Organizations

American Evaluation Association: http://www.eval.org

CDC Evaluation Working Group: http://www.cdc.gov/eval/

Annual Event

AEA/CDC Summer Evaluation Institute (a few months after the meetings occur, most of the session handouts are attached to the meeting agenda):

http://www.eval.org/SummerInstitute07/07SIhome.asp

http://www.eval.org/SummerInstitute/06SIagenda.asp

Websites

W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Evaluation Toolkit: http://www.wkkf.org/default.aspx?tabid=75&CID=281&NID=61&LanguageID=0

Innovation Network: http://www.innonet.org/

Results Accountability Implementation Guide: http://www.raguide.org/

Fiscal Policy Studies Institute: http://www.fiscalpolicystudies.com/ or http://www.resultsaccountability.com/

University of Kansas Workgroup for Community Health and Development - Community Toolbox (http://ctb.ku.edu/tools/en/sub_section_tools_1338.htm#focus)

US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention Prevention Platform: Evaluation page. (http://preventionplatform.samhsa.gov/Macro/Csap/dss_portal/templates_redesign/module_home.cfm?sect_id=1&topic_id=5&CFID=1359329&CFTOKEN=69916008)

University of Wisconsin Extension, Program Development and Evaluation: http://www.uwex.edu/ces/pdande/

Manuals mentioned on this website

CDC Framework

• Baker Q, Davis D, Gallerani R, et al.  An Evaluation Framework for Community-based Programs.  Center for the Advancement of Community-based Health, 2000.  (http://www.cdc.gov/eval/evalcbph.pdf)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Millstein RL, Wetterhall SF, et al). Framework for Program Evaluation in Public Health. MMWR 1999; (48) RR-11. (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr4811.pdf)
• MacDonald G, Starr G, Schooley M, Yee SL, Klimowski K, Turner K. Introduction to Program Evaluation for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs. Atlanta (GA): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2001 (http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/tobacco_control_programs/surveillance_evaluation/evaluation_manual/00_pdfs/Evaluation.pdf)
• US Department of Health and Human Services. Physical Activity Evaluation Handbook. Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2002. (http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/physical/handbook/pdf/handbook.pdf)
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Office of the Director, Office of Strategy and Innovation. Introduction to program evaluation for public health programs: A self-study guide. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2005. (http://www.cdc.gov/eval/evalguide.pdf)

Results-based Accountability

• Fiscal Policy Studies Institute, Results Accountability Decision-Making and Budgeting Workshop Workbook,version 1.7, 1/1/2007. (http://www.resultsaccountability.com/PDF%20files/RBA101%20Print%202%20to%20a%20page%20Version%201.7.pdf)
• Friedman, Mark Trying Hard is Not Good Enough Trafford Publishing, Victoria BC, 2005 (http://www.resultsaccountability.com/ to order)

Other publications

American Healthways Standard Outcome Metrics and Evaluation Methodology for Disease Management Programs (available here)

Association of State and Territorial Public Health and Nutrition Directors.  Moving to the Future (available here)

Bureau of Justice Assistance, Center for Program Evaluation Guide to Program Evaluation: (available here)

CDC State heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program Evaluation Guide (available here)

Harvard Medical School, Division on Addictions, Program Evaluation: a Practical Guide to Discovering What Works (available here)

National Science Foundation 2002 User-Friendly Handbook for Project Evaluation. (available here)

National Science Foundation Online Evaluation Resource Library (available here)

University of Arizona, Family and Consumer Resources.  Community-based Project Evaluation Guide (available here)

UNM Center on Alcohol, Substance Abuse and Addiction.  Program evaluation: A do-it-yourself manual for substance abuse programs. (available here)