Monitoring and Evaluating Interventions
Links and documents which give advice on how to monitor and evaluate interventions with a focus on public health. The list is not intended to be exhaustive but provides a starting point if you're undertaking an evaluation.
- A step-by-step guide with a particular focus on alcohol and drug interventions, NHS Lanarkshire's Basic Principles of Evaluation for Service Providers (external link) is founded on a series of workshops given to practioners.
- MRC (Medical Research Council) Glossary for Public Health Research (external link) is a really useful resource for explaning the jargon of evaluation.
- Evaluation Support Scotland (external link) – a charity devoted to helping smaller and voluntary organisations with evaluations.
- The Magenta Book HM Treasury's reference for policy evaluation work is intended as a standard for the civil service.
- NHS Health Scotland's Outcome Frameworks website to help you plan and evaluate health improvement work.
NHS Health Scotland is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
If you encounter any issues with the above named publications or external web links, please contact the Research Officer (nhs.healthscotland-researchofficer@nhs.net).
Reviewed 19 December 2011
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