This evaluation has a dual purpose: the first is a descriptive procedure that will produce a management model describing the types of local public health units and their relationship to outcomes. The second portion of the evaluation is confirmatory in nature. It will examine why the outcomes were or were not achieved and explore the descriptive validity of the model.
The primary purpose of this evaluation is to develop a management model that describes the factors that appear to enhance or detract from the completion of stated goals and objectives. In other words, the model will be an examination of the input factors and what then in turn resulted. This model will possess a firm data underpinning, incorporating the used of rubrics with specific criteria which will help to objectively categorize differing local public health activities. Selected goals and objectives will be examined for all local public health units statewide. The achievement of these goals and objectives will focus on the activities of the Tobacco Prevention and Control Program, the Community Health Grant Program and the School Grant Program as reported on the biannual reporting form.
The second purpose of this evaluation is to confirm which of the descriptive factors are most based in the day-to-day functioning of the local public health's and how those factors then can be used at the state level to make appropriate management decisions. In other words, this second purpose will be an examination of the validity of the model used to describe input processes and the products produced. This purpose will herein be referred to as Procedure 2. Procedure 2 will be considered the expanded portion of this evaluation proposal.
Partners
28 Local public heath units across North Dakota
Division of Tobacco Prevention and Control, North Dakota Department of Health
