Scholarly Design Key Terms

Evaluation

Environmental scan, trend analysis, pre-planning

Needs assessment, community profile

Needs assessment, review of secondary data

Data analysis and interpretation

Intervention

Program planning - Short term program objectives, long term program goals, select program outcome measures used to evaluate program, logic model

Program implementation - Carry out program to address needs

Program evaluation - Gather data on program implementation, measure the impact of the program, evaluate efficacy of program, evaluate acheivement of program outcomes

Outcome

Outcome - Identify changes in occupational performance of targeted group or population by using outcome measures to assess long term goals

Sustainability plan - Based on outcomes, develop action plan to change or maintain program

Dissemination plan - Share results of program with stake holders and community members

Formative Evaluation

Focused on the process of documenting and delivering services

Asking is the program being implemented as planned?

Summative Evaluation

Completed at end or near end of the program

Asking has the program achieved its intended outcome?

Single Group Design

Participants are randomly selected and assigned to a control or experimental group

Pretest-Posttest Design

Involve observation and assessment before and after an intervention

Post-Measure Design

Involve one systemic observation and an assessment after the intervention

Quasi-Experimental Approaches

Involves 1) collection of data across several time intervals on a single unit of behavior, and 2) comparison of two groups that have not been selected randomly and are nonequivalent but somehow similar

Qualitative Strategies

Involve focus groups, interviews, public forums and participant observation