PBH 401 - Health Program Planning and Evaluation

3 cr.

This course is designed to formulate public health program interventions directed towards community or organizational change. The concepts and functions of program evaluation, such as types of evaluations and evaluation designs, coincide with program intervention planning. Emphasis is placed on the use and application of the Precede/Proceed Model for health program planning and evaluation. It includes the study of personnel functions, operation analysis, job analysis, job evaluation, training and development, performance appraisal, the validation of selection tools and instruments used to collect data relative to both program implementation and evaluation. Each student is required to submit and present a grant proposal at the end of the semester. Prerequisite: PBH 202, PBH 302 or PBH 303.