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Challenges in program evaluation of health interventions in developing countries.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corp., 2005.Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 89 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 083304818X
  • 9780833048189
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Challenges in program evaluation of health interventions in developing countries.DDC classification:
  • 362.1 22
LOC classification:
  • RA441 .W96 2005
NLM classification:
  • 2006 F-231
  • WA 530.1
Online resources:
Contents:
Overview -- Evaluating health projects in developing countries : a conceptual framework -- Methodological challenges of impact evaluations in developing countries -- Current status of program evaluation in developing countries -- Research and other actions to promote impact assessment.
Summary: Health interventions that are effective in developed countries may not be as effective in developing countries given the differing social, economic, cultural, and infrastructure factors that may affect how an intervention program is implemented and its outcomes. However, rigorous evaluation of public health intervention programs in various resource-limited settings is needed to determine which interventions will work most effectively and to spend scarce resources wisely. This monograph is intended to promote an understanding of why program evaluation is a critical component of any health intervention and to stimulate discussion on ways to make evaluation of health interventions in developing countries more rigorous. The authors provide an overview of various approaches, methodologies, and issues related to program evaluation for health projects in developing countries, and they identify future research and actions by funding organizations that would facilitate evaluations of the impact of large-scale health interventions.
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"RAND Center for Domestic and International Health Security."

"This research was produced within RAND Health's Center for Domestic and International Health Security."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-89).

Overview -- Evaluating health projects in developing countries : a conceptual framework -- Methodological challenges of impact evaluations in developing countries -- Current status of program evaluation in developing countries -- Research and other actions to promote impact assessment.

Health interventions that are effective in developed countries may not be as effective in developing countries given the differing social, economic, cultural, and infrastructure factors that may affect how an intervention program is implemented and its outcomes. However, rigorous evaluation of public health intervention programs in various resource-limited settings is needed to determine which interventions will work most effectively and to spend scarce resources wisely. This monograph is intended to promote an understanding of why program evaluation is a critical component of any health intervention and to stimulate discussion on ways to make evaluation of health interventions in developing countries more rigorous. The authors provide an overview of various approaches, methodologies, and issues related to program evaluation for health projects in developing countries, and they identify future research and actions by funding organizations that would facilitate evaluations of the impact of large-scale health interventions.

Global Health Policy Research Network. DHR-5-1-02. OHE05 6010. HE660 7003

Martin Foundation. OHE05 6010. HE660 7003

RAND. OHE05 6010. HE660 7003

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