Assessment, program planning, and evaluation in population-based public health practice.
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.
Keller
Linda Olson
LO
Office of Public Health Practice, Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
Schaffer
Marjorie A
MA
Lia-Hoagberg
Betty
B
Strohschein
Susan
S
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*