“Measuring the success of psychosocial interventions is crucial to developing an understanding of what makes programmes effective. Evaluation of psychosocial programmes often stays at the level of measuring progress and outputs (such as provision of services). What is crucial is to develop measures of outcomes and impacts. This requires specific thinking about what the precise objectives of an intervention are. The indicators here are designed to stimulate thinking in relation to five very general objectives of psychosocial intervention. None of these objectives would be appropriate for all psychosocial intervention. Context and circumstance will heavily influence the choice of program objectives. However these listed provide examples of key areas of progamming with emergency/crisis affected populations. It is essential to consider objectives and relevant indicators at the beginning of any intervention. Consensus on objectives and indicators should be sought among all intervention stakeholders, including beneficiaries.” – Publisher’s description
