Impact — and Process Evaluation

Abstract

5Is centres on describing preventive action; but it also sets the scene for evaluating that action, in terms of both impact and process. I say ‘sets the scene’ deliberately. Although 5Is descriptions provide, and organise, important material on which evaluations are based, it doesn’t inherently comprise or contain a methodology for impact evaluation, merely citing the results of impact evaluations at the end of the description. Earlier versions were also somewhat underdeveloped on the process evaluation side. This chapter presents a more systematic incorporation of evaluative dimensions within the framework.