Advocacy evaluation: what it is and where to find out more about it

Health Promot Pract. 2009 Oct;10(4):482-4. doi: 10.1177/1524839909339584.

Abstract

Advocacy and policy change have become increasingly important strategies in health promotion efforts. As a result, advocacy evaluation is emerging as a necessary competency for health promotion practitioners. This article introduces the growing field of advocacy evaluation by describing its typical features, which include using prospective evaluation designs, emphasizing real-time data collection and use, monitoring and responding to changing environmental conditions, and assessing both individual and organizational capacity building. A number of freely available resources for learning more about advocacy evaluation's key concepts and methods are highlighted.

MeSH terms

  • Data Collection / methods
  • Environment
  • Health Policy*
  • Health Promotion / methods*
  • Humans
  • Program Evaluation / methods*
  • Social Change