Which of the following is a process metric in evaluating a community health program?

• A. Number of attendees at workshops since program start
• B. Long-term health outcomes after program completion
• C. Mortality rate reduction
• D. Rate of disease incidence in the population

Answer: (A)

In evaluating a community health program, focus first on how the program is being delivered and who it is reaching. This is what a process metric captures—the activities, reach, and implementation quality of the program itself, not the health outcomes those activities produce.

The number of attendees at workshops since the program began is a classic process metric because it reflects participation and reach: it shows how many people the program connected with and how widely its activities were disseminated. This helps you assess implementation success, fidelity to the plan, and resource use.

By contrast, measures of health changes—such as long-term health outcomes after the program, reductions in mortality, or changes in disease incidence—are outcome or impact metrics. They tell you about the actual health effects in the population, not about how the program was delivered or how many people engaged with it.