📘 Course Connection:

In PHE 610, this assignment focuses on policy evaluation, not development. Students assess how public health policies affect different populations including unintended consequences and conduct a simplified health equity impact analysis.

🎯 Purpose of the Policy Evaluation Template:

This template supports:

• Analysis of how well a policy is functioning
• Identification of both intended and unintended consequences
• Use of equity-focused logic models
• Creation of measurable evaluation questions tied to real-world indicators

🧠 Policy evaluation helps us determine what works, for whom, and why—ensuring policies contribute to positive health outcomes at the population level.

📊 What This Template Covers:

📌 Part A – Policy & Evaluation Practices

• A.1 Policy description
• A.2 Purpose and context for evaluation
• A.3 Health equity impact (identify vulnerable populations)

📌 Part B – Potential Impacts

• B.1 Logic model (inputs, outputs, short/long-term outcomes)
• B.2 Analysis of unintended consequences:
  • Counterproductive effects
  • Ineffective outcomes
  • By-products

📌 Part C – Evaluation Plan

• C.1 Evaluation questions + indicators & methods:
  • Formative (content)
  • Process (implementation)
  • Outcome (impact)
• C.2 Evaluation quality principles:
  • Utility, Feasibility, Propriety, Accuracy

📋 Your proposal should demonstrate how evaluation results can be used to inform policy improvements and equity-based adjustments.