Websites
- The American Evaluation Association
- The American Association for Public Opinion Research
- The CDC’s Framework for Program Evaluation
Videos
- Logic Models for Public Health Planning: University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
Recommended books and readings
- Suchman joined the Pitt Public Health faculty in 1963. His seminal work on evaluation, Evaluation Research, published in 1967, is just as relevant today as it was 50 years ago.
- Dean Fixsen and company’s model for implementation is available as a free pdf. “This monograph summarizes findings from the review of the research literature on implementation and proposes frameworks for understanding effective implementation processes.”
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Logic Model Development Guide is another helpful resource available as a free pdf.
More suggested reading (alphabetical by author):
- Fowler, F.J., Jr. (2013). Survey research methods (5th ed.). Los Angeles, CA: Sage Publications.
- Groves, R.M., Fowler, F.J., Jr., Couper, M.P., et al. (2009). Survey methodology (2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley & Sons.
- Newcomer, K.E., Hatry, H.P., & Wholey, J.S. (2015) Handbook of practical program evaluation (4th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley & Sons.
- Ovretveit, J. (2014). Evaluating improvement and implementation for health. Maidenhead, Berkshire, England: Open University Press.
- Quinn Patton, M. (2008). Utilization-focused evaluation (4th ed.). Los Angeles, CA: Sage Publications.
- Rossi, P.H., Lipsey, M.W., & Freeman, H.E. (2003). Evaluation: A systematic approach (7th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
- Shadish, W.R., Cook, T.D., & Campbell, D.T. (2001). Experimental and quasi-experimental designs for generalized causal inference (2nd ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Cengage.