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Planning, Implementing and Evaluating Interventions
Careful
program planning and evaluation helps professionals implement interventions
effectively, continuously improve programs, and demonstrate program
outcomes. It is essential to plan interventions based on the program’s
objectives, community-specific needs and any information on the
effectiveness of potential strategies. In addition, working with partners
who will complement the program goals effectively is important. Program
evaluation can be used to measure the effectiveness of new and enhanced
interventions, determine whether funds and other resources are being used
efficiently, and assess the appropriateness and effectiveness of recommended
interventions in different settings and populations. This section provides
resources and tools for professionals that are planning, implementing, and
evaluating physical activity programs including information on building
partnerships and engaging communities.
Planning and Implementation
CDC's Community Health Resources
Search or browse through CDC's best resources to help you plan,
implement and evaluate community health interventions and programs to
address chronic disease and health disparities issues. You'll find links to
hundreds of useful planning guides, evaluation frameworks, communication
materials, behavioral and risk factor data, fact sheets, scientific
articles, key reports and state and local program contacts.
The Community Guide to
Preventive Services: Physical Activity*
The Community Guide's systematic review of the effectiveness of selected
population based interventions designed to increase levels of physical
activity focused on interventions in three areas: 1) Informational
approaches to increasing physical activity; 2) Behavioral and social
approaches to increasing physical activity; and 3)Environmental and policy
changes to increasing physical activity.
Control PLANET
A portal that provides access to data and research-tested resources that
can help planners, program staff, and researchers to design, implement, and
evaluate evidence-based cancer control programs.
Engaging
Faith-based Communities as Partners in Improving Community Health
(PDF-1.3Mb)
This document contains highlights from a CDC/ATSDR forum addressing:
separation of church and state, the science supporting work with faith
communities, and exemplary partnerships.
Health
Communication Resources
Includes associations and coalitions, government agencies and
health communication, health communication journals and resources, “how-to”
tools and publications.
Health Impact
Assessment
This page describes the use of Health Impact Assessment to evaluate the
potential health effects of a project or policy before it is built or
implemented.
Health Impact Assessment Quick Start
Resource
(PDF-65k)
This resource is intended to provide key references and information for
planning and implementing Health Impact Assessments. Nonfederal Web site
addresses are provided for informational purposes only, and this listing is
not exhaustive nor does it imply CDC endorsement of these programs.
Prevention Research Center's Tested Interventions
These projects have studied techniques — or interventions — to improve
communities’ health. Citations of published articles follow each case study.
Research descriptions are based on two main concepts: 1) interventions are
considered effective if the researchers used sound experimental design and
2) interventions are considered disseminated if they have been successfully
implemented in populations other than the original study population.
Principles of Community
Engagement
This resource provides public health professionals and community leaders
with a science base and practical guidelines for engaging the public in
community decision-making and action for health promotion, health
protection, and disease prevention.
Promoting Physical Activity: A
Guide for Community Action
This resource is for professionals and volunteers who wish to promote
physical activity in almost any setting; community, workplace, school
setting, healthcare facility, agency or organization, or religious
institution. The ultimate goals of this book are to provide direction and
assistance in program planning and to serve as a flexible blueprint for
action for those on the frontlines of interventions in any settings.
School Health Index for Physical
Activity and Healthy Eating: A Self-Assessment and Planning Guide, CDC
This website includes a self-assessment and planning guide that will enable
schools to identify the strengths and weaknesses of their physical activity
and nutrition policies and programs, develop and action plan for improving
student health, and involve teachers, parents, students, and the community
in improving school services.
Social Marketing
Resources
Social marketing uses commercial marketing techniques to affect behavior
change in individuals to promote health or improve society. These resources
are for professionals who wish to use social marketing to strategically plan
and implement programs. Links provide information on social marketing
basics; social marketing organizations, associations, and conferences; and
social marketing journals.
Walk-to-School Programs Quick Start Resource
(PDF-65k)
This resource is intended to provide key references, tools, and components
for the planning, implementation, evaluation, and promotion of
walk-to-school programs. Nonfederal Web site addresses are provided for
informational purposes only, and this listing does not imply CDC endorsement
of these programs.
Worksite
Walkability Audit Tool
This website provides a walkability audit tool designed to broadly assess
pedestrian facilities, destinations, and surroundings along and near a
walking route and identify specific improvements that would make the route
more attractive and useful to pedestrians. Using CDC’s Walkability Audit can
help you assess the safety or attractiveness of the walking routes at your
worksite.
Evaluation
CDC's Community Health Resources
Search or browse through CDC's best resources to help you plan,
implement and evaluate community health interventions and programs to
address chronic disease and health disparities issues. You'll find links to
hundreds of useful planning guides, evaluation frameworks, communication
materials, behavioral and risk factor data, fact sheets, scientific
articles, key reports and state and local program contacts.
CDC Evaluation Working Group
This website provides an overview of the Framework for Program
Evaluation in Public Health (MMWR September 17, 1999/48(RR11);1-40) for
public health programs and additional resources that may help when applying
the framework.
The Physical Activity Evaluation Handbook
This handbook outlines the six basic steps of program evaluation and
illustrates each step with physical activity program examples. Appendices
provide information about physical activity indicators, practical case
studies, and additional evaluation resources.
Physical Activity
Evaluation Quick Start Resource
(PDF-52k)
This resource is intended to provide key references, tools, and components
for the planning, implementation, evaluation, and promotion of
physical activity programs. Nonfederal Web site addresses are provided for
informational purposes only, and this listing does not imply CDC
endorsement of these programs.
Physical Education
Curriculum Analysis Tool (PECAT)
The Physical Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (PECAT) will help school
districts conduct a clear, complete, and consistent analysis of written
physical education curricula, based upon national physical education
standards. The PECAT is customizable to include local standards. The results
from the analysis can help school districts enhance existing curricula,
develop their own curricula, or select a published curriculum, for the
delivery of quality physical education in schools.
Please note: Some of these publications are available for download only as *.pdf files. These files require Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to be viewed. Please review the information on downloading and using Acrobat Reader software.
* Links to non-Federal organizations found at this site are provided solely as a service to our users. These links do not constitute an endorsement of these organizations or their programs by CDC or the Federal Government, and none should be inferred. CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at these links.
Page last updated: December 13, 2007
Content Source: Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
