Information for Program Planners
If you are thinking about starting or already have a program to promote appropriate antibiotic use in the community, you may find the below resources helpful.
Evaluation Manual
Introduction to Program Evaluation for Public Health Programs Evaluating Appropriate Antibiotic Use Programs Released April 2006
Download Complete Evaluation Manual
- Evaluation Manual (956 KB, 135 pages)
View/Download Individual Sections of the Evaluation Manual
- Introduction
This section includes: About This Manual, Acknowledgments, Contents, Executive Summary, Introduction, Evaluating Appropriate Antibiotic Use Programs
HTML | PDF(43 KB, 18 pages) - Step 1: Engage Stakeholders
HTML | PDF (131 KB, 10 pages) - Step 2: Describe the Program
HTML | PDF (254 KB, 27 pages) - Step 3: Focus the Evaluation Design
HTML | PDF (196 KB, 16 pages) - Step 4: Gather Credible Evidence
HTML | PDF (175 KB, 18 pages) - Step 5: Justify Conclusions
HTML | PDF (83 KB, 8 pages) - Step 6: Ensure Use of Evaluation Findings and Share Lessons Learned
HTML | PDF (64 KB, 9 pages) - Case Studies
HTML | PDF (71 KB, 17 pages) - Glossary and Program Evaluation Resources
HTML | PDF (43 KB, 10 pages)
Cultural Competency Resources
National Center for Cultural Competence
The mission of the National Center for Cultural Competence (NCCC) is to increase the capacity of health and mental health programs to design implement, and evaluate culturally and linguistically competent service delivery systems.
American Institutes for Research (AIR)
AIR strives to deliver behavioral and social science research and applications that improve people's lives and well-being, with special emphasis on the disadvantaged.
Sustainability Resources
The Center for Civic Partnerships
A support organization that strengthens individuals, organizations, and communities by facilitating learning, leadership development, and networking.
Campaign Consultation, Inc.
Works with individuals and organizations at local, state, national and international levels to achieve community development, fund raising, diversity utilization, issue advocacy, media& marketing, public policy as well as organizational and business development success.
Recommended Readings
There are numerous articles about antibiotic resistance, appropriate antibiotic use, and other related issues. However, the Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work campaign has developed an abbreviated list of recommended readings to introduce people to the topic of appropriate antibiotic use. Recommended readings.
CDC-funded sites
CDC distributes federal funds to state and local health departments for the development, implementation, and evaluation of local campaigns to promote appropriate antibiotic use. Beginning in 2000 with only 8 sites, CDC has increased the number of funded sites in recent years. View map of CDC-funded appropriate antibiotic use programs in 2012 and links to state programs.
Sites may receive partial or full funding to hire a program coordinator. Technical assistance to support these funded sites includes: identifying resources, sharing new scientific and educational information, facilitating networking and the formation of partnerships, and conducting monthly phone calls to track progress and identify program needs. If you have questions about applying for funding, please contact getsmart@cdc.gov.
Evaluation Resources
- CDC Evaluation Working Group
Comprehensive resource listing
(http://www.cdc.gov/eval)
Source:CDC - CDC's Framework for Evaluation
(http://www.cdc.gov/eval/framework/index.htm)
Source:CDC. Framework for Program Evaluation in Public Health. MMWR 1999;48(No. RR-11). - W.K. Kellogg Foundation Logic Model Development Guide
(http://www.wkkf.org/)
Source: W.K. Kellogg Foundation - An Evaluation Framework for Community Health Programs [1 MB, 71 pages]
(http://www.doh.state.fl.us/COMPASS/documents/Community_Health_Programs_Eval.pdf)
Source:The Center for the Advancement of Community Based Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hillhttp://www.cdc.gov/eval/evalcbph.pdf - Physical Activity Evaluation Handbook
(http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/physical/health_professionals/interventions/handbook.htm)
Source: Nutrition and Physical Activity Program, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC - Introduction to Program Evaluation for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs
(http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/tobacco_control_programs/surveillance_evaluation/ evaluation_manual/index.htm)
Source: Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC - The Community Tool Box
Information and resources (including evaluation) for community health and development efforts
(http://ctb.ku.edu/)
Source: Work Group on Health Promotion and Community Development at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas - American Evaluation Association
Professional association of evaluators
(http://www.eval.org/)
Source: American Evaluation Association - The Evaluation Exchange
Harvard Family Research Project's evaluation periodical (http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/eval.html)
Source: Harvard Graduate School of Education - Enhancing Program Performance with Logic Models
online course on logic models (http://www1.uwex.edu/ces/lmcourse)
Source: University of Wisconsin-Extension - Innovation Network
Nonprofit organization that provides evaluation consulting, training, and online tools
(http://innonet.org)
Source: Innovation Network
Surveillance Tools
- Surveillance Information
- Active Bacterial Core surveillance (ABCs)
- Information on specific pathogens and associated resistance issues
- Information on methodology of S. pneumoniae surveillance systems
- List of CDC surveillance systems and published data
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