Should programs that employ a multifaceted, integrated approach to IPV prevention focus on evaluating just one component or all components?
The simplest evaluation process for a grantee organization is to focus on one element of a multifaceted, integrated IPV approach. However, if the organizations approach is truly integrated, an evaluation that looks at the entire integration of the services may be more appropriate. Part of the uniqueness of the program would be the integration of all of those elements into a combined program. A grantee recipient can also choose to focus on a process evaluation and not solely on outcome. This is known as formative evaluation, a method of evaluating a project while the program activities are forming or happening. Formative evaluation focuses on the processes and would ask what the key elements are that make the program effective. This would provide useful information regarding preventing IPV in immigrant and refugee communities for the community and the nation.
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