books

'Evaluating Health Promotion Programs Workbook'
Published by the Health Communication Network at the Centre for Health Promotion, University of Toronto. The reference list alone is worth accessing: a long list of resources that address: types of evaluation, qualitative and quantitative methods, data collection, questionnaire design, etc. Updated March 2006

'Guidelines for Health Programme and Project Evaluation Planning' (click on 'Guidelines for planning evaluations')
Available from the list of Tools on the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health website, these Guidelines are particularly useful to anyone commissioning an evaluation. The manual provides practical information on how evaluations are best planned, organised, commissioned, and used. It is not intended as a 'do it yourself' evaluation kit, but as a document that raises a range of questions and issues to consider when planning program evaluation. Updated February 2002

'How to Deliver Negative Evaluation Results Constructively'  
Ten Tips for Evaluators ... This document summarises the suggestions provided by members of Evaltalk, the American Evaluation Association Discussion List. "These suggestions are based on the assumptions that the primary purpose of evaluation is to improve programs or initiatives, and that people are more open to learning and change when they are not feeling threatened". June 2002

'The Public Health Bush Book'
This is a practical and step by step resource for all community health care providers who want to strengthen their health promotion and disease prevention practice. Written specifically for teams who work with Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory, yet suitable for other contexts and covers a range of strategies and ideas, and a variety of tools, to assist staff to work more effectively within a Primary Health Care model. 2nd Edition Printed in 2002

Sage Publications
Sage Publications have a number of book series relevant to evaluation, such as the Applied Social Research Methods series and a Program Evaluation Kit series (includes Evaluator's Handbook, How to Design a Program Evaluation, How to Assess program Implementation, How to Communicate Evaluation Findings).

journals

Evaluation and the Health Professions
...provides a forum for all health professionals interested or engaged in the development, implementation and evaluation of health programmes.

Evaluation Journal of Australasia
... the journal of the Australasian Evaluation Society (AES), published twice a year, to further the aims of the AES to improve the theory, practice and use of evaluation.

Evaluation Review
...provides a forum for researchers, planners and policymakers engaged in the development, implementation and utilization of evaluation studies. Reflects a wide range of methodological and conceptual approaches to evaluation and its many applications.

International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice
...publishes original evaluation research, both theoretical and empirical, as well as reviews of relevant literature and overviews of developments in evaluation policy and practice.

Quality and Safety in Health Care
... in order to address the issue of quality, this journal publishes articles relevant to the theories and practice of evaluation. It is an interdisciplinary journal published bi-monthly.