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Peer reviewedBrunk, Susan E.; Goeppinger, Jean – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1990
A case study of the Arthritis Self-Care Project, a rural community intervention in Virginia, demonstrates the importance of process evaluation in determining the actual independent variable. Instances of reinvention uncovered by the study are explored, and suggestions are provided for dealing with the reinvention inevitable in field research. (TJH)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Field Tests, Formative Evaluation, Health Education
