QUERI Implementation Guide
Section I Part 4: Formative Evaluation
Summary of Formative Evaluation Activities
Overall, formative evaluation in all of its forms aims to achieve the following:
- Assess needs;
- Resolve implementation issues;
- Refine proposed interventions;
- Optimize and control implementation;
- Obtain ongoing input for better understanding, "short-term control and correction" (Dehar);
- Document continual progress;
- Inform future efforts;
- Enable understanding of extent/dose, consistency, usefulness, context of translation strategies;
- Assist interpretation of observed change; and
- Foster understanding of implementation, causal events, and specific components that most influence successful implementation.
*This section was contributed by Marcia Legro, PhD, Mary Hogan, PhD, Candice Bowman, PhD, and used materials developed by Cheryl Stetler, PhD.