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Measurement of evaluation methods

Things to measure for evaluation:

Knowledge
Use questionaires.

Attitudes
Surveys, interviews, focus groups

Behaviour
Self-report, use of diary, observations

Health status
Depends on definition and aspect of health, questionnaire tools have been developed such as routinely collected data (e.g. cancer rates)

Social support
Tools have been developed, also qualitative methods e.g. interviews, focus groups

Quality of life
Similar to social support

Costs
Efficiency (outcomes per unit cost) or effectiveness (outcome without reference to cost).

Community strengthening
To be added

Community competence
To be added

Community participation
To be added