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Direct linkChristina Nicolaidis; Mirah Scharer; Dora M. Raymaker; Joseph Vera; Todd Edwards; Ian Moura; Mary Baker-Ericzén; Joelle Maslak; Liu-Qin Yang; Rachel Kripke-Ludwig; Steven K. Kapp; Andrea Joyce; Anna Wallington; Academic Autism Spectrum Partnership in Research and Education (AASPIRE) Outcomes Project Team – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
People are increasingly recognizing the need for service interventions to improve the lives of autistic adults. However, less is known about how to best evaluate such services. We aimed to identify (1) which self-reported outcomes are most important to measure when evaluating the effectiveness of services for autistic adults and (2) what survey…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Adults, Program Evaluation, Intervention
Maiya E. Hotchkiss; Lisa Weinberg; Danielle S. Berke – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: Empowerment Self-Defense (ESD) is a sexual violence prevention approach backed by rigorous empirical research, yet its availability on college campuses is limited. This manuscript evaluates the feasibility and efficacy of an ESD program embedded within a university counseling center. Methods: Participants completed an 8-session ESD…
Descriptors: Rape, Violence, Prevention, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
James Hill; Amit Kulkarni; Deborah Moll; Lotte Meteyard; Louise Shelley; Grace Chugg; Gemma Jones; Valerio Benedetto; Catherine Harris; Alison Doherty; Joanna Harrison; Andrew Clegg – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: With constrained funding and increasing demand, the pressures on health and care services globally continue to grow. Given the challenges faced, it is imperative that services and interventions demonstrate cost-effectiveness, as well as patient/service-user and societal benefits, to maximize impact. Research has started to explore the…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel, Speech Therapy, Intervention
The Connections Matter: Bi-Directional Learning in Program Evaluation and Practice-Oriented Research
Susan Douglas; Andrew C. Page; Christian Moltu; Michael Kyron; Tim Satterthwaite – Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 2024
Intended for researchers and clinical leaders, this article suggests that embedded program evaluation is a good fit with the desired features of practice-oriented research. The systematic nature of evaluation that is built into the operational workflow of a practice setting may increase the diversity of methods available to explore processes and…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Evidence Based Practice, Feedback (Response), Systems Approach
Marshall, Jennifer; Hume, Emma; Prieto, Concha; Ade, Cedrick; Delva, Jennifer; Geffrard, Carlene; Dias, Emanuelle; Elger, Rafaella Stein – Infants and Young Children, 2023
Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems (ECCS) grants help states and communities improve early childhood systems to support child development, equitable access to quality services and supports, and family well-being. Truly interdisciplinary, ECCS promotes cross-sector systems change initiatives that focus on integrating health care, mental health,…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Program Evaluation, Early Childhood Education, Infants
Download full textDaniel Sparks; Christine Mulhern – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
Counselors are a common school resource for students navigating complicated and consequential education choices. However, most students have limited access to school counselors. We study one of the largest U.S. policies to increase access to school counselors -- California's Supplemental School Counseling Program. The program increased the average…
Descriptors: School Counseling, School Counselors, Educational Policy, Program Evaluation
Boak, George – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2022
This paper provides a review of the use of action learning in healthcare organisations, or by healthcare professionals, in the past decade, as evidenced in peer-reviewed journals. Action learning has a long history in healthcare and is perhaps particularly suited to an environment where wicked problems abound, where professional development is…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Health Services, Health Personnel, Program Evaluation
Anna Fabri; Anna Jobér – Educational Action Research, 2024
This paper reports on a two-year project focusing on health communicators working with refugees in Sweden. By employing participatory action research and the theory of practice architectures, the study examines a health information practice for newly arrived refugees and highlights its potentials and constraints. The joint meetings that occurred…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Services, Participatory Research, Action Research
Lamia, Tamara L.; Lowry, Garry F.; McLees, Anita W.; Frazier, Cassandra M.; Young, Andrea C. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2021
The flexibility federal block grants provide recipients poses challenges for evaluation. These challenges include aggregating data on wide-ranging activities grant recipients implement and the outcomes they achieve. In 2014, we began designing an evaluation to address the challenges of assessing outcomes and to improve outcome accountability for…
Descriptors: Accountability, Grants, Program Evaluation, Health Services
Báez, Johanna Creswell; Renshaw, Kristen J.; Bachman, Lauren E. M.; Kim, David; Smith, Veronica D.; Stafford, Rose E. – Children & Schools, 2019
Community schools provide integrated services and supports, often through partnerships with community-based organizations, to mediate health and psychosocial barriers to learning faced by children from low-income families. Wediko Children's Services conducted a program evaluation with over 500 students at two schools in low-income communities in…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Rating Scales, Trauma, Health Services
Weinert, Clarann; Nichols, Elizabeth; Shreffler-Grant, Jean – Health Education Journal, 2021
Background: Health literacy has been found to be the strongest predictor of health status; and without adequate health literacy, consumers may not understand/adequately evaluate the myriad of choices available. Older rural residents tend to use self-prescribed complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies and glean information about these…
Descriptors: Health Education, Health Promotion, Multiple Literacies, Program Descriptions
Tarcan, Menderes; Yesilaydin, Gözde – Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science, 2023
The purpose of this study was to determine which of the input and output variables made a statistically significant difference in the efficiency status of undergraduate departments offering Health Management education in Turkey, to identify areas where inefficient departments could improve, and to determine which of the input and output variables…
Descriptors: Input Output Analysis, Statistical Significance, Efficiency, Undergraduate Study
Carli Friedman – Inclusion, 2017
The Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) settings rule (CMS 2249-F/2296-F) strictly enforces meaningful community-based settings for those receiving Medicaid HCBS funding. Stakeholders have the opportunity to impact states' setting rule plans and hold states accountable to ensure rules are truly community based. Yet, the complex rule can be…
Descriptors: Health Insurance, Health Services, Home Programs, Community Services
Chambers, Duncan; Rodgers, Mark; Preston, Louise; Dalton, Jane; Goyder, Elizabeth; Thomas, Sian; Street, Andrew; Eastwood, Alison – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2021
Background: Two UK academic centres were commissioned to provide a responsive rapid evidence synthesis service. The service covered topics identified by the National Institute for Health Research Health Services & Delivery Research (NIHR HSDR) programme as priorities for the National Health Service or to inform research commissioning. Aims and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Delivery Systems, Health Services, Foreign Countries
Francheska M. Garcia – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Healthcare professionals and individuals underutilize substance use screenings, driving exploration of innovative approaches like virtual agent-guided screening. This study assessed the virtual counselor app's equivalence to in-person evaluation for substance use screening. Participants also completed a user experience questionnaire and a…
Descriptors: Intervention, Screening Tests, Substance Abuse, Health Services
