Healthcare Admin Capstone 7-1 Milestone Six Evaluation Methodologies Nicole Whaley
Evaluation Methodologies
Evaluation Methodologies
Introduction
An organization needs to have a clear vision and a strategic plan in place before one can
manage the process and performance of the new program. A tool that an organization or
management team can use to obtain a better understanding of the steps that are needed to have a
quality evaluation is the Evaluation Methodology. The Evaluation Methodology is a process that
will help with the learning of the needs for the program and to determine the level of quality of
performance, product, or skills. (n.d)
Methods of Measuring Success
To accurately evaluate the Proactive-universal Mental Healthcare Program for Children
and adolescents, I will be using quantitative and qualitative data. These methods will provide
information that is important for the evaluation of the program and improving the community
engagement needed for the success of the new program. (2015, June 25)
Data Gathering
The Project Program Manager is responsible for gathering, analyzing data, and
identifying any corrections needed made to the program during the evaluation process of the new
program. A program evaluation process goes through four phases: planning, implementation
completion and dissemination and reporting. During planning and implementing phases the
Manager should be determining the feasibility of the program evaluation, identifying
stakeholders, and specifying the short and long-term of the program. Formative and process
evaluations are also completed. Is the program recruiting and retaining children and adolescents
with mental health illnesses, are we meeting legal standards, maintaining the projected timelines
Evaluation Methodologies
and goals. Is the program coordinating efficiently with the other programs and activities? (2015.
June 25)
Quantitative data provides information for the Project Program Manager by answering
questions such as "Who was involved?", "How many?", "What were the outcomes?", and "What
was the cost of the new program? This data will be gathered by surveys and/or questionnaires,
observations, and clinical data reported. Qualitative data is collected by observations, interviews
and focus groups. Observing a child or adolescent may help with explaining specific behaviors
as they actually happen. Facilitators run focus groups that lead to discussions among a group of
children and adolescents who are experiencing specific characteristics of a mental health illness.
(2015, June 25)
Data Analysis
The process of a program evaluation is completed for the primary purpose of assessing
the program process, outcomes, and facilitating ongoing management needs of the program
being implemented. The utilization of the program's stakeholders in analyzing data that has been
collected through the program evaluation helps with building support, it will also increase the
credibility of the program, provides a participatory approach, and supplies multiple perspectives
for the new program.
Analysis of the quantitative data is completed by involving statistical analysis, this can be
descriptive or complex statistics. Qualitative method collects data that the Project Program
Manager analysis through examining, comparing, contrasting, and interpreting patterns by
answering questions such as "When did something happen?", " What value was added?", "Who
is responsible?"