The Casebook on Evaluation for Learning in Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion was produced by the Public
Health Agency of Canada’s Chronic Disease Interventions
Division. It presents six descriptive narratives of specific
examples, one being Minding Our Bodies, that illustrate the
successful use of evaluation findings to inform programs and
practices in chronic disease prevention and health promotion.
The intent of this Casebook is to demonstrate the potential of
evaluation for learning and improvement, and to share ideas and
inspiration to people interested in evaluation in this way.
Minding Our Bodies was included in this Casebook on Evaluation
for Learning to demonstrate how evaluation can be used to help
expand, promote, and sustain programs. It also explains how the
Minding our Bodies project engaged external evaluators as
partners with internal evaluators for improved program learning.
The Casebook’s objectives are to: 1. Increase awareness and
understanding of the value of evaluation for l