What are the minimum bounds of acceptability for scientific evidence and justification for intervention plans. What would be an example?
Chapter 3 of the Evaluation Guidance contains discussion of how to assess the interventions evidence basis and how to assess the interventions justification to the target population and setting. There is also discussion on how to determine the sufficiency of the service plan. More extensive discussion is found in Chapter 3 of Volume 2: Supplemental Handbook. CDCs Guidance on community planning, referenced above, is another source of information on factors to consider in prioritizing interventions. As noted above, the minimum bound of acceptability for scientific evidence is compliance with the CPG-approved priorities in the comprehensive prevention plan. However, the minimum bound of acceptability for justification is a logic model or program theory description that shows the relationship between the intervention and expected outcomes for the particular target population in a particular setting. If health department grantees were funded based on applications that provided a high qualit
