Evaluate Together

Outcomes affecting underlying contributing factors to health problems and conditions

Throughout this manual, we have referred to underlying factors that influence the CM process and results (such as gender equity, shared responsibility, power balance or empowerment, see phase one for more discussion). If you have taken the time to analyze and identify the key underlying contributing factors and have developed processes and objectives that relate to them, you should consider evaluating progress made in these areas.

Some helpful methods and tools to measure progress on underlying factors include:

• In-depth individual interviews.
• Venn diagrams that explore what it was like before the project (related to the underlying factor), what it is like now, and what changes the respondent attributes to the project.
• Case studies that document the evolution of the factor over the life of the project.
• Analysis of audio and/or video tapes to track progress on dialogue related to the factors.
• Surveys (when the factor is concrete enough to lend itself to survey questions).
• Analysis of attendance lists (disaggregating participation by sex, age, or other criteria).
• Picture histories (series of pictures showing evolution over time related to the factor) or other drawings.
• Values clarification exercises at baseline and later on during evaluation phase.
• Social mapping to depict relationships before and now.
• Story telling to depict how things were before and how they are now.

Health Outcomes
Social change: community capacity outcomes
Setting Priorities