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CHAPTER 10: PROGRAM EVALUATORS RESPONSIBILITIES - Coggle Diagram
CHAPTER 10: PROGRAM EVALUATORS RESPONSIBILITIES
Ethical Responsibilities
Become ethical when involves basic human rights & issue of moral is questionable
The choices regarding "who will" / "will not" receive the health program can raise ethical question
Ethics is discipline / study of rights, morals, & principles that guide human behaviour
HIPAA & Evaluations
Provision to protect personal health information
Implications
Evaluator is within or outside the organization
Evaluation is part of care
Organization under KKM requirement
Results will be made public
Ethics & Planning
Bioethics in medical decision making, tends to focus on acute care / end of life decisions
Ethical frameworks & principles health program
Criticality
The worst off benefit the most
Egalitarian
All persons of equal value, minimize disparities
Resource sensitive
Resource are scare
Utilitarian
The greatest good for the greatest number the ends justify the means
Autonomy
Personal right to self determination & choice
Elements of the Informed Consent
Possible risks / discomforts
Explanation of direct benefits
Description of procedures
Statements of confidentiality
Research purpose
Descriptions of compensation for participation
States that is research & participants is voluntary
Contact information about the study, research rights & assistance if there is a problem resulting from participating
Ethics & Evaluation Vulnerable Populations
Evaluators have a responsibility to explain how the evaluation has the potential harm
Children
Require parental consent & child consent
Participations rates may be lower
Other groups where ethics are a concern
Example: domestic violence prevention programs, program staff as study participants
Reporting Responsibility
Report writing
Making recommendation
Link to organization & services utilization plan
Link to program theory
Base in data
Report contents
Program & evaluation background
Program & evaluation description
Executive summary
Misuse of evaluation
Occur at any point in the evaluation process
Biases may be driven by resource constraint, self -interest, political pressure
Manipulating to distort findings or compromise integrity
May be intentional
Minimize misuse by educating all stakeholders about the evaluation & appropriate use
Responsible Dissemination
Evaluator websites
Academic journals
Reports made available beyond stakeholders
May need to negotiate with stakeholders up front
Properties of Persuasiveness
Generalizability
Interest level
Articulateness
Magnitude
Institutional Review Board Approval Informed Consent
Types of IRB reviews
Expedited (review by two IRB members)
Involves more than minimal risk and may involve knowing the identity of the participants
Exempt (review IRB members)
Involves no more than minimal risk, the identity of participants is not known or knowable, routine educational research, food tasting research
Full (Review by all IRB members)
Involves more than minimal risk, involves knowing the identity of the participants and whether data are sensitive or may put the participants at risk