The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA

Abstract #67679

Judith Justice, PhD, MPH, School of Medicine, Univeristy of California San Francisco, 85 Fairlawn Drive, Berkeley, CA 94708, 510-841-7404, justice@itsa.ucsf.edu and Julia Walsh, MD, DTPH, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 306 Earl Warren Hall, UC-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720.

For most organizations and foundations evaluating support for international health programs has become a routine part of the funding process. Many approaches have been developed for assessing program outcomes. However, less attention has been given to how evaluation findings are utilized and the impact on policies and programs. A panel representing foundations and international organizations ( including the Gates Foundation, Hewlett and Packard Foundations, and USAID) in addition to independent evaluators, will address the issues of how funders evaluate their grants and how the information is used to improve health.

Learning Objectives:

• monitoring and evaluation;
• use of research and evaluation for policy formulation

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.

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