The effectiveness of the educational program would be determined by the positive outcomes it produces. A project would not be viable if it does not achieve the intended results set at the planning stage. The federal government, health facilities, and other health agencies fund many educational programs that are geared at improving the lives of adolescents. However, there is a need for the stakeholders and management of this projects to go an extra mile and evaluate these programs to ensure that the meet the required results; improve the lives of the adolescents (Lopez et al., 2013).
The effectiveness of the educational program would be evaluated by the number of adolescent 15-24 years old that I and my team have managed to educate on how to prevent gonorrhea. The actual number taught should equal or more than the planned one (Raghupathy et al., 2013). The effectiveness of the program would also be evaluated by the support the program would have received from the adolescents and other parties such schools’ administrations, local government, and health agencies. If the program receives massive support then it would be regarded as effective.
On the side of participants, the effectiveness of the program would be evaluated by how well the participants have understood the impacts of gonorrhea on their lives (Lopez et al., 2013). This would be reflected by the kind of feedback received from the adolescents 15-24 years. The program would also be termed as effective if rate of adolescents infected with gonorrhea in the community has reduced and those already infected have been given the necessary treatment. As such, the program ought to enlighten them on how to prevent this illness and where to go for treatment in case they are infected.
Conclusively, the effectiveness of this educational program would be assessed depending on the number of adolescent 15-24 years old who have understood the impact of the disease on their lives, reduction in the rate of infection, and massive support received from the targeted population and other stakeholders.
References
Lopez, L. M., Otterness, C., Chen, M., Steiner, M., & Gallo, M. F. (2013). Programs for preventing pregnancy and disease through better condom use.Health.
Raghupathy, S., Klein, C., & Card, J. (2013). Online activities for enhancing sex education curricula: preliminary evidence on the effectiveness of the Abstinence and Contraception Education Storehouse. Journal of HIV/AIDS & social services, 12(2), 160-171.
