DEFINITION: Ability to understand, confirm, analyze/interpret, and present evaluation data, and construct arguments using quantitative and qualitative information derived from the evaluation process.
Knowledge of how to use evaluation results to analyze the effectiveness of prevention efforts and the performance of procedures, interventions, and programs.
Knowledge of methods to present results of evaluation in a clear, concise, and meaningful manner, effectively conveying successes, issues, and opportunities.
Knowledge of how to use evaluation results to enhance sustainability, make improvements, and maximize the impact of prevention activities.
Assessing evaluation reports in relation to their quality, utility, and impact on prevention issues and public health.
Extracting the important ideas from written words as well as graphs and tables, and identifying problems in data.
Documenting and illustrating ideas, including creating tables and graphs.
Using information technology to access, evaluate, and interpret public health and prevention-related data.
Ability to communicate evaluation results to professional and nonprofessional audiences.
Ability to work with an evaluator to interpret and translate evaluation report information into performance improvement action steps.
Ability to explain how evaluation findings can be used, interpret results of statistical analyses, and draw appropriate conclusions from evaluation data.
Ability to describe steps and procedures used in the evaluation process.