title: Assessment, program planning, and evaluation in population-based public health practice.
abstract: Public health practitioners in Minnesota developed and implemented a population-based public health practice model for community assessment, program planning, and evaluation. The ultimate goal of this process is improvement in population health. Major challenges to the implementation of a population-based model are addressed through the use of a theory of action; interventions at community, systems, and individual levels; and intermediate evaluation indicators. Examples of resulting changes in public health practice are described.
authors.affiliation: Office of Public Health Practice, Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: Linda Olson
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Keller
authors.forename: Marjorie A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Schaffer
authors.forename: Betty
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lia-Hoagberg
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Strohschein
mesh_terms: D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008910:Minnesota; D017146:Models, Organizational; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods; D015980:Public Health Practice / Q000592:standards*