This section of CoRE provides information and tools which may be helpful in planning the evaluation of interventions which, either directly or indirectly, prevent or reduce obesity.

National Obesity Observatory; 2009. Standard Evaluation Framework for weight management interventions.

Provides introductory guidance on the principles of evaluation and identifies ‘essential’ and ‘desirable’ criteria for data collection in the evaluation of weight management interventions.

Available from: http://www.noo.org.uk/SEF

National Obesity Observatory 2011. Evaluation data collection tool

An on-line tool to assist practitioners to collect standardised summary data from weight management, diet and physical activity interventions.

Available from: http://www.noo.org.uk/core/eval_collection

National Heart Forum; 2008. Tool D14 Monitoring and Evaluation in ‘A Framework in ‘Healthy Weight Healthy Lives: A Toolkit for Developing Local Strategies’.

Provides a framework for evaluating and monitoring local interventions. It presents a 12-step guide on the key elements of evaluation, an evaluation and monitoring checklist, and a glossary of terms.

Available from: http://www.heartforum.org.uk

Medical Research Council; 2008 Developing and evaluating complex interventions: new guidance.

Provides guidance on the development, evaluation and implementation of complex interventions to improve health. The resource is aimed primarily at the research/academic community - for a more basic introduction to evaluation, users should refer to the NOO Standard Evaluation Framework.

Available from: http://www.mrc.ac.uk/Utilities/Documentrecord/index.htm?d=MRC004871

Department of Health; 2005. Research governance framework for health and social care: Second edition.

Sets out a framework for the governance of research in health and social care.

Available from: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_4108962

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1999. Framework for program evaluation in public health.

Provides a framework for the evaluation of public health programmes and identifies standards for conducting programme evaluation. Although this framework was developed in the United States, it provides helpful information on the issues that would need to be considered in planning the evaluation of public health programmes in the UK.

Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/eval/framework.htm