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Designing evaluations for a women's health education program

L Z Nieman1, C L Rutenberg, S P Levison

  • 1Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, Office for Faculty Affairs, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Journal of Women'S Health
|February 1, 1997
PubMed
Summary

Evaluating women's health programs requires adapting existing methods. This article presents an innovative evaluation design for integrated women's health curricula, addressing challenges in this emerging field.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Public Health
  • Program Evaluation

Background:

  • Women's health integration in medical curricula is recent.
  • A standardized definition of women's health is still developing.
  • Existing evaluation designs are not specific to women's health programs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe methods for evaluating women's health programs.
  • To adapt general evaluation concepts for women's health.
  • To present an innovative evaluation design for integrated curricula.

Main Methods:

  • Review of evaluation concepts.
  • Adaptation of existing evaluation frameworks.
  • Development of a novel evaluation design for women's health curricula.

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Main Results:

  • An example evaluation design for an integrated women's health curriculum is presented.
  • Preliminary data from the evaluation design is included.
  • Strategies for overcoming implementation obstacles are discussed.

Conclusions:

  • Tailoring evaluation methods is crucial for women's health programs.
  • Innovative designs are needed to assess integrated curricula.
  • Addressing challenges facilitates the initiation of women's health evaluations.