title: Building evaluation capacity in local programs for multisite nutrition education interventions.
abstract: From 2004-2008, capacity to conduct program evaluation was built among the Network for a Healthy California's 48 largest local partners. Capacity building was done within a framework of Empowerment Evaluation and Utility-Focused evaluation. Tools included: a Scope of Work template, a handbook, a compendium of surveys, an evaluation plan and report template, data entry and analysis templates, teleconferences, workshops, and technical assistance. Over time, more programs completed an evaluation, used a more rigorous design, and reported statistically significant results. Acting as an evaluation guide, rather than a funder, Network staff built rapport with local programs that annually undertake new evaluations.
authors.affiliation: Network for a Healthy California, California Department of Public Health and Public Health Institute, Policy, Planning and Evaluation Section, Research and Evaluation Unit, Sacramento, CA 95899-7377, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fourney
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gregson
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sugerman
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bellow
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D057191:Capacity Building / Q000379:methods*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods*