Evaluation of the SA Better Health Initiatives Program
Evaluation of the SA Better Health Initiatives Program
Client: SA Health
HOI was engaged to design and undertake a comprehensive evaluation of a series of Australian Better Health Initiative Programs including the flagship "Do It For Life" program. The evaluation required the design of an evaluation plan and methodology that considered how the ABHI SA programs contributed to systems change toward prevention, health promotion and improving integration and coordination of care. The different service models the SA Health regions adopted in implementing ABHI programs was taken into account as was the availability of an adequacy of existing data sets. HOI also analysed the feasibility of adopting utility instruments to measure health outcomes and made recommendations for future monitoring of ABHI programs. A health economic analysis of the Do It For Life program was also undertaken.
The key steps in the project included developing a comprehensive evaluation plan, obtaining ethics approval, stakeholder consultations, developing and collecting data sets where appropriate and workshopping key findings and recommendations.