Assess

Assessing your obesity prevention and control program will provide you with information for decision making, ongoing program development and improvement.

In the previous stages – Plan, Build and Promote – you collected baseline data, identified measurable goals and objectives, and implemented the activities according to your activity action plan.

Keep in mind that a program assessment is not a one-time action but should be an ongoing activity. Your program should be evaluated at regular intervals in order to–

• Evaluate whether or not the program was effective.
• Determine whether or not goals and objectives were met.
• Compare the effectiveness of different types of activities.
• Discover what was successful and what needs to be improved.
• Identify next steps and report results to your stakeholders.

Now it's time to–

• Conduct a Program Evaluation
• Calculate Your Return on Investment

Also in This Section

• Expert Interview

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