SOCW 6311 wk 10 Assignment: Designing a Plan for Outcome Evaluation

Process Evaluation

SummerLove Holcomb

Walden University

SOCW 6311

Kathleen Schoenecker

04/25/2021

Process Evaluation

The evaluation of research provides the basis for determination of its reachability on the intention laid before the research and by this account, the provision of support for expected outcome in a way that relatively describes the effectiveness of the program and intervention there under study (Bliss & Emshoff, 2002). The aim of this is to make sure that the delivery of the research adds value to the study by understanding the qualitative measure of interventions and alternatives discussed.

Program Summary

Adoption to the intervention of anger management especially in the caregiving community is one of the main focuses that is recognized in close community monitoring. Every day, the community workers encounter problems that arise due to domestic issues cropping there due to finances, difficulty in familial relationships or other factors that cause disparities within the family setting. As such, the value of the process in understanding this aspect must be helpful for both the caregivers and the social workers as it is elemental in providing better implementation strategies. This can only be achieved by knowing the collaborative relationships necessary in the program as well as the general questions answered by the evaluation process to weigh the intervention's success or failure.

Strategies the Program Uses to Produce Change

Noted from the research plan, three main strategies have been employed to produce change. They are the identification of underlying problems for caregivers, the underlying issues in social work service delivery, and needs assessment in data collection. Identification of the problems faced by caregivers from the pressures of life and family will ben is done through participant monitoring of caregivers, the person under their care, and their families. This strategy is useful in the identification of the underlying needs and by this account pointing out areas that are the catalyst to the problem and thus anger management. In this way, the intervention given can be assessed to handle the base problems becoming more preventive rather than curative to achieve sustainability.

On the other hand, the identification of the underlying issue in social work delivery will be done through collaborative assessment of social works in the delivery of service and thus acuity in handling problems. By setting up the discussion form among the social workers, participants to share experiences and in this way collaborative action in reaching better methods of social work implementation. This supports the strategy of evidence-based modeling of cognitive behavior therapy for caregivers that is employed in cases like that of Helen. It is also important to understand that the applicability of this spans through the management controls filter and thus a subjective strategy that is flexible in usability with the logic model developed (Dudley, 2014).

The recognition of the commitment of the social workers to change through active discussion and data collection. Therefore, participants' discussion encourages the social worker to active consideration of the resources and the inputs to reach a relevant conclusion based on the initially outlined expected outcome. Through the additional support by the implementation of a needs assessment, there is the formulation of objectives and goals that prioritizes activities to be carried. Resource allocation and methodology application are thus carefully considered and optimized as strategic points in the initial stages aimed at noting gaps in the implementation.

Needs of the Target Population

There are two groups to be considered in the study during the evaluation process, the caregivers and the social workers. The caregivers are informative of the key elements that lead to the anger issue and thus important is assessing causative agents and triggers. The target population, therefore, requires support, and coping mechanisms that are critical to helping in the long-term sustainability of the program. The participation will be uninterrupted to give an optimized intervention effective analysis. It is important that at the end of the program the participants understand that they have the resources to cater to their needs through recognition of the available resources as outlined for them. In this way, the overwhelming nature of caregiving will be reduced through educational awareness.

On the other hand, social works are important in understanding the better method in implementation f interventions through shared experiences. The social works, therefore, need a forum for frequent skill sharing so that the intervention of cognitive behavior therapy, aimed at anger management of caregivers, is time to be effective.

Importance of Evaluation to the Program

To understand the results better, there is a need for a progress determination that quickly recognizes gaps and accounts for changes within the participants and the program that may need reflective thinking or reassessment of the strategies. The aim is to get insight into the workability of the approach by determining the most workable implementation from shared experiences. The evaluation process in this way gives data on the “newer” ways for cognitive behavior therapy hence effective implemented interventions. Also, it points to core inputs and delivery methods by outlining the resource utilization including funds, and time commitment on the program hence defining metrics of measure and KPI necessary for effective result analysis.

Building Relationships

To build a relationship in the evaluation process, the introduction will be done for the facilitator and the evaluation team to all the delivery staff early on in the project to start a more collaborative approach. The emphasis of the expertise and the utilization of knowledge in the information for the evaluation implementation will be the core for the establishment of relevance. As such, there will be the creation of awareness of the process pointing out the unobtrusive nature of the approach to the daily work and thus appropriateness of the driven interest. In this way, the feedback that would be required will be more acceptable. Additionally, due to the collaborative nature of the exercise, the goals must be outlined earlier before any meeting to solicit effective feedback and thus the establishment of a panel that would be appropriate for follow-up. This will be done through briefs, handouts, and various visual aids (Dudley, 2014).

Questions to be answered by the process evaluation

The following are the best broad and specific questions for the evaluation process.

1. Is the intervention effective?

This is to understand the percentage of focus that has been put to the outcome that is developed following the logic model that is provided

2. Is the process sustainable?

This is to consider budgeting of both time and funds as part of the resource evaluation process and thus consideration on the affordability of the intervention.

3. How has the program been accepted?

This is to understand the trajectory of success and reachability through understanding participant involvement and individual successes or failures.

4. Are there any recognizable gaps?

By understanding the gaps, the program can be improved within reasonable limits so that change does not come abruptly or without notice and thus improve the system of implementation effectively.

5. Who are the participants exactly?

This question aims to understand the demographic characteristics of the participants to assess whether the target population has been reached and if there are outlier populations that ought to be considered.

Gathering and analyzing the information

Information will be gathered through questionnaires with open-ended interviews in person or through email, feedback forms with structured questions administered to groups, in person, or through anonymity to maintain confidentiality. In addition, there will be obtaining of indicator records of the different participants from files, logs, and service delivery which will be compiled for analysis. The open question will be asked to the delivery personnel as part of protocols to establish checklists and observation for qualitative analysis. Statistical analysis will be used on metric data and KPIs to understand trends, reliability, and commonality (Becker, 1999). However, qualitative analysis will be used to weigh the quality of the intervention for an overall conclusion in a way that evaluates the importance of the results (Glaros, 2004).

References

Becker, L.A. (1999). Statistical and clinical significance. https://lbecker.uccs.edu/clinsig

Bliss, M.J. & Emshoff, J.G. (2002). Workbook for Designing a Process Evaluation. The Georgia Department of Human Resources. Division of Public Health.

Dudley, J. R. (2014). Social work evaluation: Enhancing what we do. (2nd ed.) Chicago, IL: Lyceum Books.

Glaros, A.G. (2004). Statistical and clinical significance: alternative methods for understanding the importance of research findings. J Ir Dent Assoc.50 (3):128-31. PMID: 15481525.