Assessing A Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation 3
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April 4th, 2022
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Policy Evaluation
Program/policy evaluation is a valuable tool that can help strengthen the quality of programs/policies and improve outcomes for the populations they serve. Program/policy evaluation answers basic questions about program/policy effectiveness. It involves collecting and analyzing information about program/policy activities, characteristics, and outcomes. This information can be used to ultimately improve program services or policy initiatives.
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Program/policy evaluation is a valuable tool that can help strengthen the quality of programs/policies and improve outcomes for the populations they serve
Nurses can play a very important role assessing program/policy evaluation for the same reasons that they can be so important to program/policy design. Nurses bring expertise and patient advocacy that can add significant insight and impact. In this Assignment, you will practice applying this expertise and insight by selecting an existing healthcare program or policy evaluation and reflecting on the criteria used to measure the effectiveness of the program/policy.
To Prepare:
Review the Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation Analysis Template provided in the Resources.
Select an existing healthcare program or policy evaluation or choose one of interest to you.
Review community, state, or federal policy evaluation and reflect on the criteria used to measure the effectiveness of the program or policy described.
The Assignment: (2–3 pages)
Based on the program or policy evaluation you selected, complete the Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation Analysis Template. Be sure to address the following:
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Describe the healthcare program or policy outcomes.
How was the success of the program or policy measured?
How many people were reached by the program or policy selected?
How much of an impact was realized with the program or policy selected?
At what point in program implementation was the program or policy evaluation conducted?
What data was used to conduct the program or policy evaluation?
What specific information on unintended consequences was identified?
What stakeholders were identified in the evaluation of the program or policy? Who would benefit most from the results and reporting of the program or policy evaluation? Be specific and provide examples.
Did the program or policy meet the original intent and objectives? Why or why not?
Would you recommend implementing this program or policy in your place of work? Why or why not?
Identify at least two ways that you, as a nurse advocate, could become involved in evaluating a program or policy after 1 year of implementation.
The role of nurses throughout healthcare program and policy evaluation is vital to our role as change agents within our communities. As nurses we participate in the evaluation process every time we go to work, assess our patients, and then partake in delivery of care. If we want to our voices to be heard we must be willing to take our evaluation skills to the next level. We must ask ourselves tough questions about whether the healthcare programs we are providing are meeting the needs of patients, their families, and communities.
We must evaluate the healthcare program goals and outcomes to help determine whether it remains fiscally responsible and continues to meet a need in the population it aims to serve.
We must evaluate the healthcare program goals and outcomes to help determine whether it remains fiscally responsible and continues to meet a need in the population it aims to serve. Ultimately, we cannot blindly accept that the presence of a program validates its success. We must be willing and able to take personal action to ensure patients receive the highest quality of healthcare each and every day. The purpose of this paper is to present an evaluation of the Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PSSF) program with respect to it’s background, goals, outcomes, success, costs and related nursing advocacy opportunities.
What data was used to conduct the program or policy evaluation?
PSSF funding is determined based on 5-year plans within each state and Native American tribe. Analysis of program outcome data is conducted annually at the individual state level in alignment with the PSSF assurances, which include spending in in alignment with state and federal statutes.Each state and tribe must submit their intended goals with PSSF funding. Each of the submitted plans must take into account collaborative efforts with key stakeholders. Title IV-B requires that PSSF plans be integrated into the state and/or tribal agency’s 5-year Child and Family Services Plan (CFSP) and provide annual updates by June 30th each year. The regional Children’s Bureau offices are responsible for communication and feedback to the respective states or tribes related to the annual reports.
What specific information on unintended consequences were identified?
What stakeholders were identified in the evaluation of the program or policy? Who would benefit most from the results and reporting of the program or policy evaluation? Be specific and provide examples.
Stakeholders identified in the evaluation of the PSSF program include· Department of Human Services in each state and each county· Native American tribes· Vulnerable families with children at risk for abuse and/or neglect· Families with open child protection cases; either court involved or non-court involved· Foster parents· Adoptive parents· Hospitals and clinics· Physicians and other healthcare providers· Schools· Teachers· Law Enforcement· Courts· Community membersAll of the stakeholders listed above will benefit from the results of PSSF program evaluation because the results will impact the direction for future grant funding for children and adolescents with regard to foster care, permanency, PREP, and abstinence education.
Did the program or policy meet the original intent and objectives? Why or why not?
The PSSF program has met it’s intended objectives over multiple years. However, the population it serves is constantly changing and the objectives are fluid based on the legislative source of funding, so the measure of success is a target that is constantly moving and difficult to assess.
Would you recommend implementing this program or policy in your place of work? Why or why not?
This program is already implemented in the state of Colorado and provides funding for valuable resources for children and adolescents within our state.I would recommend implementation of this program because it aims to preserve the structure of families, provide family support to vulnerable families, provide time-limited reunification support, provide skills, guidance, and education for adulthood. Dividing families and removing children from their biological parents changes the heritage of a family forever. The PSSF program provides tools to prevent the division of families whenever possible.
Identify at least two ways that you, as a nurse advocate, could become involved in evaluating a program or policy after one year of implementation.
In the role of a nurse advocate we can become involved in evaluation of a program via multiple different avenues. For example, nurses can volunteer to participate in the program planning committee that focuses on evaluation of the program one year after implementation. By becoming involved at this level nurses can help to influence discussions regarding needs for modification to the program in order to help make it more successful. Nurses can also participate in program evaluation by contacting legislators who support the program in order to provide a nursing perspective relative to the program.
Conclusion
The healthcare program evaluated for the purposes of this paper was the Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PSSF). During the course of research for this paper it was challenging to find all of the data for completion of the above table. The background, data, goals, and outcomes were not presented in a comprehensive way that made evaluation clear and concise.
As research carried on it became apparent why being involved in program evaluation in person and in real time is imperative to success of the evaluation process. While evaluation of this program was challenging it was meaningful in that the impact of this program over the last 25 years became obvious. The PSSF program is proof that programs can withstand the test of time as long as modifications can be made along the way to continue to best meet the needs of the target population and take into account the evolving desires of the key stakeholders.
Use this document to complete the Module 5 Assessment Assessing a Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation
Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation
Description
How was the success of the program or policy measured?
How many people were reached by the program or policy selected? How much of an impact was realized with the program or policy selected?
What data was used to conduct the program or policy evaluation?
What specific information on unintended consequences were identified?
What stakeholders were identified in the evaluation of the program or policy? Who would benefit most from the results and reporting of the program or policy evaluation? Be specific and provide examples.
Did the program or policy meet the original intent and objectives? Why or why not?
Would you recommend implementing this program or policy in your place of work? Why or why not?
Identify at least two ways that you, as a nurse advocate, could become involved in evaluating a program or policy after one year of implementation.
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