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A framework for developing evaluation capacity in health care settings

Kevin Brazil (Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and Research Co‐ordinator, St Joseph’s Health Care System Research Network, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)

Leadership in Health Services

ISSN: 1366-0756

Article publication date: 1 March 1999

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework for developing an effective evaluation practice within health care settings. Three features are reviewed; capacity building, the application of evaluation to program activities and the utilization of evaluation recommendations. First, the organizational elements required to establish effective evaluation practice are reviewed emphasizing that an organization’s capacity for evaluation develops over time and in stages. Second, a comprehensive evaluation framework is presented which demonstrates how evaluation practice can be applied to all aspects of a program’s life cycle, thus promoting the scope of evidence‐based decision making within an organization. Finally, factors which influence the adoption of evaluation recommendations by decision makers is reviewed accompanied by strategies to promote the utilization of evaluation recommendations in organization decision making.

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Brazil, K. (1999), "A framework for developing evaluation capacity in health care settings", Leadership in Health Services, Vol. 12 No. 1, pp. 6-11. https://doi.org/10.1108/13660759910249693

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MCB UP Ltd

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