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How Do We Know If We Are Making a Difference With Our Program or Community Initiative?

Vincent T. Francisco, PhD

Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Section at the Center for Pediatric Research in Norfolk, Virginia

Frances D. Butterfoss, PhD

University of Kansas Kansas University Work Group on Health Promotion and Community Development in Lawrence, Kansas

In this article, the authors discuss issues related to knowing if health workers are making a difference with their community initiatives or programs being delivered in a community setting. Issues relating to the choice of evaluation questions, relevance of data sets used to answer those questions, and the rigor by which the answer can be evaluated—and the ability to generalize to other communities or populations—are explored. Finally, relevant resources to help you pursue these issues are provided.

Key Words: program evaluation • community-level indicators • research • evaluation

Health Promotion Practice, Vol. 4, No. 4, 367-370 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/1524839903255769
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