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Peer reviewedHowe, Holly L.; Hoff, Margaret B. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1981
The sensitivity and simplicity of Wald's sequential analysis test in monitoring a preventive health care program are discussed. Data exemplifying the usefulness and expedience of employing sequential methods are presented. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation, Hypothesis Testing, Preventive Medicine
Peer reviewedTabak, Ellen R.; And Others – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1991
A framework and concepts for developing inclusion criteria for meta-analysis are presented and illustrated in a meta-analysis of primary studies in patient education for preventive health services. Of 5,451 citations located and abstracts screened, 64 studies eventually met acceptability criteria. (SLD)
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Literature Reviews, Meta Analysis, Patient Education
Peer reviewedRicketts, Thomas C.; Kaluzny, Arnold D. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1987
Evaluation research in work-site health promotion offers an opportunity to test the effectiveness of work-site health promotion and disease prevention programs. Based on an evaluation of the research, an interdisciplinary approach to data collection and analysis is suggested, and policy implications are outlined. (TJH)
Descriptors: Health Education, Health Programs, Health Promotion, Industry
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 reviewedWheat, John R.; And Others – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1991
A model is presented that relates health promotion and disease prevention (HPDP) education to desired characteristics of medical school graduates, including knowledge and sense of ability in the HPDP field, specialty preference, and residency choice. The model facilitates: program evaluation using standard data sets, and identification of…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Curriculum Design, Disease Control, Educational Assessment
Peer reviewedShi, Leiyu – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1992
A 2-year stepped intervention program--the HealthWise Intervention Study--at a company with 4,164 employees found that overall health risk status improved at all 4 intervention levels. The highest level, combining environmental policy with high-risk targeting, was associated with the greatest improvement in lifestyle risk factors. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, At Risk Persons, Behavior Change, Early Intervention
