TB Notes Newsletter
No. 1, 2007
TB Program Evaluation Toolkit Shared with Evaluators
The American Evaluation Association (AEA) annual meeting provides an opportunity
for evaluators from all over the world to come together and share their best
work. This year, the efforts of the DTBE Evaluation Work Group (EWG) were among
the CDC programs featured at a panel on productive strategies for building evaluation
capacity. Kai Young and Maureen Wilce of DTBE presented the TB Program Evaluation
Toolkit and described the efforts the EWG has undertaken to build program evaluation
capacity.
The evaluators in the packed room learned how the EWG collaborated to decide
which tools would be created and included in the toolkit. A copy of the toolkit
was circulated to allow those interested to see the contents. Many evaluators
in the audience made complimentary remarks on the content and layout of the
manual. One audience member commented, “I am particularly impressed with the
work TB has done in creating this toolkit.”
Kai and Maureen also explained how state and local TB programs used the tools
to create TB evaluation plans to guide their work. Many audience members commented
on this success. The moderator of the panel, Tom Chapel from the CDC Office
of Strategy and Innovation, said, “We’ve been able to watch the progress of
these efforts through a series of annual AEA panel presentations. It’s so gratifying
this year to see how these efforts have borne fruit. To think that 75% of your
programs are able to submit and use strong evaluation plans is just great news!”
Co-presenting on the panel was Yamir Salabarria-Pena, from the Division of
STD Prevention, who announced the development of
the STD Program Evaluation Tools. This toolkit, which
follows the CDC Framework for Program Evaluation and consists of 16 tools, is
in the final stages of clearance and will be available soon.
—Reported by Maureen Wilce, MS
Div of TB Elimination |
