Program evaluation is determined based on several criterion; criteria that is dependent upon the population, behavior, acute or chronic disease studied, as well as funding source.
“Assessment activities, both needs and asset based, can play a valuable role in helping agencies make decisions by providing valid information to better target services and efforts. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) identifies assessment as one of three core public health functions, along with assurance and policy development. It defines assessment as the regular and systematic collection and analysis of available information on the health of the community, which includes statistics on health status,