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Direct linkChinedu Obi; Timothy Manyise; Eric Brako Dompreh; Khondker Murshed-e-Jahan; Cristiano M. Rossignoli – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2025
Purpose: This study delves into the effectiveness of local service providers (LSP) in improving production outcomes of small-scale aquaculture farmers in Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach: To gauge the effectiveness of LSPs, the research employs a performance-based assessment approach, focusing on 1653 fish farming households distributed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Extension Education, Community Services, Community Education
Christina M. Ambrosino; Jonathan Callan; Tresa M. S. Wiggins; Michael X. Repka; Megan E. Collins – Journal of School Nursing, 2024
The burden of childhood visual impairment and disparities in access to pediatric vision care remain pressing issues in the United States. School-based vision programs (SBVPs) serve as one approach to advancing health equity. Operating at the intersection of schools and healthcare, SBVPs can increase access to pediatric vision services, improve…
Descriptors: School Health Services, Vision Tests, Access to Health Care, Partnerships in Education
Dawnyéa D. Jackson; Dana E. Wagner; Penny Norman; Gray Abarca; Kim Zambole – Health Education & Behavior, 2025
Similar to national trends, in Illinois, fatal opioid overdoses have risen. Black men (35+) outrank all other racial subgroups for the highest rate of fatal opioid overdoses in the state. To address this, Prevention First and the Illinois Department of Human Services developed a public health education campaign to support increasing enrollment in…
Descriptors: Adults, Males, Blacks, Drug Addiction
Massey, Jennifer; Gouthro, Karla – Assessment Update, 2011
The Community Outreach Centre (COC) is part of the Community Development portfolio in the Division of Student Affairs at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It opened in fall 2007 as a resource and support centre for students who live off campus. The overarching goal of the centre is to cultivate community among off-campus students…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Focus Groups, Community Involvement, Program Effectiveness
Leerlooijer, Joanne N.; Kok, Gerjo; Weyusya, Joseph; Bos, Arjan E. R.; Ruiter, Robert A. C.; Rijsdijk, Liesbeth E.; Nshakira, Nathan; Bartholomew, Leona K. – Health Education Research, 2014
Out-of-wedlock pregnancy among adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa is a major concern, because of its association with health, social, psychological, economic and demographic factors. This article describes the development of the Teenage Mothers Project, a community-based intervention to improve psychological and social well-being of unmarried…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community Health Services, Pregnancy, Health Promotion
Peer reviewedHarel, Zev; And Others – Gerontologist, 1985
Conceptual approaches employed in service utilization and multidimensional assessment research which have been used for planning and evaluating services to the aged are reviewed. Also examined are the conceptual properties of three widely used assessment instruments in order to assess their utility in providing a database for planning and…
Descriptors: Community Services, Measurement Techniques, Older Adults, Program Development
Peer reviewedChase, Rowland K. – Community Services Catalyst, 1973
Examined community service programs to see if they continued to serve overall community needs in the Foothill Community College District (California). (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Bias, Committees, Community Services, Community Surveys
Smith, Thomas J.; Jucovy, Linda Z. – 1996
Public/Private Ventures Inc. conducted a 30-month study of AmeriCorps, the signature program of the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993. The central emphasis of this study was to examine the role of the states in implementing the new AmeriCorps program. The experience of 20 programs in 9 study states was documented through 4 visits to…
Descriptors: Administration, Community Services, Higher Education, Policy Formation
Peer reviewedTaylor, Kenneth I. – Child Welfare, 2005
Matching Needs and Services (MNS) is a practice tool intended to help people who work with vulnerable children use rigorously assembled information on needs as a guide to design, implement, and evaluate more-effective services. To do this, MNS focuses on needs but links them to outcomes and thresholds before dealing with the services to achieve…
Descriptors: Community Needs, Children, Needs Assessment, Program Development
Sharfstein, Steven S.; Khajavi, Farrokh – MH, 1974
Article examined the Brookside Park Family Life Center, established by the Boston Model Cities Administration, and how it provides comprehensive health and social services to families. (RK)
Descriptors: Community Centers, Community Services, Inservice Education, Mental Health Programs
Peer reviewedHiemstra, Roger – Community/Junior College Research Quarterly, 1976
Provides a basic programming model for the community services coordinator in the community college and discusses informational support sources. Problems associated with successful programming, such as failure to evaluate, relying on past achievements, and overextension of staff are discussed. Research regarding planning models is suggested.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Services, Models, Program Development
Gianopulos, John W. – Community College Frontiers, 1976
Although the planning-programming-budgeting system (PPBS) has its limitations, it should be used in evaluating community service programs. (DC)
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Colleges, Community Services, Program Budgeting
Peer reviewedPalmer, James C., Comp. – Community Services Catalyst, 1981
Cites and provides abstracts for seven ERIC documents from the junior colleges collection dealing with the planning, management, and evaluation of community services programs. (AYC)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Community Colleges, Community Services, Program Administration
McLean, Christine; Spears, Charles R. – Parks and Recreation, 1975
Descriptors: Community Recreation Programs, Community Services, Leisure Time, Program Design
Download full textNational Inst. on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (DHEW/PHS), Rockville, MD. – 1978
This workbook is designed to build or improve the basic planning skills needed by persons responsible for program planning in alcohol service agencies. An understanding of the generic planning process in the development or expansion of community alcoholism-realted services can be acquired through the use of this guide. The workbook attempts to…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Alcoholism, Community Cooperation, Community Planning
