Health Canada First Nations and Inuit Home and Community Care (FNI HCC) Program - Evaluation Guide

Reporting the Information

Everyone has a unique style and preference when either writing or reading a report. The best tip is to write in a way that is comfortable for you. This section provides you with some ideas for consideration.

Sections to Consider for Your Report

Background
You never know who is going to read your report. A short background of the project can be very helpful. Keep it as short as possible, asking yourself "What information would I want to know about the background of this project if I was not familiar with it? "

Objectives
List the objectives of your evaluation. This lets the reader know what the purpose was for the evaluation.

Methodology
This describes what you did. In other words, did you do a survey? Focus groups? Interviews? A combination of these? When? Who did you speak with? (Not the actual names but the profile of your respondents)

Conclusions & Recommendations
This summarizes what you learned from the evaluation and the impact this learning has on the program.

Detailed Findings
This section is for those who want all of the information gathered from the study.

Executive Summary
The Executive Summary is typically anywhere from 2 to 5 pages in length. It provides a quick summary of the background, objectives, and methodologies but focuses mainly on the conclusions and their implications.

Tip!
Less is more. Avoid extra details if they are not required. Consider using bullet points, charts, and tables to make it easy to read and interesting for the reader. Find a report which has a style and format you like and try to use that as a guide in
creating your report.