Evaluation and Quality Improvement

ASTDD Program Review and Technical Assistance

ASTDD offers program reviews and technical assistance to state oral health programs. View the description of the process and associated tools.

Guidelines for the Development of State Oral Health Issue Briefs

questions to ask, major components of an issue brief, and lessons learned.

DC issue Brief

example of an issue brief for education/advocacy.

CDC Evaluation Materials

CDC Framework for Program Evaluation

Article from MMWR 1999;48(No. RR-11).

CDC Introduction to Program Evaluation for Public Health Programs

A Self-Study Guide This is a 90+ page “how to” guide for planning and implementing evaluation activities based on CDC’s Framework for Program Evaluation in Public Health. It uses examples from federal, state and local levels.

Updated Guidelines for Evaluating Public Health Surveillance Systems

(Article from MMWR, July 27, 2001;50(RR13):1-35.

CDC Webcast on Evaluation of State Plans

This PowerPoint was presented by Paul W. Mattessich, PhD during a 2005 CDC webcast.

Impact and Value: Telling your Programs Story

This workbook describes how to develop a system for collecting and creating stories that will allow you to best communicate the accomplishments of your programs.

CDC Oral Health State Plan Review Index

WK Kellogg Foundation Materials

WK Kellogg Foundation Evaluation Handbook

A 110 page online handbook that covers all aspects of planning for evaluation, implementing your plan and analyzing the data, as well as communicating findings and using the results

Community-Based Oral Health Programs

A Need and Plan for Evaluation. : a 20 page that provides a plan and parameters for developing an evaluation toolbox for such programs.

Logic Model Development Guide

This Guide provides a step-by-step process to develop and use different types of logic models; it includes many templates, checklists and exercises to develop a model that fits your program.

Evaluation Toolkit

Other materials

Mattessich PW. The Manager’s Guide to Program Evaluation. St Paul, MN: Wilder Research Center. 2003.

Mattessich, P.W, Hendricks, S, and Roholt, R.V. (2007) Information gold mine: Innovative uses of evaluation. St. Paul , MN: Fieldstone Alliance

Safety Net Dental Clinic Manual

Chapter 5. This online manual provides an overview of quality improvement programs for dental clinics and links to a number of resource materials.

Mobile-Portable Dental Manual

Chapter 5 in this online manual provides an overview of evaluation strategies to measure effectiveness and outcomes for mobile and portable dental programs, with links to a number of resource materials.