Program staff are often concerned that evaluation activities will inhibit timely accessibility to services or compromise the safety of clients. Overcoming Barriers Collaboration is the key to successful program evaluation. Involvement of these stakeholders is an integral part of program evaluation. Stakeholders include but are not limited to program staff, program clients, decision makers, and evaluators. Identifying an evaluator with the necessary technical skills as well as a collaborative approach to the process is integral.
Programs have several options for identifying an evaluator.
Health departments, other state agencies, local universities, evaluation associations and other programs can provide recommendations. Additionally, several companies and university departments providing these services can be located on the internet. Evaluation Various types of evaluation can be used to assess different aspects or stages of program development. As terminology and definitions of evaluation types are not uniform, an effort has been made to briefly introduce a number of types here. Context Evaluation Investigating how the program operates or will operate in a particular social, political, physical and economic environment.