Smoking Cessation among adults 18 years and above in Virginia

(**Smoking Cessation among adults 18 years and above in Virginia**).

Evaluation Plan Outline:

Introduction: (1-2 pages)

Provide a brief description of the health issue (1-2 paragraphs). Please update based on feedback provided in module 4

Describe the program goal (s) and objectives (list form only)

Health Intervention: please describe the health intervention and type: Health Education (1 paragraph)

Study Population and Setting: describe who will receive the intervention? For example, African American adults in Atlanta will receive a health education  on their disease, dietary, and lifestyle modifications.

Evaluation Plan (1-2 pages)

Define and describe evaluation type (e.g., Outcome).  Use definitions from Issel

State the evaluation question(s) you are evaluating and explain why it is important. For example, To what extent did knowledge change about diabetes among program participants?

Methods (1-2 pages)

Discuss what research design you selected and why (e.g., a quasi-experimental design with – one group pretest-posttest; one-group posttest only, etc. etc.)

Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the chosen research design (e.g. what are the strengths of quasi-experimental vs experimental design)

Describe your chosen data collection instrument. Here you can use an existing instrument, an instrument that would need to be developed, and/or existing records you will use to address your research question (e.g., for most you will be using an existing survey instrument).

Discuss the threats to measurement reliability and validity that you might encounter in using the data collection instrument and discuss what you would do to reduce these threats.

Conclusion (1-2 paragraphs)

Summarize the ways in which your evaluation results might be used to improve the program’s quality, utility, and impact on the priority populations.