IPM Planning and Evaluation

Example Planning and Evaluation (Logic) Models

Area of Interest:

Residential and Public Areas

Desired Topic Area of Impact

Health | Outdoor Pesticide Use

Choose whether to follow a planning or an evaluation example:

Example of Planning for Later Evaluation

To plan a new program, think about what you want to achieve in the long term first, then work backward to decide what actions to take and ways to know whether you've accomplished the goals.

Identify the desired long-term impacts--changes in condition--and possible measurements that will show whether the impacts have been achieved.
Identify the intermediate-term outcomes--changes in behavior--that can lead to the long-term impact. What are possible measures that will show whether these outcomes have been achieved?
Identify short-term outcomes or impacts--changes in knowledge--that can lead to the intermediate-term impact. What are possible measures that will show whether these outcomes have been achieved?
What are the activities that can lead to the short-term impacts, and what inputs are needed to carry them out?
What are the inputs required to support the activities and achieve the impacts?

Examples of Evaluating an Existing Program

To evaluate an existing program, as you engage in activities toward the desired long-term impact, gather data to measure the knowledge, behavioral, and condition changes that are occurring in the short term, intermediate term, and the long term.

Invest inputs, engage in activities and generate outputs.
Measure short-term impacts, or changes in knowledge.
Measure intermediate-term impacts, or changes in behavior.
Measure long-term impacts, or changes in condition.