Evaluation Form Details

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ID

CFHC's record number for the material.

Record Type

Whether the material is an Audiovisual, Book, Curriculum, Written Material, or Poster.

Title

Main title of the material.

Subtitle

The portion of the title of a material after the colon (e.g. Birth Control: Myths and Methods).

Note: If you are having trouble searching by the complete title and subtitle, try omitting the subtitle and only typing in the title.

Edition

Edition of the material, when multiple editions exist.

Supplier

The name of the distributor from which this material can be ordered.

Author(s)

Individual author(s) of a material.

Corporate Author(s)

Corporate author(s) of a material, if there are no individual authors.

Editor(s)

Editor(s) of a material, if there are no authors listed.

Year Produced

The most recent year that the material was published or revised.

Publisher

Publisher of the material.

Publisher Place

Publisher's City/State, or City/Country if outside of the U.S.

Publisher Website

Website of the Publisher, if available.

ISBN

International Standard Book Number (Unique identifier for books and some curricula.)

ISSN

International Standard Serial Number (Unique identifier for series.)

Written Material Format

Whether the written material is an Activity Book, Booklet, Bookmark, Card, Consent Form, Flip Chart, Info Sheet, Magazine, Medical Form, Packet, Pamphlet, Photonovella, or Slide Card.

Curriculum Format

Whether the curriculum includes Activities, Audiovisuals, a Bibliography, Case Studies, Charts/Graphs/Tables, a Course Outline, an Evaluation, Exam Questions, a Glossary, Handouts, Lesson Plans, a Pre/Post Test, Professional Resources, Protocols, Statistics, and/or a Workbook.

Book Format

Whether the book format is a Binder, Booklet, Hard Cover, Paperback, Spiral, or Velo Binding.

Audiovisual Format

Whether the audiovisual format is 16mm, Audio Cassette, Audio CD, CD-ROM, Computer Software, DVD, Filmstrip, Slide, or VHS.

Length

Number of pages, panels, or minutes that a material has.

Language

The language of the material. If the material is available and has been evaluated in another language, it will have a separate record for that evaluation. The ID numbers of these additional records are noted in the Evaluator's Comments.

Level of Comprehension

For video resources, this field is assessed by the evaluator based on their perception of the level at which a viewer would have to understand in order to follow the video. Choices are Elementary, Junior High, Senior High, and College.

These grade levels do not necessarily correspond to the level of schooling the viewer completed, but rather on the level at which he or she currently processes information (e.g. someone may have completed high school but process information at the junior high level).

Print/Font Size

Small < 10 point font in Arial or Times New Roman typeface.
Medium = 10-11 point font in Arial or Times New Roman typeface.
Large = 12+ point font in Arial or Times New Roman typeface.

Reading Level

This field and Reading Grade Level are two of the most important fields in an evaluation. It is estimated that over half of the U.S. population reads at the 5^th grade level or below. Thus, if agencies want their health education materials to be understood, those materials should be at the 5^th grade reading level or lower.

Reading level is assessed for English language materials using the well-known Fry Graph, developed by Edward Fry at Rutgers University in 1968. The Fry Graph is also adapted for Spanish readability based on the recommendations of a group of scholars at the University of Houston in 1980. Reading level choices are Elementary, Junior High, Senior High, and College.

Note: These levels do not necessarily correspond to the level of schooling the reader completed, but rather on the level at which he or she currently reads (e.g. someone may have completed high school but read at the junior high level).

Reading Grade Level

This field and Reading Level are two of the most important fields in an evaluation.It is estimated that over half of the U.S. population reads at the 5^th grade level or below.Thus, if agencies want their health education materials to be understood, those materials should be at the 5^th grade reading level or lower.

Reading level is assessed for English language materials using the well-known Fry Graph, developed by Edward Fry at Rutgers University in 1968. The Fry Graph is also adapted for Spanish readability based on the recommendations of a group of scholars at the University of Houston in 1980. Reading grade level choices are 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, and >12th.

Note: These levels do not necessarily correspond to the level of schooling the reader completed, but rather on the level at which they currently read (e.g. someone may have completed 12^th grade but read at the 7^th grade level).

Readability

Written materials are evaluated for readability based on amount of white space, print size, color contrast, line length, typeface, illustrations and organization of material. For more details or to see a copy of the formula, contact us at 1-800-428-5438.

Illustrations/Graphics

Whether the material has Comics, Line Drawings, Photos, or None.

Intended Audience

The evaluator's perception of the Intended Audience as Adult, Child, Disabled, GLBT, Parent, Pre-Teen (10-13), Professional, Senior Citizen, and/or Teen (14-19).

Gender Audience

Whether the target Gender Audience is Male, Female, or Male/Female.

Ethnic Audience

Whether the target Ethnic Audience as depicted in the material is American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black/African American, General Audience, Hispanic/Latino, Multicultural, White or Other.

Contents

For books or curricula, this is the table of contents, or the major headings from the table of contents, providing additional details on what is covered by the material.

Evaluator's Comments

These comments represent the subjective reactions and opinions of the professional evaluator. The comments describe the content of the material and raise any concerns or criticisms of the material as well as naming its strengths.

Availability to Borrow

Available to Borrow or Not Available to Borrow by health care professionals from CFHC Resource Center lending library.

Status

States whether this material is available for purchase as of the last website database update. Written materials, posters, books, and curricula are either In Print or Out of Print. Audiovisuals are either Available or No Longer Available.

Cost Info

States the cost of the material for purchase from the distributor as of the last website database update.

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