PHT 620 - Program Planning, Design, and Evaluation, 3 credit hours

Prerequisite(s): PHT 520, PHT 525, PHT 535, PHT 537, & BUS 702
This course will provide students with the concepts and techniques of planning, implementing, and evaluating public health programs. The course will cover concepts that are relevant to evaluation of health, and social and behavioral interventions in the community settings. These will include program/intervention, implementation and impact evaluation concepts, models/designs, methods, indicators, and data collection, analysis and interpretation strategies. Design and application of evaluations will include both quantitative and qualitative analysis methods. The course will explore the role of planning and evaluation in improving program implementation, management and outcomes.