Includes bibliographical references and index.

An introduction to public and community health evaluation -- The community assessment : an overview -- Developing initiatives : an overview -- Planning for evaluation : purpose and processes -- Designing an evaluation, part 1 : describing the program or policy -- Designing the evaluation, part 2a : process evaluation -- Designing the evaluation, part 2b : outcome evaluation -- Collecting the data : quantitative -- Collecting the data : qualitative -- Analyzing and interpreting data : quantitative (part 1) -- Reporting evaluation findings -- Case study : the community assessment -- Case study : process evaluation.