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Evaluation

Evaluation is the systematic assessment of the value, performance, or effect of a programme, intervention, test, or process against defined criteria, generating evidence to inform judgement and decision-making. In health research it encompasses process evaluation of how services are delivered, diagnostic evaluation …

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 23× across the literature 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Evaluation is the systematic assessment of the value, performance, or effect of a programme, intervention, test, or process against defined criteria, generating evidence to inform judgement and decision-making. In health research it encompasses process evaluation of how services are delivered, diagnostic evaluation of the accuracy and utility of clinical tests, and outcome evaluation of whether interventions achieve their intended results. The studies collected here illustrate this breadth across clinical and service domains. Service and programme evaluation appears in process assessment of pharmaceutical transaction services and in appraisal of recruitment approaches and external quality-assessment schemes for HIV testing and clinical trials. Diagnostic and imaging evaluation is well represented, including comparisons of cone-beam computed tomography with orthopantomography in sinus procedures, Doppler ultrasonography against biopsy in transplant monitoring, and stroke protocols using computed tomography angiography. Histopathological and immunohistochemical evaluation features in studies of cervical lesions and thyroid cancer, while pharmaceutical and laboratory evaluation includes assessment of delayed-release tablet coatings, anthelmintic activity, and blood-ordering practice. Cephalometric and treatment-outcome evaluations extend the range further. Together these works express the defining purpose of evaluation: to apply rigorous, criterion-based assessment so that the effectiveness, accuracy, and quality of tests, treatments, and programmes can be judged and improved, supporting evidence-based practice and the sound implementation of interventions.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 23 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Implementation science.

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