Evaluation

This topic page provides a brief overview of the Center for Rural Health’s activities relating to Evaluation. This page contains a list of projects, key staff, and information pulled from the publications, presentations, events, news, and maps section of the CRH web site.

Projects

Empowerment Evaluation Project -- To assist with capacity building of evaluation efforts of primary prevention of intimate partner and sexual violence at the local and state level.
Environmental Scan of Health and Health Care in North Dakota -- Results from an assessment conducted from December 2008 to February 2009 provides an overview of selected health and health care issues in North Dakota.
Evaluation and Analysis of Disability Health Project -- CRH will participate in development of a statewide data collection, analysis and reporting system regarding health and wellness conditions of North Dakota citizens with disabilities; dissemination of information; and evaluation of the project.
Evaluation of Blue Cross/Blue Shield Rural Health Grant Projects -- The purpose of this project is to work with the BCBSND grantees to evaluate their grant projects.
Evaluation of IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence EVALUATION CORE -- Measures the outcomes of students participating in this biomedical science program designed to increase the numbers of biomedical scientists.
Evaluation of North Dakota Family Support Coalition -- Evaluation of the project's goal, which is to establish a collaborative network of organizations serving families of children with special health care needs to improve outcomes of children and their families.
Evaluation of Northwest Women's Chemical Health Initiative -- Evaluates the process and outcomes of the treatment support and recovery services for substance abusing women who are pregnant or have dependent children.
Evaluation of Suicide Prevention -- Evaluation of the North Dakota Garrett Lee Smith Youth Suicide Prevention Program.
Tobacco Prevention and Control Program Evaluation -- The purpose of this evaluation is to develop a model that examines the factors related to the completion of statewide goals and objectives.

Staff

Presentations

An Environmental Scan of Health and Health Care in North Dakota: Establishing the Baselines for Positive Health Transformation
Presented by Wakefield, M., Volkov, B., & Opsahl, W. on Mar 4, 2009 at the Dakota Medical Foundation board of directors, Fargo, ND.
To Map or Not To Map?
Presented by Beattie, S. & Knudson, A. on Mar 20, 2007 at the 2007 Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health, Mandan, ND.

Publications

Evaluation of North Dakota's National Health Service Corp Fellowship Program, Muus, K., & Amundson, M., Texas Journal of Rural Health, Vol. XVII, No 1, 1998