Evaluating
Policy: Looking Back and Looking Ahead
Effective
healthy public policies are not static; they are flexible enough
to incorporate insights gained from past experience while responding
to future developments and trends. Once a policy has been implemented,
it's important to take some time for reflection - looking back
and looking ahead (Ontario Public Health Association, 1995).
The questions
in Checklist 5.7 might help you evaluate a policy.
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Evaluating Policy |
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<<Begin Checklist>>
Looking
Back
 Is the situation
better than it was before the policy was implemented?
If the policy
was not as effective as anticipated, why not? What could
have been done differently?
Are
people who were involved in the policy development and
implementation process happy with the results of their
efforts?
Looking
Ahead
Does more
need to be done to implement the policy?
Are
there any foreseeable developments that may affect the
policy?
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