Consultancy and Evaluation

The Consultancy team provides expertise in the design, planning, dissemination, implementation and evaluation of health-related programs and services. Its activities are primarily divided between evaluation projects and health education curriculum support.

The WACHPR provides a variety of consultancy services to government and non-government organisations. The majority of this work is conducted on a fee-for-service basis

The WACHPR staff has widespread experience consulting on projects of National and International significance for health promotion policy and practice. These include:

	The review of the National Health Goals and Targets
	Competencies for Health Promotion Professionals
	NHMRC Ecological Principles for Health; and
	WHO Principles for Health Promoting Schools

Consultancy activities are varied but generally include:

	Program planning
	Evaluation planning
	Needs assessment / formative evaluation
	Process evaluation
	Focus groups / market research
	Instrument design and testing
	Literature and resource reviews
	Curriculum development / writing
	Training and development programs
	Resource development and production
	Data collection, management, analysis and interpretation
	Report preparation
	Advice to relevant parliamentary committees

The following consultancies have been conducted by the WACHPR since 2001:

	Technip Subsea7 Enfield Joint Venture Wellness Initiative (2004-2005)
	Bike to Work Breakfast Evaluation (2001, 2003, 2004)
	Feasibility Study: Primary Health Partnerships As A Mechanism For Health Promotion (2004)
	World Health Organisation / International Union for Health Promotion and Education: Evidence of Best Practice Project (2004)
	Collaborative Evaluation of the Celebrate Diversity Project (2003-2004)
	Collaborative evaluation of the Same Sky Project (2003-2004)
	Evaluation of the Methodology for the Active-Ate Program (2003)
	Formative Evaluation of 'Alcohol and Water Safety: A Harm Minimisation Project’ (2003)
	Phase One of the Evaluation of the WA School Drug Education Project (2002)
	School Drug Education Project Regional Organising Committee Evaluation (SDEP) (2001)
	Evaluation of the WA School Road Safety Project (WASRSP) (2001)
	The Aussie Lunchbox Project Formative Evaluation (2001)
	Process Evaluation of the Youth on Health Drama Festival (YOHDF) (2001)
	The Skin Cancer Project (2001)

Other consultancies conducted by the WACHPR staff include:

	Aboriginal Health Education Survey
	Aboriginal School Health Project Evaluation
	Aboriginal School Health Project Process Evaluation
	Antenatal Sharedcare Program Evaluation
	Adolescent Perceptions of Gambling
	'Ask your GP to check your BP' Project Evaluation
	Bike to Work Breakfast Evaluation
	Cops for Kids – school-based road safety education program evaluation
	Effects of Health Promotion on Girls' and Womens' Health Behaviours
	Environmental Monitoring Instrument
	Fruit & Veg Media Campaign – review
	GP Nutrition Study
	Health & Physical Education Survey
	Heart at Work Evaluation Report
	Inventory of WA health data collections questionnaire
	Jobsafe Education Project Impact Evaluation
	'Keep Watch' Infant Drowning Prevention Project
	Linking schools and communities to encourage young females to participate in physical activity
	Minor Offenders Package Pilot Study
	Multi-phased approach to enhancing health education implementation
	Murdoch University Healthy Lifestyle Program Survey
	National Farm Chemical Users Training Evaluation
	National Heart Foundation Nutrition and Physical Activity
	Physical Activity and Health Project
	Preliminary Evaluation of Cost saving Suggestions from staff in the Government Health Sector
	Provision of Research / Evaluation Advice and Assistance for Family Violence
	Public Health Nutrition Needs Assessment as a Prelude to regional Nutrition Surveillance
	Report to the Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare Commission of WA
	Review of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
	Road Safety Educational and Environmental Interventions
	School Child Protection Project
	School Drug Education Project - Formative Research
	School Drug Education Project - Teacher Support Document
	Smoking and Health Survey – Denmark Agricultural College
	Smoking and Health Survey – Cancer Foundation Bunbury
	Steroid Abuse and Violence
	Various projects for the Southern Public Health Unit
	World Health Organization Health-For-All 2000 – Reviewing the Strategy
	Young Female Perspective of Participating in Physical Activity
	Youth and HIV/AIDS – a review
	Youth Alcohol Forum Evaluation Report

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