Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health, Orange, New South Wales, University of Newcastle, New South Wales HealthÂ
In association with Dr Chris Cooper, Research Associate developed a monitoring and evaluation framework for the Rural Adversity Mental Health Program (RAMHP). The M&E Framework was underpinned by a review of the evidence within the academic and grey literature about the impact of climate change on rural adversity and community resilience. A program logic / outcomes hierarchy was developed for the purpose of identifying key evaluation questions for a formative and summative evaluation of the three year program.
A range of developmental evaluation methods were proposed to enable the Centre to respond flexibly to evaluating a number of the program elements that supported community development approaches at a local health district level in response to local community needs. The framework also suggested a number of traditional evaluation methods as well as identifying monitoring data and on-line tools for use at the local Area Health Districts across regional NSW.