Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Program Evaluation

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Disease Prevention and Health Ppromotion Program Evaluation
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Program Overview
The prevalence of anxiety and depression disorders among adolescents is increasing in
Australia[1]. The program of Encouraging the youth to seek help for depression and anxiety is
aimed at increasing mental health of Australians and to promote a strong, viable, and healthy
workforce vital for the economic propensity of the federation. Furthermore, the program is in
line with the realization that encouraging people to seek help and the subsequent treatment of
anxiety and depression disorders have intrinsic benefits both to the individuals and society at
large leading to instant and long-term gains in economy and productivity[2]. Being mentally
stable, the overall community of Australia is destined to lead a long life and possibly become the
best nation in universal health coverage[4]. The program will be funded for a period of three years
from 2019-2020 to 2021-2022. Target audiences include adolescents and adults who are socially
and economically disadvantaged. A number of approaches will be used targeted at various
interventions within the context of mental health inequalities. The goal of these approaches will
be to reduce anxiety and depression disorders thus promoting a healthy adolescent population by
2022. The initiative will be delivered through hospitals, dispensaries, educational institutional
facilities, and community based social initiatives. Also, the program will make use of websites
and social media taking the form of cookies notifications, posts, and chats. As a result, the
program will incorporate all the three types of evaluation: the impact, process, and outcome
evaluation[3]. An outline of what will happen during the evaluation of the program is presented in
figure1. The figure is a logic model documenting the linkages between the activities of the
program, impacts, and the results/outcome.

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Figure 1: Underlying Logic Model Plan for Depression and anxiety mitigation (Source: Author)

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Preview of Evaluation
Stakeholders
The program will involve advisory partners, volunteers, heads of institutions, hospitals, and the
community[5].
Purpose of evaluation
The purpose of program evaluation will be to comprehensively and effectively implement,
coordinate, and disseminate the evaluation of the project. The objective of the evaluation will
include:
1. To assess the degree to which the initiatives of the program have been implemented;
2. To evaluate the outcomes and effects of the program as well as providing a holistic
analysis of the findings;
3. To provide contribution and support towards quality evaluation plan among the
stakeholders as well as generating evidence for various interventions; and
4. To increase the awareness among Australian adolescents on anxiety and depression
Vital Questions
To address the objectives of the program evaluation, various evaluation questions will be
formulated as indicated in table 1.

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Table 1: Key questions for anxiety and depression encouragement evaluation plan
Evaluation Type Focus Evaluation Questions
Process  Investigating delivery
of program. Assess
the process of
program
implementation and
how it is
implemented
 Is the implementation of the
program following the plan?
 To what level are
participants satisfied?
 What methods were
employed and were they
acceptable?
 What types of resources got
used
 What encouragement
techniques were used and
were they appropriate?
Impact  Change produced by
the program on
adolescents.
 Behavior of people
after the reception of
the program
 Was the program effective
in producing intended
goals?
 Does the program meet its
aims and objectives?
 How did the target group
behave on receiving the
encouragement?
Outcome Long-term changes impacted  To what extent does

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by the program. morbidity and mobility
reduced by the program?
 What unintended impacts
did it produce?
 To what extent do the
change relate to the program
 What specific characteristics
of the program brought a
difference?
Future
implications of
the program
Focuses on whether to
continue with the program or
not and which areas should
be improved upon
 Should the program be
developed more/continued?
 What areas can be improved
upon in the future?
 How will the impacts of the
program be sustained?
 Will the program require
addition of resources?
Evaluation resources