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Peer reviewedSteckler, Allan – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1989
A qualitative case study and monitoring data complemented a study of the evaluation of a health promotion program (Project LIFE) conducted in 23 rubber-producing plants in the United States. The study illustrates assessment of threats to internal validity, including the degree to which the planned intervention was actually implemented. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cancer, Evaluation Methods, Health Programs, Health Promotion
Peer reviewedBlumberg, Phyllis; Deveau, Eleanor J. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1995
A new outcome-oriented, utilization-focused approach to program evaluation is introduced. The new framework encourages stakeholders to consider academic dissemination, product development, and implementation as three primary outcomes when evaluating educational and clinical approaches. Secondary outcomes focus on education, clinical service, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Graduate Medical Students
Peer reviewedCard, Josefina J.; And Others – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1992
Process and impact evaluations are compared, and a framework is provided to determine the nature and potential variability of the costs associated with each technical step of each type of evaluation. Recommendations to help in the choice of evaluation option are provided. (SLD)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making
Peer reviewedHembroff, Larry; Perlstadt, Harry; Henry, Rebecca C.; Hogan, Andrew J.; Weissert, Carol S.; Bland, Carole J.; Harris, Dona L.; Knott, Jack H.; Starnaman, Sandra M. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1999
Two examples from the cluster evaluation of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation's Community Partnership for Health Professions Education illustrate why flexibility in evaluation design and activities is essential to collaborate with program directors and be responsive to program needs. (SLD)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Evaluation Methods, Medical Education, Medical Services
Peer reviewedHannan, Edward L.; And Others – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1989
The new quality assurance system for nursing homes implemented by the New York State Department of Health in 1981 was compared to the previous system. The new system devoted more resources to on-site activities and identified more patient-care deficiencies and more repeat deficiencies. (SLD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Medical Care Evaluation, Nursing Homes
Peer reviewedPopham, W. James – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1993
A strategy to encourage evaluation used by the Centers for Disease Control in the Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) is described. DASH personnel tried to make evaluation of human immunodeficiency virus education programs more attractive by providing materials and models for evaluation. (SLD)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Evaluation Methods, Health Education, Health Programs
Peer reviewedRiggin, Leslie J. C.; And Others – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1995
In October 1994, legislation established a requirement that Public Health Services (PHS) programs spend at least 0.2% of appropriated funds on program evaluation. Legislative changes are a result of a study of the use of PHS set-aside funds from 1988 through 1992. They are intended to encourage more and better evaluation. (SLD)
Descriptors: Change, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Federal Legislation
Peer reviewedSinacore, James M.; And Others – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1992
It is argued that there is a benefit to applying techniques of exploratory data analysis (EDA) to program evaluation. The evaluation of a rehabilitation program for people with rheumatoid arthritis (20 subjects and 21 comparisons) through EDA supports the argument, indicating outcomes more precisely than conventional analysis of variance. (SLD)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Graphs
Peer reviewedGrover, Paul L.; Uguroglu, Margaret E. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1984
Ethical issues relating to naturalistic evaluation are addressed, focusing on the role of the evaluator, problems of privacy and data gathering techniques, and issues relating to the use/abuse of findings. Benefits and costs of the naturalistic approach to program evaluation are also identified. (EGS)
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Data Collection, Ethics, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedHalvorson, Holly W.; And Others – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1993
Process evaluation of the Partners for Prevention pilot project testing an office-based system involving 17 Denver (Colorado) physicians in an effort to increase cancer prevention indicates the value of the program philosophy as well as various deficiencies in its operation. New strategies suggested by the evaluation are being tested. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cancer, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation, Philosophy
Peer reviewedLysaught, Jerome P.; And Others – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1994
The institutional self-study required by a university hospital's reaccreditation process is explored, with a discussion of benefits and costs. A reaction by C. F. Waltz and A. Belcher reaffirms the value of reaccreditation studies and discusses ways of minimizing costs without compromising comprehensiveness and utility of results. (SLD)
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Comprehensive Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedMontagne, Michael – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1982
A comparative design for the evaluation of educational programs employing both quantitative and qualitative methods gathers information about program characteristics and consequences. The dual-track design provides separate results that are compared and produce a complete evaluation effort. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Comparative Analysis, Deduction, Educational Development
Peer reviewedGraham, Kathryn – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1994
Program managers increasingly incorporate standardized tests into outcome evaluation. Guidelines are presented for selecting and using standardized measures following addictions treatment. These principles, which cover eight basic criteria, are applicable to outcome evaluation of health programs in general. Practical issues related to using…
Descriptors: Costs, Criteria, Drug Addiction, Drug Rehabilitation
Peer reviewedHechenberger, Nan B.; Bausell, R. Barker – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1982
An organizational blockage instrument was administered to measure the effects of administrative interventions by a new nursing dean prior to and following certain organizational changes. A significant reduction in perceived blockages and moderate prediction of the magnitude of specific changes prior to the second data gathering could be found.…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Change Agents, Evaluation Methods, Field Tests
Peer reviewedAbrahamson, Stephen – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1984
Three "levels" of the state of the art are discussed: the "ideal," for program evaluation; the "practical," with political limitations; and the "actual," for current practices. A review by Lloyd and Abrahamson (l979) is updated and current practices are discussed. Finally, a historical review introduces a…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Medical Education, Physicians
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