Title: Monitoring and evaluation of mental health policies and plans
Description: This module examines key aspects of monitoring and evaluation as they relate to a mental health policy and plan, including how to monitor a plan and the different ways to evaluate a policy and plan. It presents a five-step process for conducting evaluations and explains how results of an evaluation can be utilized to improve policies and plans. The module then provides a detailed case study of a policy and plan of a hypothetical country. It describes various ways that evaluation can be used over a period of time to assess and influence policy and the plan that arises from it, including the practical steps involved in policy evaluation and the policy decisions that can be made on the basis of monitoring and evaluations.--Publisher's description.
Subjects: Evaluation, Mental health planning, Mental health policy, Health Planning, Program Evaluation, Mental Health Services, Health Policy, National Health Programs