Updating the FORECAST formative evaluation approach and some implications for ameliorating theory failure,implementation failure,and evaluation failure |
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| Institution: | 2. Thoracic Education Cooperative Group, Thoracic Surgical Directors Association, Chicago, Illionis;3. Section of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan;4. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas;11. Division of Thoracic Surgery, Albany Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York;12. Section of Thoracic Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin;8. Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas |
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| Abstract: | Historically, there has been considerable variability in how formative evaluation has been conceptualized and practiced. FORmative Evaluation Consultation And Systems Technique (FORECAST) is a formative evaluation approach that develops a set of models and processes that can be used across settings and times, while allowing for local adaptations and innovations. FORECAST integrates specific models and tools to improve limitations in program theory, implementation, and evaluation. In the period since its initial use in a federally funded community prevention project in the early 1990s, evaluators have incorporated important formative evaluation innovations into FORECAST, including the integration of feedback loops and proximal outcome evaluation. In addition, FORECAST has been applied in a randomized community research trial. In this article, we describe updates to FORECAST and the implications of FORECAST for ameliorating failures in program theory, implementation, and evaluation. |
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| Keywords: | Formative evaluation Logic model Implementation science |
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