Question

what is the relationship between the three major phrases in the planning and evaluation cycle is any one phrase likely to be prioritized by public health administrators?

Answer 1

Planning

The relevant questions during evaluation planning and implementation involve determining the feasibility of the evaluation, identifying stakeholders, and specifying short- and long-term goals. For example, does the program have the clarity of objectives or transparency in its methods required for evaluation? What criteria were used to determine the need for the program? Questions asked during evaluation planning also should consider the program’s conceptual framework or underpinnings. For example, does a proposed community-engaged research program draw on “best practices” of other programs, including the characteristics of successful researcher-community partnerships? Is the program gathering information to ensure that it works in the current community context?

Evaluation Cycle

Evaluation during a program’s implementation may examine whether the program is successfully recruiting and retaining its intended participants, using training materials that meet standards for accuracy and clarity, maintaining its projected timelines, coordinating efficiently with other ongoing programs and activities, and meeting applicable legal standards. Evaluation during program implementation could be used to inform mid-course corrections to program implementation (formative evaluation) or to shed light on implementation processes (process evaluation).

Public Health

Public health administration is the component of the field of public health that concentrates on management of people and programs. On a day-to-day basis, administration is needed to ensure that organizations operate efficiently and with success. Programs must be guided. The field of administration is concerned with theory and techniques derived from a variety of fields, mainly management.

Now question in which one of the following is likely to be more prioritized by the public health administrator i.e Planning or evaluation cycle

Out of these two both are equally important for the public health administrator as both are complementary to each other and no one can substitute the each other and planning is nothing without evaluation cycle and evaluation cycle cannot be worked alone so planning and evaluation cycle are both should be equally important for the public health adminstrators