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Peer reviewedDeVillaer, Michael – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1990
A methodology for a client-centered assessment of human services needs in a community is described. While the procedures were developed for identifying service needs for substance abusers, with some modification, they can be used in a needs assessment for any social or health problem. (TJH)
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Community Needs, Community Planning, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedFeldman, Henry A.; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1996
A method is described for increasing residual degrees of freedom in a community experiment without substantially increasing cost or difficulty by dividing experimental subunits into batches. Theoretical advantages of batch sampling are described and illustrated with data from the Pawtucket Heart Health Program. (SLD)
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Costs, Difficulty Level, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedMcKinlay, John B. – Evaluation Review, 1996
Articles in this special issue consider different aspects of community-level evaluation research and demonstrate the emerging sophistication and promise of this field. Process evaluation, qualitative research, and meta-analysis are promising new directions for ensuring more appropriate levels of analysis and more appropriate outcomes. (SLD)
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Research, Formative Evaluation
Peer reviewedFashimpar, Gary A. – Gerontologist, 1983
Tested the Homemakers Home Health Aide Program Evaluation Questionnaire, a management tool for evaluating homemaker/client relationship, job performance and achievement of objectives, for a sample of 40 clients. The questionnaire, which is appended, is valid, reliable, and relatively inexpensive. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Evaluation Methods, High Risk Persons, Home Health Aides
Peer reviewedHarrow, Brooke S.; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1996
A methodology is presented for collection of cost data in evaluation of community-level health interventions that coincides with the intervention implementation. The seven discrete steps of the analysis are described, and the Minimal Contact Education for Cholesterol Change study is used as an example of how the strategy is used. (SLD)
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Data Collection
Download full textTresolini, Carol P.; Savage, Katherine D.; Hedgpeth, Marian Wells; Curtis, Peter – 2002
The Visiting Clinician Program (VCP) was established in 1996 at a public medical school to provide individualized continuing education to participants and to foster closer ties between academic health center faculty and community practitioners who serve as preceptors for health professions students. Various methods have been used to evaluate the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Collegiality, Community Health Services, Context Effect
Peer reviewedCox, Gary B., Ed. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1994
The nine articles of this special section focus on the role of evaluation in the reform of the mental health system in Washington. The reform process is described from its inception through its design to the dissemination and utilization of evaluation results. The final article considers implications for statewide evaluations. (SLD)
Descriptors: Change, Community Health Services, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Delivery Systems
Ledesma, Antonio L., Ed.; Ledesma, Angelita Y., Ed. – 1980
A collection of papers, from the Centre for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Asia (CENDHRRA) Evaluation Seminar (1980) in Bandungan, Central Java, provides guidelines for evaluation of rural development projects of non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The first part of the report contains a summary of group discussions on different…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Development, Community Health Services, Community Involvement
