Cross-site Evaluation

In addition to providing local evaluation support, the EPRC conducted a cross-site evaluation to answer questions about initiative processes and changes that resulted from the collective work of the initiative. The cross-site evaluation used mixed-methods to answer process and outcome evaluation questions.

We used a health equity lens throughout all steps in the evaluation, to assess what works, for who, under what conditions, and whether health inequities increased, decreased, or remained the same.

The table below lists our process and outcome evaluation questions that guided the evaluation.

Process Question Topics

Outcome Question Topics

  1. Equity orientation of coalitions
  2. Major barriers and facilitators to success
  3. Coalition functioning
  4. Strategies implemented to address health equity
  5. Reach of intervention strategies to prioritized populations
  6. Support services offered to coalitions
  7. Steps taken to ensure sustainability
  1. Changes in community readiness and capacity
  2. Changes in organizational capacity
  3. Whether greater health equity has been achieved and for which outcomes
  4. Aspects of initiative likely to be sustained