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Applying the Program Impact Pathways (PIP) evaluation framework to school-based healthy lifestyles programs: Workshop
Food and Nutrition Bulletin
|April 24, 2015
Summary
The Program Impact Pathways (PIP) manual aids healthy lifestyle program evaluation. Countries successfully used the PIP framework to analyze programs and identify key indicators for improvement.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Program Evaluation
- Health Promotion
Background:
- Mondelēz International Foundation hosted a seven-country workshop on healthy lifestyles in Spain.
- The workshop focused on improving program evaluation methods.
Purpose of the Study:
- To present the Workshop Evaluation Manual designed to support program evaluation efforts.
- The manual facilitates pre-workshop, during-workshop, and post-workshop activities.
Main Methods:
- The manual introduces program evaluation and the Program Impact Pathways (PIP) framework.
- It includes guidance on selecting PIP-informed indicators for healthy lifestyle programs.
- User feedback refined the manual before, during, and after the workshop.
Main Results:
- Seven participating countries successfully utilized the PIP manual.
- Countries developed their own PIP analyses and identified impact indicators.
- The manual improved the evaluation of healthy lifestyle programs across countries.
Conclusions:
- Program Impact Pathways (PIP) analyses were crucial for identifying program strengths and weaknesses.
- PIP analyses helped pinpoint key activities, processes, and impact indicators for monitoring.
- Systematic evaluation using PIP is essential for program improvement.