Evaluating Your Event

Evaluation of your event or activity is an important way to determine whether it has been successful.  It is also an opportunity to assess the knowledge in your community about health services or level of health information.

Evaluation will also allow you to consider the reach of your activity and any possible changes that might enhance its impact if it were to be repeated in the future.

Here are a few questions to consider in your evaluation:

• Did your activity reach the target audience?
• How did participants hear about the activity?
• How many people participated in the event/activity?
• Were participants satisfied with the information they received?
• Was additional information/referral provided? Was it helpful, clear, and easy to understand?
• Did participant's knowledge, attitude, motivation, or understanding change as a result of participating in the activity?
• Are participants likely to be interested in future activities/events?

Ask about Rural Health Week:

• What did the theme Celebrating Rural Health mean to participants?
• What other activities are participants interested in attending?
• What other health topics would participants like more information about?
• Would they like to see Rural Health Week staged again, if so, how often?