MiCHWA believes in the value of ongoing evaluation — both of its own efforts and of community health worker programs — as a means toward sustainability of CHWs and CHW initiatives. Evaluation is overseen by MiCHWA’s Evaluation Advisory Board following development of the evaluation in coordination with the Curtis Center Program Evaluation Group at the University of Michigan School of Social Work. The board is currently composed of members of MiCHWA’s management team, Steering Committee, and working groups.
Evaluation
In evaluating MiCHWA’s activities, a collaborative approach has been used to develop and conduct a 
process, outcome, and context evaluation. The multiple purposes of the evaluation include, but are not limited to the following:
- to establish a conceptual framework of MiCHWA, its mission, goals, and objectives,
- to gather feedback from a wide range of stakeholders to improve the MiCHWA model and enhance its impact,
- to identify positive and negative Michigan community impacts on MiCHWA,
- to identify positive and negative impacts of MiCHWA on the Michigan community,
- to document the implementation of MiCHWA strategies for purposes of replication and expansion, and
- to use evaluation results to improve the implementation effort and obtain funding for sustainability of MiCHWA and of community health workers in Michigan.
The Evaluation Advisory Board is also in process of creating recommendations for an evaluation agenda to be used by Michigan-based CHW programs. Board members are in process of identifying a set of common process and outcome indicators for clinical and cost-effectiveness research as part of the Common Indicators Project.
Evaluation Advisory Board Members
Boston University School of Medicine
Priscilla Hohmann, Board Staff
Michigan Community Health Worker Alliance
Mary Janevic,
University of Michigan School of Public Health
Edie Kieffer,
University of Michigan School of Social Work
Elizabeth Kuhl Towner,
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Michigan Community Health Worker Alliance
Gloria Palmisano,
CHASS Center, Inc.
Lee Anne Roman,
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Claireta Thomas,
CHASS Center, Inc.
Monica White,
Henry Ford Health System
Former Members
Caitlin Buechley, Board Staff
University of Michigan School of Public Health/MiCHWA
Justin List,
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars, University of Michigan
Loan Nguyen, Board Staff
University of Michigan School of Public Health/MiCHWA
Nick Yankey, Board Staff
University of Michigan School of Social Work/MiCHWA
Katharine Zurek, Board Staff
University of Michigan School of Social Work/MiCHWA
For more information on MiCHWA’s Evaluation Advisory Board, contact MiCHWA at info@michwa.org.
Meeting Times for 2016: Join us!
All meetings generally take place from 11:00 am to Noon via conference call the fourth Wednesday of every month unless otherwise noted.
Evaluation Projects
Evaluation Projects: 2015
The Evaluation Team launched the following projects for 2015. If you have questions about any of these projects, please email info@michwa.org.
- Process, context, and outcome evaluation of MiCHWA
- MiCHWA CHW Training Evaluation, see more on our training page
- Evaluation of cancer training for CHWs in FQHCs in partnership with the Michigan Primary Care Association, the American Cancer Society, Spectrum Health Healthier Communities, and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
- Evaluation of the Linkages Project, specifically the integration of the CHW into the care team, in partnership with the Michigan Primary Care Association
- Common Indicators Evaluation Project (including the Social Determinants of Health)
Evaluation Projects: 2014
The Evaluation Team launched the following projects for 2014. If you have questions about any of these projects, please email info@michwa.org.
- Process, context, and outcome evaluation of MiCHWA
- MiCHWA Steering Committee Survey 2014 (complete)
- Common Indicators Evaluation Project
- MiCHWA CHW Program Survey 2014 in collaboration with the Michigan Department of Community Health
Additionally, the Evaluation Advisory Board has created the documents for 2014:
Evaluation Projects: 2013
The Evaluation Team completed the following projects from 2013. If you have questions about any of these projects, please email info@michwa.org.
Evaluation Projects: 2012
The Evaluation Team has completed activities for 2012. Final reports for public use are below.
