Evaluation and Innovation

Program Monitoring and Evaluation

Program monitoring and evaluation are cornerstones of CDC's Healthy Communities Program to help ensure that resources are used wisely, goals and objectives are reached, and program improvements are made where needed. Monitoring is the process of collecting information to describe a program, answering questions such as What? How much? How many? Evaluation, through in-depth analysis and comparisons, uses information gained through program monitoring to identify strategies for improving the program. Evaluation addresses questions such as Was the program effective? Did the program achieve its intended outcomes? Is one program strategy more effective than another? Learn more about the program's monitoring and evaluation.

Program Success Stories

Funded communities in CDC’s Healthy Communities Program are working to reduce the burden of chronic diseases by implementing proven strategies and activities that help people be more physically active, eat a healthy diet, stop using tobacco, and better manage their chronic diseases. Learn more—through stories and journal articles—about the program’s successful activities, which can serve as models for other communities interested in making similar effective changes.