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2004 State EHDI Survey > Evaluation
 

EVALUATION RESULTS

28. Does your state have a systematic process for evaluating the performance of hospital-based screening programs?

Table 28.
Response Number
of States
Yes 42
No 9
 

a. What activities are included in this evaluation process

Table 28a.
  Number
of States
Site visits 31
Review of archival data 36
Hospital surveys or focus groups 20
Physician surveys or focus groups 7
Parent surveys or focus groups 15
 

b. Are programs given feedback about the results? (No response: 2 states)

Table 28b.
  Number
of States
Yes 39
No 1
 

29. Does your the State currently certify, license, or approve:

Table 29.
  Number of
Sates Reporting
  Yes No
a. Hospitals that conduct newborn
hearing screening programs?		 11 40
b. Individuals who perform newborn
hearing screening tests?		 7 44
 

30. Has a systematic evaluation been done of the various components of your state EHDI program during the last 5 years?

Table 30.
  Number of States
Yes† 18
No 33
† Five states had evaluation by "outside entity" (not CDC or EHDI staff)
 

a. Who did the evaluation?

  • CDC personnel (5)
  • State level personnel - EHDI, Advisory Board, DOH (10)
  • Other Agency or persons (5)
  • Dr. Nancy Hatfield and Ms. Nancy Rushmer
  • NCHAM (2)
  • MCHB
  • NECTAC

b. When was the most recent evaluation completed? (18 states responding)

  • 2000: 1 state
  • 2001: 0 states
  • 2002: 3 states
  • 2003: 8 states
  • 2004: 4 states
  • Ongoing: 2 states

c. Is a written report of the evaluation available?

Table 30c.
  Number of States
Yes 7
No 9