Outcomes: The Long and Short of It

from October 2008

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Outcomes are short-term, intermediate, or long-term benefits participants receive from involvement in a program. While determining short-term outcomes may be relatively straightforward, identifying long-term outcomes can be more challenging. An outcome considered to be intermediate in one program may be seen as long-term by another. The design of the program determines how short-term, intermediate, and long-term outcomes are defined. Participants in this webinar will gain an understanding of how to define and measure long-term outcomes. The presenters will share an overall framework for determining appropriate long-term outcomes and share examples of ways evaluation strategies can differ based on this framework.

Presenters

Mary Marczak, Ph.D., is an Evaluation and Research Specialist in the Center for Family Development with the University of Minnesota Extension and liaison to CYFAR projects.

Dan McDonald, Ph.D., is an Area Assistant Agent/Assistant Regional Specialist in Family and Consumer Sciences with Pima County Cooperative Extension at The University of Arizona and member of the CYFERnet Evaluation Team.

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Archived Session

(due to a service interuption during the recording of this session, it is presented in two parts:
Part 1: http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p17032548/

Part 2: http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p89409785/

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