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table of contents
  1. Abstract
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. About the Authors
    1. Astrid Brousselle
    2. Kai Mountfort
  4. Invitation
  5. Prologue: The Hummingbird Fable
  6. Introduction
    1. Earth Day Evaluation Declaration 2024
    2. Endnotes
  7. 1. Context Matters: Evaluation in the 21st Century
    1. Highlights
    2. Introduction
    3. Environmental and Social Depletion
    4. Reducing Risks
    5. Local Cultural Contexts
    6. Evaluation Takes Place in a Political Context
    7. Post-truth Influence as the New Propaganda
    8. Conclusion
    9. Endnotes
  8. 2. Evaluation for Planetary Health
    1. Highlights
    2. Introduction
    3. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
    4. The Planetary Health Framework
    5. A Transformative Approach
    6. Conclusion
    7. Endnotes
  9. 3. The Planetary Health Rapid Impact Assessment Tool
    1. Highlights
    2. Introduction
    3. The Planetary Health Rapid Impact Assessment Tool
    4. Conclusion
    5. Endnotes
  10. 4. Evaluation: Definitions, Approaches and Questions
    1. Highlights
    2. Introduction
    3. Definitions
    4. Evaluation Approaches
    5. When to Evaluate and for What Purpose?
    6. Evaluative Questions
    7. Conclusion
    8. Endnotes
  11. 5. Preparing for the Evaluation
    1. Highlights
    2. Introduction
    3. Evaluation Use and the Importance of Mapping the Context
    4. Drafting an Evaluation Plan
    5. Summary
    6. Conclusion
    7. Endnotes
  12. 6. Representing the Intervention
    1. Highlights
    2. Introduction
    3. The Causal Model
    4. The Logic Model
    5. Use of Logic Models
    6. Different Visual Representations of the Intervention
    7. Conclusion
    8. Endnotes
  13. 7. Logic Analysis
    1. Highlights
    2. Introduction
    3. Foundations of Logic Analysis
    4. Types of Logic Analysis
    5. Steps for Conducting a Direct Logic Analysis
    6. Steps for Conducting a Reverse Logic Analysis
    7. Conclusion
    8. Endnotes
  14. 8. Effect Analysis and Related Approaches
    1. Highlights
    2. Introduction
    3. Defining Effects and Causal Relationship
    4. Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Research Designs
    5. Contribution Analysis
    6. Impact Evaluation
    7. Considering Planetary Health Dimensions when Evaluating Impacts
    8. Outcome Harvesting
    9. Conclusion
    10. Endnotes
  15. 9. Implementation Analysis
    1. Highlights
    2. Introduction
    3. In the Literature
    4. Implementation Analysis Questions
    5. Evaluation Designs for Implementation Analysis
    6. Impacts on Planetary Health
    7. Conclusion
    8. Endnotes
  16. 10. Economic Evaluation
    1. Highlights
    2. Introduction
    3. Background
    4. Types of Economic Evaluations
    5. The Comparator
    6. Cost Calculation
    7. Time Horizon
    8. Uncertainty
    9. Decision Criteria
    10. Limitations of Existing Approaches
    11. A Proposal for Useful Economic Evaluations for Planetary Health
    12. Conclusion
    13. Endnotes
  17. 11. Needs Assessment
    1. Highlights
    2. Introduction
    3. Defining What is, What should be and For Whom
    4. Contextual Elements and Boundaries
    5. Ex-ante and Ex-post
    6. Other important Considerations
    7. Next Steps?
    8. A Political Exercise
    9. Summary
    10. Endnotes
  18. 12. Monitoring
    1. Highlights
    2. Introduction
    3. Focus
    4. Establishing a Monitoring System
    5. Reporting and Other Considerations
    6. Gaming and Other Behavioural Effects
    7. Conclusion
    8. Endnotes
  19. 13. An Example: Evaluating a Local Government Official Community Plan Using Planetary Health Lenses
    1. Introduction
    2. Characterizing the OCP Within the Context of the Planetary Health Framework
    3. Data Collection
    4. Findings
    5. Recommendations
    6. Conclusion
    7. Endnotes
  20. 14. Further Thoughts and Resources
    1. Endnotes
  21. Bibliography

About the Authors

We acknowledge and respect the many Indigenous Peoples and Nations living on Mother Earth. We acknowledge and respect the Coast Salish Peoples on whose territory we live, and the Lək̓ʷəŋən, W̱SÁNEĆ, Scia'new and T'Sou-ke Peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

Astrid Brousselle

I was born in France, lived in Paris from the age of eight, and moved to Canada when I was 18 years old. I spent most of my life in Canada. I hold a bachelor’s degree in economics, a master’s in health administration, and a PhD in public health from the Université de Montréal. During my Ph.D., I conducted an implementation analysis of the UNAIDS initiative for access to HIV/AIDS drugs in Chile. After completing my Ph.D. under the supervision of François Champagne, an expert in evaluation, and Gilles Bibeau, an anthropologist, I deepened my knowledge and practice of evaluation approaches and methods as a postdoctoral fellow at McGill University under the supervision of Céline Mercier.

Between 2005 and 2010, I held a research position in the Department of Health Administration at the Université de Montréal. In 2010, I began a research position at the Université de Sherbrooke, where I held a Canada Research Chair in Evaluation and Health System Improvement. The goal of the chair was to leverage the evaluation process to influence the situation or intervention being studied. At the end of 2017, I moved to Victoria (British Columbia, Canada) as the Director of the School of Public Administration at the University of Victoria, where I served a five-year term. Between 2015 and 2019, I was the French editor of The Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation/Revue canadienne d’évaluation de programme, and I served on the editorial board of Evaluation and Program Planning for many years. I am currently the Editor-in-Chief of The Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation/Revue canadienne d’évaluation de programme.

Throughout my career, I have experimented with various evaluation approaches in diverse contexts, reflecting on their strengths and limitations. I have worked extensively with participatory approaches and have found that, while they work well in some contexts, they are less effective in polarized settings. This led me to explore other approaches better suited to these contexts. I have also conducted various economic evaluations and explored innovative approaches in this field. Additionally, I have developed and applied theory-based approaches to evaluation. Recently, I became interested in the concept of post-truth. I am deeply grateful to have worked with many students who share a passion for evaluation, applying a variety of approaches in their dissertations, theses, and projects.

Since 2015, my focus has shifted to the socio-ecological transition. I could not continue working on the healthcare system while witnessing the devastating impacts of climate change and other environmental crises on both human beings and other species. This realization led me to develop new frameworks and approaches in evaluation, aiming to support transformative practices that contribute to healthy and sustainable living environments.

As both a human being and a researcher, I uphold the values of integrity, decolonization, equity, diversity, sustainability, democracy, and engagement. I strongly believe that a different world must be created, one that respects the human rights of all, worldwide, and that celebrates the richness of diverse cultures. A unifying element across these values and agendas is the fundamental importance of relationships with nature, human beings, and all forms of life.

Evaluation for planetary health acknowledges the importance of nurturing positive relationships in all that we do and serves as an invitation to create systems in which all can thrive.

Kai Mountfort

Kai holds a Master of Public Administration, a Bachelor of Science (Biology and Earth & Ocean Sciences), and a Diploma in Business Administration, all from the University of Victoria. His academic pursuits included a directed study on Chinook salmon population dynamics and a thesis on planetary health evaluation of the District of Sooke's Official Community Plan.

His professional journey began with co-op placements at the Canadian Wildlife Service, followed by a role as a wildlife biologist, where he contributed to biodiversity conservation programs and developed guidelines for Indigenous conservation requests. Transitioning to the Government of BC, Kai now serves as a conservation policy analyst, focusing on wetland protection, regulatory amendments, and Indigenous capacity funding.

Dedicated to protecting Earth's habitability, Kai is driven to make an impact on biodiversity and climate change through policy and advocacy. He lives in Sooke, BC, with his family on the traditional unceded territories of the T'sou-ke Nation and the Scia'new Nation. He is actively involved in the local agricultural community and enjoys outdoor activities, envisioning a future off-grid homestead.

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