Evaluate Together

Setting priorities

It is important to review with stakeholders and the evaluation team all the topics you could potentially evaluate in order to determine priorities, since no team will be able to address all of these areas in depth.

Some questions to help you set priorities follow.

Are there any indicators that you are required to report on by the donor, participants, or other stakeholders?
• What is the primary purpose of the evaluation? Which questions, if answered by the evaluation, would most directly relate to the primary purpose?
• What would participants be able to do or decide if you had the answer to this question?
• Would the answer to this question influence the direction of the evaluation?
• Would the answer to this question contribute to understanding in the field (beyond this project)?
• Are there sufficient resources to answer this question?

Health Outcomes
Social change: community capacity outcomes
Outcomes affecting underlying contributing factors to health problems and conditions