Evaluation and quality improvement: Complementary approaches to improve your programs

Knowledge and evidence resources, Quality improvement, Evaluation

Published: June 11, 2025

Evaluation and quality improvement (QI) are both essential in enhancing the quality of programs in the child and youth mental health and addictions sector (the sector). However, choosing and implementing the most suitable method to improve programs can be challenging. 

We developed this resource to help leaders and service providers in the sector select the best approach to meet their needs.

In this resource, we:

Define evaluation and QI.
Describe the role of evaluation and QI in improving programs.
Identify key similarities and differences between evaluation and QI.
Explain how organizations can integrate evaluation and QI for ongoing improvements.

Discover all of the above and more in our new resource.