An Evaluation Framework for Community Health Programs. Center for the Advancement of Community Based Public Health.
Framework emphasizes program evaluation as a practical and ongoing process that involves program staff, community members, as well as evaluation experts. The overall goal of the framework is to help guide and inform the evaluation process. http://www.cdc.gov/eval/evalcbph.pdf

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Framework for Program Evaluation in Public Health.
The framework guides public health professionals in their use of program evaluation. It is a practical, nonprescriptive tool, designed to summarize and organize essential elements of program evaluation. The framework comprises steps in program evaluation practice and standards for effective program evaluation. ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Publications/mmwr/rr/rr4811.pdf

Outcome-Based Evaluation, 2nd Edition. 2001. Robert Shalock, Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York.
Provides various techniques used in outcome-based evaluation, and how to interpret data from outcome-based evaluation analyses. Guidance is included in how to do outcome-based evaluation analyses, as well as how to use and act on results.

Physical Activity Evaluation Handbook; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Handbook provides tools for state and local agencies and community-based organizations that are evaluating physical activity programs, demonstrating program outcomes and improving physical activity promotion programs. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Atlanta, GA; 2002. http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/physical/handbook/pdf/handbook.pdf

Turning Point Guidebook for Performance Measurement:
Offers the fundamentals of performance measurement in public health, reasons for developing a performance measurement process and a description of the key components in developing such a process. http://www.turningpointprogram.org/Pages/pmc_guide.pdf