Step 7: Analyze and Report Data

Example

Georgia created a table (PDF-40k) that they used to fill in pertinent results from their problem description and formative research. Once this table was completed, the program planners had an excellent and short summary of the main points they wanted to remember when planning strategies for their intervention (phase 3). More information can be found about Georgia's planning process in this case study. (PDF-1.1Mb)

If you have collected a large amount of data, it will be helpful to you and your team to present it in a summarized form. This is especially useful if you are working with a larger planning group or coalition that doesn't need all the details, just the main points.

Your formative research results should be accessible and easy to understand. If they are, then you are more likely to use them when developing the intervention strategies, in phase 3. You may find that strategy development is easier if you bring together following items into one summarized document

Problem description.
Relevant formative research findings.
Secondary data.
Literature review.
Expert advice.