Introduction to Program Monitoring and Evaluation in Maternal and Child Health: Session One - Monitoring & Evaluation: What? When? Who?
Course Description:This session provides an introduction to the monitoring and evaluation of Maternal and Child Health programs.  The first part describes the different types of program evaluation and the context in which these types of evaluation are used.
Category
  • Maternal and Child Health
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 2.00 Participation/CE
Introduction to Program Monitoring and Evaluation in Maternal and Child Health: Session Two - Program Description and Logic Model
Course Description:This session discusses the importance of needs assessments in informing program evaluation and guiding the formulation of realistic evaluation goals and objectives.
Category
  • Maternal and Child Health
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 2.00 Participation/CE
Introduction to Program Monitoring and Evaluation in Maternal and Child Health: Session Three - Process Evaluation
Course Description:This session discusses the importance of process evaluation in understanding the context of program implementation. This session will introduce the Family Nurse Partnership program to illustrate process evaluation findings.
Category
  • Maternal and Child Health
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 2.00 Participation/CE
Introduction to Program Monitoring and Evaluation in Maternal and Child Health: Session Four - Outcome Evaluation
Course Description:This session discusses the importance of outcome evaluation in establishing a causal link between an intervention and observed results.
Category
  • Maternal and Child Health
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 2.00 Participation/CE
Introduction to Program Monitoring and Evaluation in Maternal and Child Health: Session Five - Data Collection
Course Description:This session discusses the issues to consider when making decisions about data collection. It will survey the most common data collection methods used in the evaluation of MCH programs.
Category
  • Maternal and Child Health
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 2.00 Participation/CE
Introduction to Program Monitoring and Evaluation in Maternal and Child Health: Session Six - Analyze and Disseminate Findings
Course Description:This session discusses the analysis and use of program evaluation findings. This session provides strategies and steps to analyze quantitative and qualitative data and to disseminate findings.
Category
  • Maternal and Child Health
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 2.00 Participation/CE
Newborn Screening for Inherited Disorders of Metabolism
Course Description:All states have newborn screening (NBS) programs, but many practitioners are unaware of what disorders their state/territory screens for via NBS.
Category
  • Maternal and Child Health
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 1.00 Participation/CE
Population-Level Approaches to Child Physical Abuse Prevention
Course Description:To date, the majority of research and policy efforts to prevent child maltreatment have been focused on individual and family level programs, such as home visiting, that target at-risk families.
Category
  • Maternal and Child Health
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 2.00 Participation/CE