measurement instruments

While it may be easy to measure program outputs (such as how many people attended program events), it may be more difficult to measure outcomes. And while you may be able to look at someone and observe change over time, how do you really know change has occurred? The goal of validated measurement instruments is to make this somewhat vague or mysterious process more scientific. Tools such as client satisfaction surveys, scales, assessments, and inventories like the Beck Depression Inventory provide specific information with which to measure outcomes.

In this Assignment, you research and select the instruments that you would use for measurement of your program outcomes- refer to  (WK 5 Discussion Developing a Logic Model Outline)

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Focus:

 2-page paper in which you:

• Describe how you would measure the outcomes that you identified in Discussion. -(1.) Improvement in mental health care service delivery and treatment. 2.) Improve overall patient emotional well-being/ depression)
  • Specifically, identify the two best measurement instruments that you would use and explain why.
  • Include strengths and limitations, and consider criteria such as usefulness, validity, reliability, precision, feasibility, and cost.
• Describe how you would collect the data and what you would expect to learn from it. ( use interview and surveys)

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References

Titov, N., Dear, B., McMillan, D., Anderson, T., Zou, J., & Sunderland, M. (2011). Psychometric Comparison of the PHQ-9 and BDI-II for Measuring Response during Treatment of Depression. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 40(2), 126–136. https://doi.org/10.1080/16506073.2010.550059

Dudley, J. R. (2020). Social work evaluation: Enhancing what we do (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press.