Project name: Program Evaluation Designs Note: You will need to gather information about your selected health promotion program through an interview or other means before participating in this Discussion. Evaluation can be used to improve the quality of a program or to determine the program''s effectiveness. Program planners can gain an idea of where the problems are or what changes and improvements are most needed. Planners can choose from a variety of evaluation approaches and designs. Think about the program you have been observing for this course ( help me select the program). Based on the description of evaluation designs that you read in this week''s Learning Resources, identify the type of evaluation design the program is using. If there is none, which design do you think would be best? Post a responses to the following questions: If your selected program has an impact, outcome, or summative evaluation plan, describe it. Identify whether the design is nonexperimental, experimental, or quasi-experimental. Be sure to include a definition of the design in your response. Explain whether you think this design is appropriate. If your selected program does not have an evaluation plan, describe the design you think is most appropriate to use, and indicate whether it would be nonexperimental, experimental, or quasi-experimental. Justify your proposed design. For the actual or proposed design, discuss whether you think it should be reviewed by an Institutional Review Board before being administered to clients or the general public, and explain why you think so. Other details: Please avoid plagiarism. This is a 1 page paper, Please make sure to answer all the questions. Please provide a minimum of 2 references. I have provided Internet version of the references and other readings to help you. Thank you References: Reading Course Text: Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Health Promotion Programs: A Primer by James F. McKenzie, Brad L. Neiger, and Jan L. Smeltzer (Internet Version: http://books.google.com/books?id=WDZ-vrgN5GoC & pg=PA134 & lpg=PA134 & dq=McKenzie,+J.+F.,+Neiger,+B.+L.,+%26+Thackeray,+R.+Health+promotion+programs & source=bl & ots=5nHFK1NECW & sig=OyUOEQGU2Gc2mWP-t1S7N973xo4#PPR6,M1 ) Chapter 14, "Evaluation Approaches and Designs” This chapter continues the examination of program evaluation. The elements of a good evaluation are presented along with the different procedures that may be used as a part of the evaluation. Different evaluation models are also illustrated along with methods for selecting the appropriate model. Finally, the importance of establishing both internal and external validity and how evaluation design impacts validity is presented. Course Text: Health Program Planning and Evaluation: A Practical, Systematic Approach for Community Health by L. Michele Issel Excerpt from Chapter 10, "Choosing Designs for Impact Evaluation" (pp. 319–343) Chapter 10 takes the typical evaluation design using the traditional experimental, quasi-expeimental or epidemiological approaches to research and then organizes them based on the complexity of the design and the purpose of the evaluation. The decision about the approach to take is dependent on the resources that are available for completing the evaluation and the type of information that is desired. Finally, a detailed description of each of the approaches is presented