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Excellent Chrissie: planning the evaluation before you start is the way to go. So, your big question will be "How do I know that my intervention has had the effect intended?" and even if, empirically, you note a move in the desired direction "How do I know that my intervention was responsible?". Part of the answer is some before and after assessment (other than your sickness absence numbers). Without turning this email into the workshops I give on evaluation of interventions, please consider a number of types of evaluation, especially the more unstructured process evaluation and the assessment of unintended effects. Try to use some theoretical evaluation or in the words of Pawson and Tilley (1997), find out "what works for whom in what circumstances". As to the actual items that you might put into a Q.aire (I suspect that is what you are after), beware of 'off the shelf' Q.aires and Q.aire items. Tthe best thing to do is to speak to people now and develop your items in order to operationalise issues within, relevant to, and in the langauge of your own organisation. Good luck, Kevin *Pawson R. and Tilley N., 1997, Realistic Evaluation, London, Sage Publications Limited Kevin MAGUIRE MSc BSc BA CPsychol MCIEH, Senior Lecturer, Division of Criminology, Public Health and Policy Studies, School of Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, Burton Street, Nottingham, NG1 4BU. UK. Telephone ++ 44 (0) 115 848 5540 ________________________________ From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Chris Baldwin Sent: 07 February 2007 09:38 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [OCC-HEALTH] Appeal for information Health Promotion Good Morning everyone. Having just returned to work after long term sick leave, I beg the groups' indulgence if this has been covered before. I have been tasked with researching the effectiveness of a health promotion programme and its effect on sickness absence and morale within an organisation. My health needs assessment carried out previously was on obesity so am starting from scratch. This organisation is an NHS trust of 6500 employees and we are considering at this early stage, a package that would include questionnaire, lifestyle checks and possible cholesterol, BP checks etc, 1 to 1 interviews and individual programmes for the staff member attending. Pointers in the right direction in relation to evidence as well other organisations experiences and comments would be most welcome. I can also be contacted off group at [log in to unmask] Thank you Chrissie Baldwin ********************************************************************** Information in this message may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient please accept our apologies; please do not disclose, copy or distribute information in this e-mail or take any action in reliance on its contents: to do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Please inform us that this message has gone astray before deleting it. Thank you for your co-operation. NHSmail is used daily by over 100,000 staff in the NHS. Over a million messages are sent every day by the system. To find out why more and more NHS personnel are switching to this NHS Connecting for Health system please visit www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/nhsmail ********************************************************************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remove this footer before replying. For list archives and documents, go to http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html FORTHCOMING CONFERENCES AND EVENTS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH For Occupational Health jobs, go to http://OHJobs.drmaze.net Find out about Occupational Health Nursing Education in UK at http://home.wlv.ac.uk/~in6232/aohne/ This email is intended solely for the addressee. It may contain private and confidential information. If you are not the intended addressee, please take no action based on it nor show a copy to anyone. In this case, please reply to this email to highlight the error. Opinions and information in this email that do not relate to the official business of Nottingham Trent University shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by the University. Nottingham Trent University has taken steps to ensure that this email and any attachments are virus-free, but we do advise that the recipient should check that the email and its attachments are actually virus free. This is in keeping with good computing practice. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remove this footer before replying. For list archives and documents, go to http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html FORTHCOMING CONFERENCES AND EVENTS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH For Occupational Health jobs, go to http://OHJobs.drmaze.net Find out about Occupational Health Nursing Education in UK at http://home.wlv.ac.uk/~in6232/aohne/