Abstract
Advocacy and policy change have become increasingly important strategies in health promotion efforts. As a result, advocacy evaluation is emerging as a necessary competency for health promotion practitioners. This article introduces the growing field of advocacy evaluation by describing its typical features, which include using prospective evaluation designs, emphasizing real-time data collection and use, monitoring and responding to changing environmental conditions, and assessing both individual and organizational capacity building. A number of freely available resources for learning more about advocacy evaluation's key concepts and methods are highlighted.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 482-484 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Health Promotion Practice |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2009 |
Keywords
- advocacy
- evaluation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Nursing (miscellaneous)