Assessing your obesity prevention and control program will provide you with information for decision making, ongoing program development and improvement.
In the previous stages-Plan, Build and Promote-you collected baseline data, identified measurable goals and objectives, and implemented the activities according to your activity action plan.
Keep in mind that a program assessment is not a one-time action but should be an ongoing activity. Your program should be evaluated at regular intervals in order to:
- Evaluate whether or not the program was effective.
- Determine whether or not goals and objectives were met.
- Compare the effectiveness of different types of activities.
- Discover what was successful and what needs to be improved.
- dentify next steps and report results to your stakeholders.
Now it's time to:
- Conduct a program evaluation
- Calculate your return on investment
Tools for Assessment
Obesity Cost Calculator Worksheet (DOC-492k)
This worksheet can help you gather the data you need to enter into the cost calculator application (provide link). If you do not have data available, the Obesity Cost Calculator provides industry averages to assist you with completing the cost estimates.
