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Direct linkWatson, Michael S. – Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2006
Newborn screening is considered a highly successful public health program that has resulted in the reduction of mortality, mental retardation, and other serious disabilities in thousands of children since the introduction of screening for phenylketonuria (PKU) in the 1960s. Programs are based in state public health departments such that each state…
Descriptors: Health Programs, Public Health, Child Health, Genetics
Peer reviewedTurpin, Robin S.; Sinacore, James M., Eds. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1991
Eight papers on multisite evaluation are presented. Topics include organizational and methodological issues, program theory, coordination of staffing, and the program review team approach. Programs and policies evaluated include those focusing on adult day health care, spousal assault, mental health, job-training for single mothers, criminal…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Coordination, Evaluation Methods, Health Programs
Download full textNational Health Planning Information Center (DHEW/PHS), Rockville, MD. – 1976
This bibliography brings together much of the literature prepared by individuals, organizations, and agencies that have designed or are attempting to design instruments for the definition and measurement of the levels of health within a given population. It includes citations and abstracts of documents identified by the National Health Planning…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Citations (References), Databases, Evaluation Criteria
Peer reviewedSilverman, Myrna; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1990
Two evaluation studies using qualitative methods are described to illustrate the appropriateness of such methods for certain research questions. Ways to enhance reliability and validity are also discussed in the descriptions of the evaluations of 16 emergency medical services and 13 local health departments. (SLD)
Descriptors: Emergency Medical Technicians, Evaluation Methods, Health Facilities, Health Programs
Bosch, Samuel J., Ed.; Arias, Jaime, Ed. – 1978
This monograph derives from a conference sponsored by the Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences. The goals of the conference were (1) to establish channels of communication between health care evaluators from different disciplines and from different countries in the Americas, and (2) to promote an exchange of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Care, Children, Community Education
PDF pending restorationFontaine, Denis – Children in the Tropics, 1992
The theme of this serial issue is helping individuals involved in community health programs at the local level to devise and apply a protocol for the evaluation of a community health program. In the opening sections of the issue evaluation is defined, the difference between a direct quantifying measure and an indicator is clarified, obstacles to…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Developing Nations, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
