REVIEW article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Health Education and Promotion
Measuring delivery and impact in community-based health promotion initiatives: Development and overview of the Healthway Evaluation Framework
Provisionally accepted
- 1University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
- 2The Kids Research Institute Australia, Nedlands, Australia
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Background: Robust evaluation is critical for understanding and enhancing the impact of health promotion initiatives. However, many community-based organisations face challenges in planning and conducting evaluation due to limitations in knowledge, resources, and the applicability of existing evaluation frameworks. The Healthway Evaluation Framework, and its accompanying practical Measurement Toolkit, was designed to support evaluation planning, implementation, and reporting across diverse health promotion programs and settings. Methods and Results: Drawing on an evidence review and extensive consultation with community organisations and health promotion funders, the Framework consists of four pillars: (i) Activity; (ii) Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviour; (iii) Organisational; (iv) Sustainability. Each pillar includes clearly defined elements to guide the evaluation of both delivery processes and health and organisational outcomes. A Measurement Toolkit accompanies the Evaluation Framework, providing practical guidance for data collection in health promotion evaluation. Conclusions: The Healthway Evaluation Framework provides a practical and adaptable solution for advancing evaluation practice, enhancing the consistency of reporting, and strengthening the evidence base for health promotion.
Keywords: evaluation framework design, Health promotion evaluation, Public Health, Community Health, Capacity Building
Received: 31 Jul 2025; Accepted: 03 Nov 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Simpson, Jackson, Rosenberg and Willis. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Aaron Simpson, aaron.simpson@uwa.edu.au
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