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

<p>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.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Public Health, DPH

Level thesis:degree_level

Open Access Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

School of Community and Global Health

Year dc:date.available

2023

Author dc:creator

• Kuhn, Amy

Contributors dc:contributor

• Eusebio Alvaro
• Juanita Jellyman

• adaptive
• complex environment
• evaluation
• framework
• program
• public health

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgu_etd/745

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarship.claremont.edu:cgu_etd-1767