Assessing and Prioritizing
Measures that have been selected to represent a targeted variable, such as health status
What are indicators?
statement of desired outcome to which people intend to commit action
What is a goal?
a component of outcome logic models that summarize key behavioral antecedents featured in a theoretical logic model
What are influential factors?
The number of disease cases during a specific time period
What is morbidity?
refers to the starting point or value of the indicator
What is baseline?
Planned actions to produce desirable changes in antecedents, the factors that influence health behaviors
What are activities?
The number of deaths during a specific time period
What is mortality?
refers to the desired amount
What is target?
the collection of information (outputs) to assess how a program is implemented and the reach of the strategies
What is process evaluation?
multilevel changes in someone or something that result from the program's activities
What are outcomes?
Interpreting information within the community health assessment and selecting priorities of action
What is prioritization?
indicators of program implementation, reach, and quality
What are process measures?
the collection of information to assess the impact of a program's activities
What is outcome evaluation?
direct measurable products of program activities
What are outputs?
Measurable statements that communicate the target of intended change
What is objective?
financial, personnel, and in-kind resources from any source that are invested into a program
What are resources?
Use of multiple sources of data for the same indicator
What is triangulation?