ARCHIVED - Summative Evaluation of the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program 2004-2009

Management Response and Action Plan

	Evaluation Recommendations	Management Response(eg. agree; disagree; agree with conditions)	Management Action Plan	Deliverables	Expected Completion Date (For Each Deliverable)	Responsibility (Position)	Accountability	Resources
1	Continue monitoring threats to maternal and child health: It is recommended that CPNP continue monitoring threats to maternal and infant health so as to inform implementation and enable the program to adapt and respond to emerging health priorities.	Agree	Assess these public health priorities to improve delivery and implementation of program activities and services.	Conduct specific analyses and annual reviews of data gathered from on-going program monitoring and performance measurement tools (and additional surveillance data) to determine the contribution of CPNP on public health priority issue areas	Spring 2011	Manager, Evaluation and Corporate Reporting Unit, Division of Childhood and Adolescence, Centre for Health Promotion	Director General, Centre for Health Promotion	N / A (Part of annual performance measurement contracting)
2	Continue data collection to support planning, performance reporting and evaluation: It is recommended that the CPNP continue to collect data to support planning, performance reporting, and evaluation, including: Ongoing collection of the new Integrated National Evaluation Tool (INET) and Welcome Card; Exploration of other strategies to measure broader or longer-term outcomes; and Periodic review of tools to ensure the data they seek respect the program logic and are responsive to the information needs of the program.	Agree	Continue to collect and report on the INET for the renewal period (up to March 2012). Build the framework for a continued analysis of CPNP.	Assess and revise INET to incorporate emerging public health priorities	Winter 2009	Manager, Evaluation and Corporate Reporting Unit, Division of Childhood and Adolescence, Centre for Health Promotion	Director General, Centre for Health Promotion	TBD (Contingent on long-term decisions on community investments in maternal and child health)
				Projects to report on fiscal 2009-10 activities	Spring 2010
				Manage receipt and verification of project data	Summer 2010
				Aggregate national data and national reporting	Winter 2010
				Complete a comprehensive recommendations report on CPNP evaluation	Spring 2010
				Establish a renewed CPNP Evaluation Strategy	Spring 2012
3	Undertake further study to identify the most effective delivery models within the overall program design: It is recommended that further study/analysis be undertaken to: Explore quantitative observations through qualitative health impact analysis; Identify a typology of promising delivery models within the overall program design; Determine relationships between maternal risk, program exposure, and outcomes; and Further develop economic assessment of impacts associated with the program.	Agree	Build the framework for a continued analysis of CPNP.	Complete a comprehensive recommendations report on CPNP evaluation	Spring 2010	Manager, Evaluation and Corporate Reporting Unit, Division of Childhood and Adolescence, Centre for Health Promotion	Director General, Centre for Health Promotion	TBD (Contingent on long-term decisions on community investments in maternal and child health)
				Assess CPNP foundational outcome documentation: Logic Model Review Review of CPNP Impact Analysis Methodology and Design Evaluation Best Practices	Spring 2011
				Establish a renewed CPNP Evaluation Strategy	Spring 2012
4	Consider evaluation findings in decisions regarding future PHAC investments in maternal and child health: It is recommended that all results of this Summative evaluation, including key findings, conclusions, and limitations of the analysis, be considered in the context of long-term decisions regarding future PHAC investments in maternal, infant and child health.	Agree	Assess key findings, limitations and recommendations to integrate into any learning to inform long-term decisions on community investments in maternal, infant and child health within PHAC.	Provide detailed briefing(s) and analysis to PHAC Senior Management to inform long-term programmatic decisions	Spring 2010	Manager, Evaluation and Corporate Reporting Unit, Division of Childhood and Adolescence, Centre for Health Promotion	Director General, Centre for Health Promotion	TBD (Contingent on long-term decisions on community investments in maternal and child health)
5	Consider findings on the economic benefits of early intervention and adequacy of current CPNP funding levels in decisions regarding future PHAC investments in maternal and child health: It is recommended that consideration be given to the economic benefits of early intervention as well as a review the economic realities of current funding levels of CPNP to inform future PHAC investments in maternal, infant and child health.	Agree	Assess key findings on economic analysis to integrate into any learning to inform long-term decisions on community investments in maternal, infant and child health within PHAC.	Provide detailed briefing(s) and analysis to PHAC Senior Management to inform long-term programmatic decisions	Spring 2010	Manager, Evaluation and Corporate Reporting Unit, Division of Childhood and Adolescence, Centre for Health Promotion	Director General, Centre for Health Promotion	TBD (Contingent on long-term decisions on community investments in maternal and child health)
6	Position evaluation to meet the mandate of the 2009 Treasury Board Policy on Evaluation: It is recommended that any future evaluation of CPNP be positioned to meet the mandate of the 2009 Treasury Board Policy on Evaluation.	Agree	Align CPNP evaluation into a broader PHAC evaluation strategy to respond the new Treasury Board mandate	Create a Centre for Health Promotion (CHP) Evaluation and Planning Work Group including National and Regional representation	Winter 2009	Manager, Evaluation and Corporate Reporting Unit, Division of Childhood and Adolescence, Centre for Health Promotion	Director General, Centre for Health Promotion	N/A
6		Agree		Provide DCA input to CHP evaluation priorities and work plan inclusive of any future requirements to demonstrate CPNP accountability	Annual		Director General, Centre for Health Promotion	TBD (Contingent on long-term planning for evaluation)

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