After completing the course the student has acquired essentials for public health intervention evaluation. The student is familiar with main approaches used in evaluation research; knows how to evaluate public health interventions done with different methods; is aware of and capable of using principles of economic evaluation; and knows how to choose and implement optimal methods in evaluating measures and programmes used to promote population and community health

The whole course and lecture exam will be evaluated on the scale 1-5; course entering exam and study paper on the scale passed/failed

Alkutentin kirja/Course entering exam: Nutbeam D & Bauman A: Evaluation in nutshell A practical guide to the evaluation of health promotion programs; lectures with powerpoints; books to deepen the knowledge for production of study papers including Rossi PH & al: Evaluation, a systematic approach; McQueen D & Jones CM (eds): Global perspectives on health promotion; Rootman I & al (eds): Evaluation in health promotion, Principles and perspectives; Drummond MF & al: Methods for the evaluation of health care programmes; and other material (e.g., articles, reports) for production of the study paper

Organized every second year