Partnerships for Environmental Public Health Evaluation Metrics Manual

Posted by on October 14, 2013

Just Published: Partnerships for Environmental Public Health Evaluation Metrics Manual! The latest product of community-engaged scholarship to be peer-reviewed & published through CES4Health includes a logic model & metrics for evaluating activities, outputs and impacts of environmental public health research. More than 80 narratives provide real-world examples of “metrics in action.”

Title: Partnerships for Environmental Public Health Evaluation Metrics Manual

Abstract: NIEHS developed the PEPH Evaluation Metrics Manual to help grantees understand how to map out their programs using a logic model, and to identify measures for documenting their achievements in environmental public health research. While the primary intended audiences for this Manual are PEPH grantees and program staff, we hope that other groups and organizations will also find it useful. The metrics are intended for use at the local level and grantees are encouraged to adapt the metrics to fit the unique characteristics of their communities. Those projects with multi-site activities may want to consider identifying metrics that are applicable for all locations. Finally, though focused on PEPH program activities, the principles outlined in the Manual could also be useful for those interested in measuring the success of basic research programs.The manual covers five cross-cutting areas that are common throughout the PEPH program and are more challenging to measure using peer reviewed literature: partnering, leveraging, products and dissemination, education and training, and capacity building. Each chapter identifies evaluation metrics for the activities, outputs and impacts in a sample logic model and describes common strategies grantees can use to collect relevant data for metrics. We also included examples of metrics for almost every activity, output and impact discussed in the manual. Finally, we included more than 80 narratives that illustrate “metrics in action.” These narratives provide real world examples of how a grantee measured an activity, output or impact.

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