence against women. Content areas to be discussed include: a) a list of operationally defined standard and essential elements of a violence against women program and the identification and review of existing methods and mechanisms to measure the elements; b) identification of evaluation designs that have utility for violence against women programs; c) identification of gaps in data collection measures; d) a description of analysis methods; e) a description of reporting mechanisms; and f) a description of methods for utilization of evaluation findings.

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) will be able to

• Construct a list of essential program elements that should be measured when evaluating different types of violence against women programs.
• Identify the pros and cons of using various types of measurement tools for program evaluation.
• Describe various data analysis methods and their appropriateness in responding to particular research questions.
• Develop sample logic models of each type of program (e.g., primary, secondary and tertiary prevention and school-based, community-based, service delivery, etc.) to clarify the program’s goals, objectives and essential elements.
• Discuss how to tailor evaluation results to specific audiences.

Keywords: Violence Prevention,

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I have a significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.
Relationship: Abt Associates, Inc. - contractor