Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Division of Adolescent and School Health – Indicators for School Health Programs Tutorial

This is a 45-minute interactive tutorial presented by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on conducting a process evaluation. The tutorial will provide you with information on the entire process of collecting, recording, analyzing, and reporting process evaluation data. This is a good first step for learning how to conduct a process evaluation.

http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/tutorials/indicators/page1-00.htm

National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy – Get Organized: A Guide to Preventing Teen Pregnancy

This is a comprehensive guide published by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy for communities and individuals interested in getting involved in teen pregnancy prevention. Chapter 16, “Building Evaluation into Your Work”, provides easy to read information on how to conduct both an outcome and process evaluation with real-world examples.

http://thenationalcampaign.org/sites/default/files/resource-primary-download/GetOrganized_0.pdf

University of Wisconsin-Extension – Analyzing Data

These fact sheets published by the University of Wisconsin-Extension provide a brief overview on how to analyze both quantitative and qualitative data you have gathered from your program evaluation.

• Analyzing Quantitative Data

  http://learningstore.uwex.edu/assets/pdfs/G3658-6.pdf

• Analyzing Qualitative Data
  http://learningstore.uwex.edu/assets/pdfs/G3658-12.PDF

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Six Steps to Input, Analyze, and Secure Data

This tip sheet from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides a list of best practices for inputting, analyzing, and securing data for school health programs.

http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/tutorials/indicators/pdf/misixsteps.pdf

National Cancer Institute – Making Data Talk: A Workbook by the NCI

This workbook published by the National Cancer Institute provides information and practical exercises to help you select and communicate your data in ways a lay audience can understand. The workbook reviews basic communication concepts, from analyzing your audience to building a storyline, and also provides practical guidelines for presenting data. This is a good resource to review after you have analyzed your process evaluation data and before making a presentation about the success of your program to district decision makers.

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/cancerlibrary/MDT-Workbook.pdf