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Setting the Stage: Workshop Framing
and Crosscutting Issues
Simon Hearn, ODI
Evaluation Methods for Large-Scale, Complex, Multi-National Global Health Initiatives, Institute of Medicine
7-8 January, London, UK
The nature of the intervention:1. Focus of objectives2. Governance3. Consistency of implementation
What do we mean by complex interventions?
How it works:4. Necessariness5. Sufficiency6. Change trajectory
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What are the challenges of evaluating complex interventions?
Describing what is being implementedGetting data about impactsAttributing impacts to a particular programme
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Wikipedia: Evaluation Methods
Why a framework is needed
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Why a framework is needed
The Rainbow Framework
DEFINE what is to be evaluated
Why do we need to start with a clear definition?
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1. Develop initial description
2. Develop program theory or logic model
3. Identify potential unintended results
Options for representing logic models
Pipeline / results chain
Logical framework
Outcomes hierarchy / theory of change
Realist Matrix
FRAME what is to be evaluated
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Frame Decision Make Decision
Frame Evaluation Design Evaluation
1. Identify primary intended users
2. Decide purpose(s)3. Specify key evaluation
questions4. Determine what
‘success’ looks like
DESCRIBE what happened
1. Sample2. Use measures,
indicators or metrics3. Collect and/or retrieve
data4. Manage data5. Combine qualitative
and quantitative data6. Analyze data7. Visualize data
Combine qualitative and quantitative data
EnrichExamineExplainTriangulate
ParallelSequential
ComponentIntegrated
UNDERSTAND CAUSES of outcomes and impacts
Outcomes Impacts
As a profession, we often either oversimplify causationor we overcomplicate it!
“In my opinion, measuring attribution is critical, and we can't do that unless we use control groups to compare them to.”
Comment in an expert discussion on The Guardian online, May 2013
1. Check that the results support causal attribution
2. Compare results to the counterfactual
3. Investigate possible alternative explanations
SYNTHESIZE data from one or more evaluations
Was it good?Did it work?
Was it effective?
For whom did it work?
In what ways did it work?
Was it value for money?Was it cost-effective?
Did it succeed in terms of the Triple Bottom Line?
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How do we synthesize diverse evidence about performance?
All intended impacts achieved
Some intended impacts achieved
No negative impacts
Overall synthesis GOOD ?? ?? BAD
1. Synthesize data from a single evaluation
2. Synthesize data across evaluations
3. Generalize findings
REPORT and SUPPORT USE of findings
I can honestly say that not a day goes by when we don’t
use those evaluations in one
way or another
1. Identify reporting requirements
2. Develop reporting media
3. Ensure accessibility4. Develop
recommendations5. Support use
MANAGE your evaluation
1. Understand and engage with stakeholders
2. Establish decision making processes
3. Decide who will conduct the evaluation
4. Determine and secure resources5. Define ethical and quality
evaluation standards 6. Document management
processes and agreements7. Develop evaluation plan or
framework8. Review evaluation 9. Develop evaluation capacity
DESCRIBEUNDERSTAND CAUSESSYNTHESIZEREPORT & SUPPORT USE
Descriptive Questions – Was the policy implemented as planned?
Causal questions – Did the policy change contribute to improved health outcomes?
Synthesis questions – Was the policy overall a success?
Action questions – What should we do?
Making decisionsLook at type of questions
Making decisionsCompare pros and cons
Participant Questionnaire
Key Informant Interviews Project Records
Observation of program implementation
KEQ1 What was the quality of implementation?
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KEQ2 To what extent were the program objectives met?
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KEQ3 What other impacts did the program have?
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KEQ4 How could the program be improved?
✔ ✔ ✔
Making decisionsCreate an evaluation matrix
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