Lessons learned in systems thinking approach for evaluation planning.
The role of systems thinking is addressed in the context of a public health department-academic collaboration to plan the evaluation of a learning management system. Findings suggest new directions for public health practitioners and researchers who are responsible for ensuring that public health workforce training efforts, and other programs and services, have the intended impact on public health workers' competence and the public's health.
Williams
John C
JC
College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA. jcwilliams@uky.edu
Costich
Julia
J
Hacker
William D
WD
Davis
James S
JS
D006282:Health Personnel; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods*; D013598:Systems Theory; D014481:United States