title: Tackling evaluation: applying a programme logic model to community rehabilitation for adults with brain injury.
abstract: Programme evaluation has become an important component of many rehabilitation initiatives in both institutional and community environments. Of key importance is a need for information on developing an evaluation framework to determine and address programme processes and outcomes. This paper presents a programme logic model used to guide the evaluation of a community rehabilitation programme for adults with brain injury. Programme logic models are visual models that provide a framework to organize and integrate information about programme inputs, processes and outcomes. The model is also used in this programme to incorporate the client-centred values of the programme. It was developed through the consensus of the entire team, and was used to plan implementation and outcome evaluations. A similar programme logic model will be useful to occupational therapists and other health care professionals planning programme evaluations of their services.
authors.affiliation: School of Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Letts
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dunal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002170:Canada; D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000592:standards*; D009864:Ontario; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods*; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards