Preparing for Terrorism Tools for Evaluating the Metropolitan Medical Response System Program (2002) / Chapter Skim
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9 Closing Remarks
9 Closing Remarks
Pages 164-170
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In Phase II, the committee used the performance measures developed in Phase I to develop appropriate evaluation methods, tools, and processes to assess the MMRS development process, both at the national level (program management) and at the local level (program success)
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The MMRS program's emphasis on multiagency, multijurisdictional planning has undoubtedly played a major role in increasing preparedness in many cities, but no large city could become well prepared solely as a result of the relatively meager funding provided by the OEP contracts. Technically, then, there is no sample size that will allow valid generalization about the impact of the MMRS program.
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This implies a continuing relationship between the communities and their evaluators that includes financial as well as technical and educational support. When this study began in the autumn of 2000, the notion of a continuing financial relationship with even a small subset of MMRS program cities would have seemed pointless, given the limited OEP budget and the mandate to develop programs in the 120 largest cities.
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However, site visits are expensive and time-consuming, and by themselves they cannot give OEP the summative data it requires to assess overall MMRS program performance and identify chronic areas in need of improvement across metropolitan areas. To address this problem, evaluation in other policy areas has adopted an approach best described as an "evaluation funnel." The evaluation funnel approach permits evaluators to first obtain a large amount of imprecise information; the evaluators then focus on the collection of more in-depth data.
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It is a key element to ensuring relevant and useful evaluations and can also guide sampling strategies for more intensive data collection (during site visits)
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Not only does it seem that resources are now available for the continuing financial relationship suggested by the committee, but it also seems that a consensus now exists on the need for shared responsibility among a wide variety of governmental and nongovernmental agencies to achieve the goals of the MMRS program. When the committee began this project, the future success of the MMRS program depended on voluntary cooperative efforts to prepare for possible but seemingly improbable events.
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The enhanced organization and cooperation demanded by a well-functioning MMRS program will permit a unified preparedness and public health system with immense potential for improved responses not only to a wide spectrum of terrorist acts but also to mass-casualty incidents of all varieties.
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