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Evaluation of the Implementation of a Socio-Educational Program with Immigrant Families: A Case Study
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Rego, Miguel Angel Santos; Otero, Agustin Godas; Moledo, M del Mar Lorenzo – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2009
There exist an increasing number of studies that demonstrate the necessity to evaluate the processes which characterize a program and guarantee its implementation and evaluation. This paper deals with the implementation of a program designed to improve the acculturation of immigrant families in Spain (EU). Implementation followed a process that…
Descriptors: Program Design, Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Program Evaluation
Factors Influencing Enrolment: A Case Study from Birth to Twenty, the 1990 Birth Cohort in Soweto-Johannesburg
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Richter, Linda M.; Panday, Saadhna; Norris, Shane A. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2009
Longitudinal studies offer significant advantages in rendering data commensurate with the complexity of human development. However, incomplete enrolment and attrition over time can introduce bias. Furthermore, there is a scarcity of evaluative information on cohorts in developing countries. This paper documents various strategies adopted to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Enrollment Influences, Case Studies, Cohort Analysis
Evaluators as Change Agents: The Case of a Foreign Assistance Project in Morocco.
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Thompson, Randal Joy – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1990
Using a case study approach, it is argued that evaluators play a critical role as change agents in foreign assistance projects directed at building Third World organizations. Evaluators affect stakeholder issues, commitment to project objectives, judgments of project accomplishments, consensus among project implementors, and perspective of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Agents, Developing Nations, Evaluators
Using Program Theory Models in Evaluation of Industrial Modernization Programs: Three Case Studies.
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Torvatn, Hans – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1999
Uses three case studies from Norwegian industrial modernization programs (a formative evaluation, a summative evaluation, and an additionality analysis) to demonstrate the strengths and weaknesses of an evaluation tool called "chains of reasoning." Chains of reasoning uses text and a graphic image to present program activities and goals.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Formative Evaluation
Participation in Stakeholder-Based Evaluation: A Case Study.
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Mercier, Celine – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1997
This paper reports on the evaluation of some elements of a multicomponent program involving more than 20 agencies aimed at improving accessibility of health and social services for the homeless. The case study approach shows how the organizational context, stakeholder characteristics, and methodological features can affect evaluations. (SLD)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
The Utility of Case-Control Methods for Health Policy and Planning Analysis: An Illustration from Kinshasa, Zaire.
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Mock, Nancy B.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1993
The use of case-control methodology as an applied policy/planning research tool in assessing the potential effectiveness of behavioral interventions is studied in connection with diarrhea control in Zaire. Results with 107 matched pairs of children demonstrate the importance of hygiene-related knowledge and the utility of the research approach.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Case Studies, Children, Control Groups
Key Considerations for Logic Model Development in Research Partnerships: A Canadian Case Study
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Fielden, Sarah J.; Rusch, Melanie L.; Masinda, Mambo Tabu; Sands, Jim; Frankish, Jim; Evoy, Brian – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2007
Community-academic partnership research is a fairly new genre of community-based participatory research. It has arisen in part, from recognition of the potential role of alliances in the development and translation of applied knowledge and the elimination of health disparities. This paper reports on the learning process of academic and community…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Program Design, Participatory Research