Date of Award
2023
Degree Type
Open Access Dissertation
Degree Name
Public Health, DPH
Program
School of Community and Global Health
Dissertation or Thesis Committee Member
C. Anderson Johnson
Dissertation or Thesis Committee Member
Eusebio Alvaro
Dissertation or Thesis Committee Member
Juanita Jellyman
Terms of Use & License Information
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License.
Rights Information
© 2023 Amy Kuhn
Keywords
adaptive, complex environment, evaluation, framework, program, public health
Subject Categories
Public Health
Abstract
Program evaluation is a key part of the life cycle of public health and prevention science projects. But in complex environments or evolving situations, existing evaluation theory faces challenges in successful practical application. Process evaluation can track changes as a program runs, but when a program operates outside of its original design, questions can arise related to fidelity of implementation and interpretation of results. Outcome evaluation often requires a closed system without changes to determine actual effects of a program, but in times of complicated change that isolation can be difficult to achieve or to work around. In practice, systems are rarely fully closed and environments are often dynamic, and this can rise to the scale of disrupting a project’s direction and major methodology. This dissertation project intends to explore how we adapt to these challenges, which have been further brought to light by the current COVID-19 pandemic.
ISBN
9798381904420
Recommended Citation
Kuhn, Amy. (2023). Adaptive Evaluation for Systems in Rapid Change or Sustained Transition: Innovations and Applications Generated from a Community-Based Diabetes Prevention Program during the COVID-19 Pandemic. CGU Theses & Dissertations, 745. https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgu_etd/745.
