How can publishers, knowledge managers, program managers, M&E specialists, and health information communicators measure the reach, usefulness, and use of their products and services? One way is to use the 29 indicators in the just published Guide to Monitoring and Evaluating Health Information Products and Services from the Health Information and Publications Network (HIPNET).

 

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High quality information products and services are essential components of all good public health programs. With limited resources, it is important to gauge the impact of these resources and demonstrate how they make a difference. This guide helps organizations do that more effectively.

 

Written by Tara Sullivan of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs, Molly Strachan of Constella/Futures and Barbara Timmons of Management Sciences for Health, the guide represents a collaborative process that involved many other organizations and individuals. The 29 indicators presented in the guide are grouped into four categories measuring reach, usefulness, use and collaboration/capacity building. Each indicator is described in detail with information on data requirements, data sources, purpose, issue and examples. These indicators reflect approaches that HIPNET members are already using to assess the effect of their products and services.

 

In addition to the indicators, the guide includes a conceptual framework for monitoring and evaluating health information products and services.

The guide also includes success stories illustrating different data collection methodologies and a sample readership survey.

 

For additional information, contact the INFO Project, [log in to unmask] 

 

Peggy D'Adamo

Deputy Project Director, INFO

111 Market Place, Suite 310, Baltimore, MD 21202 

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